Attended International Conferences

1. 15^th Int. Brick and Block Masonry Conference (15^th IB²MaC), Florianapolis, Brazil, June 3-6, 2012.

2. 8^th International Masonry Conference (8IMS), Dresden, Germany, July 2010.

3. Int. Conf. on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies (ICBEST 2010), Vancouver, Canada, June 2010.

4. The World Sustainable Building Conference (SB08), Melbourne, Australia, September 21-25, 2008.

5. 11^th Int. Conf. on Durability of Building Materials and Components (11DBMC), Istanbul, Turkey, May 2008.

6. Sustainable Building Conference (SB07HK), Hong Kong, December 04-05, 2007.

7. CIB World Building Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, May 14-18, 2007.

8. 10^th Int. Inorganic Bonded Composite Materials Conference (IIBCC), Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 15-18, 2006.

9. 4^th Int. Conf. on Autoclaved Aerated Concrete – Innovations and Developments, London, UK, September 8-9, 2005.

10. 10^th Int. Conf. on Durability of Building Materials and Components (10DBMC), Lyon, France, April 2005.

11. 24^th Cement and Concrete Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, September 16-17, 2004.

12. 30^th IAHS World Congress on Housing, Housing Construction – An Interdisciplinary Task, Coimbra, Portugal, September 2002.

13. 9^th Int. Conf. on Durability of Building Materials and Components (9DBMC), Brisbane, Australia, March 2002.

14. 3^rd Int. Conf. on Surface Technology with Water Repellent Agents (HYDROPHOBE III), Hannover, Germany, September 2001.

15. 8^th Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials, Athens, Greece, September 2001.

16. 6^th Int. Conf. on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies (ICBEST 2001), Ottawa, Canada, June 2001.

17. Int. Conf. on Additives for Coatings, Inks and Additives (AddCoat 2001), Orlando, Florida, USA, January 2001.

18. Int. Conf. on Healthy Buildings (HB 2000), Espoo, Finland, August 2000.

19. Housing in the 21^st Century: Fragmentation and Reorientation (ENHR 2000) Gävle, Sweden, June 2000.

20. Int. Symp. on Integrated Life-Cycle Design of Materials and Structures (ILCDES 2000), Helsinki, Finland, May 2000.

21. 8^th Int. Conf. on Durability of Building Materials and Components (8DBMC), Vancouver, Canada, June 1999.

22. CIB World Building Congress, Gävle, Sweden, June 1998.

Attended National Conference

1. Türkiye Pomza Sempozyumu ve Sergisi 2005 (Turkish Pumice Symposium and Exhibition), Isparta, September 2005.

2. 1. Ulusal Yapi Malzemesi Kongresi (1^st National Congress on Building Materials), Istanbul, Turkey, October 2002.

Attended International Meetings, Courses and Workshops

1. RILEM TC 183-MIB meeting, Brisbane, Australia, March 2002.

2. ISO/TC59/SC3/WG12 and WG14 meetings, Noosa, Australia, March 2002.

3. Green Roofs Infrastructure Workshop, NRC-IRC, Ottawa, Canada, June 2001.

4. Polymer Degradation and Stabilisation Course, Orlando, Florida, USA, January 2001.

Attended National Workshop

1. "Thermal Analysis Workshop" by Netzsch & Senko Ltd., Anadolu University, Eskisehir, 12-13 September 2006.

Some Examples of Attended Doctoral Courses

1. Measurement Techniques, CTH Chalmers Technical University, Göteborg, 2000 (in Swedish).

2. Technical calculations and mathematical software, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 1999 (in Swedish).

3. Environmental Impact from Building Materials, KTH Stockholm, 1999.

4. Service Life of Building and Characterisation of Degradation Environment, KTH Gävle, 1999.

5. Damp in buildings, KTH Stockholm, 1998 (in Swedish).

6. Chemistry of Importance for the Building Sector, KTH Stockholm, 1998 (in Swedish).

7. Durability and Service Life of Materials and Buildings, KTH Gävle, NTNU Trondheim, Norway 1997/1998.

8. Concrete and other Cement-based Materials, CBI, Cement and Concrete Institute, Stockholm 1997/1998 (in Swedish).