Faculty Members

Prof. Dr. Bülent AKBAŞ
Email: akbasb@gtu.edu.tr
Office: , İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü Z:30
Phone: +90 (262) 605 3308
Earthquake Engineering, Performance-Based Design, Seismic Performance of Steel/RC/Historical Structures, Industrial Structures, Tanks, Silos, Structural Health Monitoring, Soil-Structure Interaction

Prof. Dr. Ferit ÇAKIR
Email: cakirf@gtu.edu.tr
Office: , İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü, Z29
Phone: +90 (262) 605 33 07
Historical Structures, Masonry Structures, Finite Element Analysis, Polymer Composite Materials, Biomechanic

Prof. Dr. Abdullah Tolga ÖZER
(Chair)
(Chair)
Email: tolgaozer@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü, Z26
Phone: +90 (262) 605 33 03
Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering Applications of EPS-Block Geofoam, Slope Stability and Rehabilitation, Earth Dam Design, Geosynthetics, Geotechnical Laboratory and In-situ Soil Testing.

Prof. Dr. Selçuk TOPRAK
Email: stoprak@gtu.edu.tr
Office: , Z27
Phone: +90 (262) 605 33 04
Smart Cities, Lifeline Systems, GIS, Environmental Geotechnics, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Risk Assessments, Liquefaction, Soil Laboratory and Field Tests

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur AKAY
Email: onurakay@gtu.edu.tr
Office: , İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü, 152
Phone: +90 (262) 605 3327
Groundwater hydrology and hydraulics, Seepage erosion of riverbanks, Hydraulic properties of variably saturated fiber reinforced soil, Subsurface drainage systems, River restoration

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burak AYDOĞAN
Email: baydogan@gtu.edu.tr
Office: , İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü Z31
Phone: +90 (262) 605 33 09
Coastal and harbor engineering, Hydraulics, Wave modelling, Hydrodynamic Modelling, Design of Coastal and harbor Structures, Stratified Flows, Coastal Morphology, Renewable Energy.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevilay DEMİRKESEN ÇAKIR
Email: demirkesen@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü, 25
Phone: +90 (262) 605 3302
Lean Construction, Safety Management, Construction Safety, Performance Management, Performance Measurement, Risk Management, Mistakeproofing, Construction Management

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Savaş KARABULUT
Email: savaskarabulut@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, 145
Phone: +90 (262) 902626053358
Geophysical Engineering, Engineering Seismology, Statistical Seismology, Applied Seismology, Soil Mechanics, Analysis of Strong and Weak Motion, Microtremor, Solution of Soil Engineering Problems,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hadi KHANBABAZADEH
Email: hk.babazadeh@gtu.edu.tr
Office: , Civil engineering division\ Room No:Z35
Phone: +90 (262) 00000
Soil Dynamics, Soil-Structure Interaction, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Pipeline-Fault Interaction,Site Effect, FLAC3D, PLAXIS

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur ŞEKER
Email: oseker@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block N, İnşaat 129
Phone: +90 (262) 605 3315
Structural Engineering, Steel Structures, Seismic Design and Behavior of Structures, Finite Element Modeling, Non-linear Analysis.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tayfun Altuğ SÖYLEV
Email: tasoylev@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü, Z33
Phone: +90 (262) 605 33 11
Construction Materials, Concrete Technology, Durability of Concrete, Reinforcement Corrosion, Fiber Concrete, Mineral Additions

Assist. Prof. Ahmet Anıl DİNDAR
Email: adindar@gtu.edu.tr
Office: , İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü Z32
Phone: +90 (262) 605 33 10
Performance Based Design, Energy Based Seismic Analysis and Design, Structural Health Monitoring, Earth Observations using GNSS, Full Dynamic Testing on Shake Table, Sensors

Assist. Prof. Ali Sercan KESTEN
Email: sercankesten@gtu.edu.tr
Office: , 150
Phone: +90 (262) 0262 605 3324
Railway and Highway Engineering, Transportation Planning and Modeling, Railway Vibration, Noise and Acoustics Analysis, Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Control Models

Assist. Prof. Ahu KÖMEÇ MUTLU
Email: ahumutlu@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü, Z28
Phone: +90 (262) 605 3306
Seismic Device Design, Seismic Tomography, Crustal Deformation, Seismology, Moment Tensor Inversion, Shear Wave Splitting, Anisotropy

Assist. Prof. Ülgen MERT TUĞSAL
Email: umtugsal@gtu.edu.tr
Office: , İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü, Z34
Phone: +90 (262) 0-262-6053312
RC Structures; Earthquake Engineering; Engineering Seismology; Nonlinear Dynamics; Seismic Evaluation of Structures; Performance Based Design; Repair & Strengthening of Structures

Assist. Prof. Ceren ÖZER SÖZDİNLER
Email: ceren.ozersozdinler@gtu.edu.tr
Office: , İnşaat Mühendisliği, 126
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 84
Coastal&Harbor Engineering, Tsunami Numerical Modeling, Tsunami Inundation Maps, Tsunami Early Warning Systems, Submarine Landslides and Tsunamis, Tsunami Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Strategies
Assistants

Dr. Tahsin GÖRMÜŞ
Email: tgormus@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, Deprem ve Yapı Müh. Lab.
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 80
Coastal Engineering, Wave Power, Wave Mechanics, Wind and Wave Climate, Extreme Value Analysis, Numerical Modelling, Spatial Analysis, Coastal Zone Management and Planning

Res. Asst. Muhammet ASAN
Email: asanm@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, 1A-37
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 80

Res. Asst. Oğuz DAL
Email: odal@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, 112
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 80
Soil-structure interaction, geotechnical earthquake engineering, slope stability, GIS, pipelines

Res. Asst. Nihal GÜLCAN
Email: nihalgulcan@gtu.edu.tr
Office: , Z Blok, 112
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 80

Res. Asst. Muhammed Yusuf KAHVECİ
Email: yusufkahveci@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, 116-Erken Uyarı ve Yapı Sağlığı İzleme Lab.
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 82

Res. Asst. Yiğit Berat KAYA
Email: yigitkaya@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, 112
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 80

Res. Asst. Ayşe Eda Özdin
Email: aedaozdin@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, 112
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 80

Res. Asst. Mustafa Enes ÖZTÜRK
Email: mustafasozturk@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, 112
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 80
Earthquake Engineering, Structural Engineering, Seismic Analysis of Bridges, Seismic Analysis in VSE Case, Structural Analysis

Res. Asst. Yasin PEKYÜREK
Email: yasinpekyurek@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, Yapı Sağlığı İzleme Laboratuvarı
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 80
Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, In-Situ Tests in Geotechnical Engineering, Laboratory Experiments in Soil Mechanics

Res. Asst. Emel SADIKOĞLU
Email: esadikoglu@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, 112
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 80
Construction Project Management, Construction Management, Lean Construction, Agile Construction, Occupational Health and Safety, Digital Technologies in Construction

Res. Asst. Ali İkbal TUTAR
Email: alitutar@gtu.edu.tr
Office: Block Z, 116-Erken Uyarı ve Yapı Sağlığı İzleme Lab.
Phone: +90 (262) 605 32 82
Historical Structures, Masonry Structures, Finite Element Analysis, Polymer Concrete, Fiber Concrete