ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Polar Research Workshop
20 March 2017 Monday, Room: KKM C, 9:30 – 16:30
Polar regions (Arctic and Antarctic) play an increasingly key role in global climate change.Ìý As extreme environments (darkness, low temperatures), polar lands and seas can serve as a natural laboratory to confront grand challenges from social to engineering sciences.Ìý Moreover, they are of great geopolitical importance due to the untapped fossil fuel resources.
Academic interest in Polar research in Turkey have surged in recent years and Turkish Government has publiclyÌý announced plans to initiate an Antartic science base. In this context, there is an urgent need to identify a research program within ÐßÐßÊÓƵ that is multidisciplinary, innovative and internationally competitive. ÌýSome of the fields that may contribute to Polar research include:
Climate, Marine and Earth Sciences
Materials, civil and mechanical engineering at extreme environments
Psychology: adaptation in isolated environments
Life sciences and biomedical engineering
Biodiversity, conservation biology
Robotics and sensor technologies
International relations and law
Astronomy, electromagnetism, remote sensing
Energy and environmental engineering
Primary aims of this workshop are:
-ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To identify research areas and capacity in ÐßÐßÊÓƵ that may be related to Polar research
-ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To discuss the latest national and international oppportunities and challenges
-ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To build bridges between the established ÐßÐßÊÓƵ research fields andÌý Polar sciences
-ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To bring together potential researchers that may be willing to take part in a future ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Polar Research Center
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You can find the workshop program below.Ìý For more information please contact Assoc. Prof. Barış SalihoÄŸlu (baris@ims.metu.edu.tr) .
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ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Polar Research Workshop
20 March, 2017, Monday, KKM Hall C, 9:30 – 16:30
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Programme
09:30-10:00 Ìý Registration
10:00-10:30 ÌýÌý Opening, Why is polar research important? (Prof. M.V. Kök, Prof. M. Zeyrek, Assoc.Prof. A. Yozgatlıgil, Assoc. Prof. B. SalihoÄŸlu; ÐßÐßÊÓƵ)
10:30-11:00 ÌýÌý What is the current state of polar research at the international level? (Assoc.Prof. B. Fach, ÐßÐßÊÓƵ)
11:00-11:15 Ìý Coffee Break
11:15-11:45 Ìý Why Turkey should be active in polar research and what has been done so far? (Prof. B. Öztürk, Istanbul University)ÌýÌýÌý
11:45-12:30 Ìý ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Polar Explorers (Assist. Prof. K. Özkan, Dr. H. Örek, Assoc.Prof. B. Fach, Assoc.Prof. B. SalihoÄŸlu, Dr. M. Ok, ÐßÐßÊÓƵ)
12:30-13:30 Ìý Lunch break, discussions on ÐßÐßÊÓƵ capacity
13:30-15:00 Ìý Defining the current polar research capacity of ÐßÐßÊÓƵ: Interactive working groups (Moderators: Assoc. Prof. A. Yozgatlıgil, Assist.Prof. M. Yücel, Prof. A. Yılmaz, Dr A. Gazihan)
15:00-15:15ÌýÌý Coffee Break
15:15-16:00 ÌýÌý Synthesis of workshop results, feedback from participants (Moderators: Assoc.Prof. B. SalihoÄŸlu, Assist. Prof. D. Tezcan)
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