Text Box: News from LRPC Basic Principles Of Extrusion and Rheology and Their Applications In Polymer Technology Seminar was held in collaboration with ANAMED on the 29th of November, 2007. Dr. C. Uzun visited Radiation and Radiochemistry laboratories of Polytecnico di Milano for training on Radiation Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy under the supervision of Prof. Mario Mariani Prof. Dr. Murat Şen visited Ss. Cyril and Methodius University and Tetova State  University in Macedonia between 19-26 October, 2007 AFM & Nano Intender Instruments & Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectrometer will be operational in 2008 Polymer Processing laboratory is operational now Dr. Quoc Hien NGUYEN   visited Hacettepe University, Radiation & Polymer Science Laboratories between 6-12 October 2007 New M.S. Students has joined our group. Traditional spring meeting was held 29-30 June in Izmit Kocaeli under the hosting of Prof. Dr. Veli Deniz Prof Dr. Olgun Güven gave lectures on Radiation Technology and Radiation Processing of Polymers at the International Master Course Program on “Nuclear and Ionizing Radiation Technologies” held in University of Pavia, Italy, 16-20 April 2007. Prof. Dr. Olgun Güven delivered a keynote lecture titled “Electron Beam Processing of Polymers: An Overview of Recent Advances” during the Annual Meeting of Society of Plastics Engineers, ANTEC07 held in Cincinnati, Ohio USA, 7-10 May 2007