Attila Aşkar

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Attila Aşkar (born September 4, 1943)

Rumelifeneri, Istanbul, Turkey during 2001 and 2009.[2][3]

Life

Attila Aşkar was born on September 4,

Cyrus R. Vance on August 30, 1998.[5]

Education

Aşkar graduated from

A. Cemal Eringen under the supervision of Ahmet Çakmak[9][10][11] at Princeton University in the United States
in 1969.

Academic life

He was the head in the department of Mathematics at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey. After losing the Boğaziçi University Rector (president)[12] elections in Boğaziçi University he moved to Koç University's "İstinye Campus" in Istanbul as a professor of Mathematics and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Professor Aşkar then was appointed as the president and provost (rector) of the Koç University.

Visiting positions

He held many visiting research scientist and professor positions at prestigious universities like

Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden
.

Research areas

Dr. Aşkar's recent research interests included scattering of classical and quantum waves,

wavelet analysis and molecular dynamics
. He is the author of over eighty research journal articles and two books.

Writings

Memberships

Dr. Aşkar is also on the board of directors at the Center for Excellence in Education, a non-profit organization located in McLean, Virginia.

Awards

He received recognitions, which include the Junior Scientist and Science awards of the National Research Council (

TÜBİTAK
), the Information Age Award of the Ministry of Culture, and entry to the National Academy of Sciences of Turkey.

Representative scientific journal publications

  • A. Aşkar, A. Çakmak, and H. Rabitz, Nodal structure and global behavior of scattering wave functions, J. Chem. Phys., 72, 5287, DOI: 10.1063/1.439739, (1980)[13]
  • M. Duff, H. Rabitz, A. Aşkar,
    Finite Element Methods and Spectral Methods as Applied to Bound State Problems, J. Chem. Phys., 72, 1543, DOI: 10.1063/1.439381, (1980)[13]
  • A. Aşkar, A. S. Çakmak, and H. Rabitz, Finite Element Methods for Reactive Scattering, Chem. Phys., 33, 367, DOI: 10.1016/0301-0104(78)87134-1, (1978)[13]
  • H. Rabitz, A. Aşkar, and A. S. Çakmak, The Use of Global Wavefunctions in Scattering Theory, Chem. Phys., 29, 61, DOI: 10.1016/0301-0104(78)85061-7, (1978)[13]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolvadin, Afyonkarahisar-Türkiye.
  2. ^ 70th birthday
  3. ^ "Attila Aşkar 70th Birthday Conference".
  4. ^ Elsie Vance Aşkar
  5. ^ "WEDDINGS; Elsie Vance and Attila Askar". The New York Times. 30 August 1998.
  6. ^ List of İstanbul Özel Saint Joseph Fransız Lisesi Graduates
  7. ^ "İstanbul Özel Saint-Joseph Fransız Lisesi - Alumni".
  8. ^ Atillâ AŞKAR, date of graduation from high school:1961 - date of birth:1941
  9. ^ Ahmet Çakmak named 2000 SEAS Distinguished Professor of the department of operations research and financial engineering
  10. ^ Ahmet Çakmak, Professor Emeritus, the department of operations research and financial engineering
  11. ^ Ahmet Çakmak, Professor of the Department of Civil and Geological Engineering
  12. ^ Presidents of Boğaziçi University
  13. ^ a b c d "Rabitz Research Group". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-16.

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