DERYA DEMIRTAŞ
PhD, MMath, BaSc
HONORS & AWARDS
Best Poster Abstract Presentation, NAEMSP Annual Meeting 2016
Awarded by National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians (NAEMSP) for the poster "True Public Access Defibrillator Coverage Is Overestimated"
Young Investigator Award, American Heart Association (AHA) 2015
AHA Young Investigator Awards recognize the early career investigators who are within the first five years of their faculty appointment or PhDs and/or MDs who are still in training.
Finalist, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition, University of Toronto 2014
A university-wide competition, in which PhD students have three minutes to present their research to a panel of non-specialist judges in an engaging, accessible, and compelling way.
Best Paper Award, 2nd place, INFORMS Annual Conference 2012
Awarded by INFORMS Section on Public Programs, Services and Needs (SPPSN) for the paper "Optimizing the Deployment of Public Access Defibrillators"
Nomination for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Waterloo 2010
Dean’s List Recognition (High Honour and Honour standing), METU 2003 – 2008
Ranked 4th among 152 students in industrial engineering class 2007 2007
Ranked in top 100 teams among more than 10,000 teams in L’Oreal E-strat Business Game 2006