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Cagin, Tahir was born on November 27, 1956 in Izmir, Turkey. Son of Mehmet and Bahriye (Teksoz) Cagin. came to the United States 1984.
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Tahir Cagin
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Tahir Cagin, American Physicist. Achievements include co-development of fluctuation expressions to obtain higher order elastic properties of materials from computer simulations; co-formulated new computer simulation methods for phase equilibria problems, new algorithms for simulating/ modeling icosahedral virions, application molecular dynamics to characterize polymer properties.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Middle East Technology U., Ankara, Turkey, 1981; Master of Science in Physics, Middle East Technology U., Ankara, Turkey, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Clemson (South Carolina.) U., 1988.
Career
Research associate chemistry, U. Houston, 1988-1989;
research scientist, Systran Corporation, Dayton, Ohio., 1989-1990;
senior scientist, project manager, Molecular Simulations, Inc., Pasadena, 1990-1995;
director high performance simulationTech., Materials, and Process Simulation Center, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1995. Visiting scientist Matls. Laboratory, Wright Paterson Air Force Base, Dayton, 1989-1990.
Visiting associate chemistry California Technology, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, Matls. Research Society.
Connections
Married Gul Yenici, September 18, 1980. Children: Elif, Kerem.
