Engin Arik
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Engin Arık was a renowned Turkish
particle physicist. She was a professor and head of the Experimental High Energy Physics group at the Boğaziçi University
.
Arık was born in Istanbul
and received her BSc
in 1969 in mathematics and physics from Istanbul University
. Subsequently, she received her MSc
in 1971 and PhD
in 1976 in experimental high energy physics from the University of Pittsburgh
, United States
. She performed post doctoral studies at the Westfield College
in University of London
.
Returning 1979 to Turkey, she became a member of faculty at Boğaziçi University. In 1983, she left the university to work with Control Data Corporation
for two years. Arık subsequently became a professor at Boğaziçi University in 1988.
Between 1997 and 2000, Arık was commissioned by the government to represent Turkey at the sessions of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty held at the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) of the UN
in Vienna
, Austria
.
She was a member of the ATLAS
and CAST collaborations at CERN
in Switzerland
.
Arık died in the Atlasjet Flight 4203
crash on November 30, 2007. She was married to Metin Arık, also a professor in the same department at Boğaziçi University, and had two children.
Turkey
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particle physicist. She was a professor and head of the Experimental High Energy Physics group at the Boğaziçi University
Bogaziçi University
Boğaziçi University is a public university located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. It has five faculties and two schools offering undergraduate degrees, and six institutes offering graduate degrees...
.
Arık was born in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
and received her BSc
BSC
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in 1969 in mathematics and physics from Istanbul University
Istanbul University
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. Subsequently, she received her MSc
MSC
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in 1971 and PhD
PHD
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in 1976 in experimental high energy physics from the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
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, United States
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. She performed post doctoral studies at the Westfield College
Westfield College
Westfield College was a small college situated in Kidderpore Avenue, Hampstead, London, and was a constituent college of the University of London from 1882 to 1989. The college originally admitted only women as students and became coeducational in 1964. In 1989, Westfield College merged with Queen...
in University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
.
Returning 1979 to Turkey, she became a member of faculty at Boğaziçi University. In 1983, she left the university to work with Control Data Corporation
Control Data Corporation
Control Data Corporation was a supercomputer firm. For most of the 1960s, it built the fastest computers in the world by far, only losing that crown in the 1970s after Seymour Cray left the company to found Cray Research, Inc....
for two years. Arık subsequently became a professor at Boğaziçi University in 1988.
Between 1997 and 2000, Arık was commissioned by the government to represent Turkey at the sessions of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty held at the International Atomic Energy Agency
International Atomic Energy Agency
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(IAEA) of the UN
United Nations
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in Vienna
Vienna
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, Austria
Austria
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She was a member of the ATLAS
ATLAS experiment
ATLAS is one of the six particle detector experiments constructed at the Large Hadron Collider , a new particle accelerator at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland...
and CAST collaborations at CERN
CERN
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in Switzerland
Switzerland
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Arık died in the Atlasjet Flight 4203
Atlasjet Flight 4203
Atlasjet Flight 4203 was a scheduled flight from Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport to Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport in Isparta, Turkey. On November 30, 2007 it crashed outside the town of Keçiborlu, 18 km from Isparta at around 01:36 EET...
crash on November 30, 2007. She was married to Metin Arık, also a professor in the same department at Boğaziçi University, and had two children.