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This site uses the Open Source Content Management System Plone and has been designed to be completely accessible and usable, working in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG v1.0). If there is anything on this site — accessibility or validation related — that is not according to the standard, please contact the Site Administration, and not the Plone Team.

Access keys

Access keys are a navigation device enabling you to get around this web site using your keyboard.

Available access keys

This site uses a setup that closely matches most international recommendations on access keys. These are:

  • 1 — Home Page
  • 2 — Skip to content
  • 3 — Site Map
  • 4 — Search field focus
  • 5 — Advanced Search
  • 6 — Site navigation tree
  • 9 — Contact information
  • 0 — Access Key details

Using access keys in different web browsers

Internet Explorer 5+ (Windows)
Hold down the Alt key, press the number or letter of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER.
Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape 7+ (Windows)
Hold down the Alt key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape 7+ (Mac OS X)
Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Safari and Omniweb (Mac OS X)
Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Konqueror (Linux)
Press and release the Ctrl key, then press the number or letter of the access key.
Internet Explorer 4 (Windows)
Hold down the Alt key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)
Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac)
Access keys are not supported, please use a different browser.
Netscape 6 and earlier (All platforms)
Access keys are not supported, please use a different browser.

Accessibility Statement

We have undertaken to use our knowledge and understanding of the ways in which different people access the Internet, to develop a web site that is clear and simple for everybody to use.

Validation

We have used XHTML 1.0 and CSS that conforms to specification, as laid out by the W3C because we believe that usability and accessibility must have a solid foundation. If anything on this web site does not validate correctly, please contact the Site Administration, and not the Plone Team.

We have also endeavoured to achieve AA accessibility as measured against version 1.0 of the WCAG. We are aware however, that a number of the checkpoints of the WCAG are subjective — and although we are sure that we have met them squarely, there may be instances where interpretation may vary.

About Sezer

Sezer AtamturkturSezer Atamturktur hails from Ankara, Turkey where she attended the Middle East Technical University earning her B.S. in Architecture minor in Civil Engineering with Structure option in 2002.

After working as an Architectural Engineer for two years she was awarded a full-time graduate assistantship to The Pennsylvania State University where her MS research consisted of modeling and nondestructive testing of Guastavino tile domed structures. She has studied the Guastavino domes of the City-County Building in Pittsburgh, PA and New York State Education Bulding in Albany, NY. Aside from her studies on Guastavino style vaulting, she has conducted experimental and analytical research on the structural behavior of Gothic architecture, such as Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C., Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, and the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy.

Upon completing her MS in 2006 she decided to continue her education at Penn State where she is currently pursuing her PhD. Her current research consists of nonlinear model validation against nonlinear dynamic testing for the structural assessment of historic masonry monuments.

Her work has earned her a World University Network Fellowship to the University of Sheffield in the U.K.  during Spring of 2007 to study The Beverly Minster. She is also a recipient of the 2007 Dominick J. Demichele Scholarship Award and the 2007 James L. Noland Student Fellowship.