Biodata - Prof. Dr. ZEKAI CELEP

Biodata
Birth Date...............: September 8, 1945 Erbaa, Turkey.

Citizenship..............: Turkish; married having two children.

Awards...................: Promotion Prize for Scientific Achievement; awarded by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, November 1984.

Degrees Received....:  

Professor; Department of Structural and Earthquake Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey,
September 1983.

Associate Professor; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, November 1976.

Dr.-Ing.; in Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Hannover Technical University, Germany, January 1971.

M.Sc.; in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, July 1967.

Teaching Interests..... :

Reinforced concrete structures, earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, engineering mechanics, strengthening of structures

Professional Career.....:

June 1987-present
Professor, Department of Structural and Earthquake Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.

Jan. 1989-Dec. 1990
Member of the Engineering Research Group, Scientific and Technical Council of Turkey.

Aug. 1985-May 1987
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Oct. 1983-July 1985
Professor, Department of Structural and Earthquake Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.

Sep. 1982-Sep. 1983
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.

Feb. 1981-Aug. 1982
Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Resource Extraction Laboratory (Prof M.P. Cleary), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

Jan. 1980-Jan. 1981
Research Associate and Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Center for Geomaterials and Concrete (Prof Z.P. Bazant), The Technological Institute, Northwestern University, USA.

Feb.1977-Dec. 1980
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.

July 1972-Jan. 1977
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.

March 1971-June 1972
Research Engineer, Department of New Technology, Maschienen Fabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg, Munich, Germany.

Aug. 1968-Feb. 1971
Assistant, Division of Structural Mechanics (Prof Th. Lehmann), Department of Civil Engineering, Hannover Technical University, Germany.

July 1967-July 1968
Assistant, Division of Engineering Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.