Te c h n o S p h e r e
Volume 01 | Spring 2015
Intro
IN THIS ISSUE
INTRO
From the Desk of Rector Prof. Mustafa Guden
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Greetings from our General Coordinator
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COVER STORY
Why We Do What We Do: Academician & Entrepreneur
Success Stories
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CALLS & FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
TUBITAK: New Incentives & Rewards Available
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Horizon 2020: How to Find Your Perfect Match
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Horizon 2020 Prize Challenge
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PERFORMANCE
How We’re Doing
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TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS & TRENDS
SanTez Project: A Kinematically Redundant Planar Laser
Cutting Machine by IZTECH and Coşkunöz
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Atmosfer TTO
Address: IZTECH Campus
Technopark A1 Blok No:1 35430
Urla-İzmir, Türkiye
Phone: +90 (232) 502 00 18
Importance of Human Resources in Science and Technology
(HRST) in Technology Commercialization Activities:
Trends and Future Prospects
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E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.atmosfertto.com
EVENTS
Upcoming Conferences: TRC-IFTOMM Symposium on Theory
of Machines & Mechanisms and International Porous and
Powder Material s Symposium and Exhibition
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GET INVOLVED
Photo Challenge: Innovation
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Article Submission
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Atmosfer TTO is supported by TUBITAK Support Programme for Technology Transfer Offices 1513
The goal of this program is to support the commercialization of knowledge existing in universities and transfer it to industry as products or processes. The top 50 Turkish universities based on the Entrepreneurial and Innovation University Index
ranking were eligible for the program. IZTECH is one of twenty universities that received the grant to establish Technology
Transfer Offices. The project is funded through 2018 with options to extend for up to 10 years.
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