CD - News

April, 2017
Canan talks about how to launch her research group, Conformable Decoders.

January, 2017
Canan joins MIT Media Lab as an Assistant Professor.

December, 2016
Canan awarded with Science and Sci Life Prize for Young Scientists in Translational Medicine Category.

May, 2016
Canan named as a Gifted Citizen by Ciudad de las Ideas of Puebla, Mexico.

June, 2015
Canan named as a "StarTurk" by Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA).

June, 2015
Prof. Lacour of EPFL writes a News and Views piece titled "Skin health monitoring" in Nature Materials that highlights our work on epidermal piezoelectric modulus measurement systems, originally published in Nature Materials”.

June, 2015
Many news agencies highlight our work on epidermal piezoelectric modulus measurement systems, originally published in Nature Materials: NanoTech, Chemical and Engineering News, Daily Sabah and many others.

January, 2015
Canan selected a scientist on 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science: Young Scientists Who Are Changing the World.

December, 2014
Canan selected as a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows at Harvard University.
*First Turkish Junior Fellow in the history.

December, 2014
Canan became a member of US Embassy Speaker Program in Ankara, Turkey.

December, 2014
Canan awarded a MRS (Material Research Society) 2014 Fall Meeting Grad Student Award.

August, 2014
Canan awarded a MIT Technology Review Innovators under 35 (TR35) in Turkey 2014
*First generation innovator of Turkey, and candidate for MIT TR35 Global 2015

September, 2014
Canan named as the Innovator of the Year among the first generation of MIT TR35 Turkey.

July, 2014
Canan named as a ‘Rising Star’ in EECS: An Academic Career Workshop for 40 World-wide Selected Female Scientists.

April, 2014
Canan’s research was recognized by $20K Illinois Innovation Award.

April, 2014
Canan awarded a MRS (Material Research Society) 2014 Spring Meeting Grad Student Award.

March, 2014
Canan awarded a Turkish American Scientists & Scholars Association (TASSA) Young Scholar Award in Graduate Student Category.

January, 2014
Canan awarded a Racheff-Intel Award for Outstanding Materials Research.

January, 2014
Many news agencies highlight our work on conformal mechanical energy harvesters for the heart, lung and diaphragm, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA: Smithsonian Magazine, Popular Mechanics, New Scientist, CBS News, Qmed, Chemistry World, BBC News and many others.

May, 2011
Canan awarded the $10K Maria Pia Gratton International Award for graduate study excellence.