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Canan Dagdeviren wants more women in STEM to “Not give up”

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Canan Dagdeviren

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Dec. 18, 2020

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By Grace Browne

Canan Dagdeviren knew from age 6 she was going to be a scientist when she grew up. 

She even knew what she wanted to research: piezoelectric materials, materials that produce an electric current when they are placed under mechanical stress. But the road to her now-rousing success was in no way smooth.

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