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Maslak 34469 Istanbul - TURKIYE
Phone/Fax: +90 (212) 285 3742
E-mail: derin (at) itu.edu.tr
Derin Ural obtained her Masters Degree in 1992, and her PhD in 1995 from Princeton University, from the Department of Civil Engineering & Operations Research, Structures & Mechanics Division. She graduated in as the top of her class in 1989 with a B.S. from the Florida International University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Dr. Ural is currently working at the Istanbul Technical University, as a Professor of Civil Engineering, and serves as the Vice President in charge of Student and International Affairs. She recently coordinated a bi-national effort between Turkey and the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency, on Project ACHIEVE (A Cooperative Hazard Impact-reduction Effort Via Education. Dr. Ural is the founding director of the Center of Excellence for Disaster Management at the Istanbul Technical University. Dr. Ural has served as an expert to the European Commission and Turkish Prime Ministry on civil engineering and disaster management research and policy issues.
Dr. Ural has earned awards, including a fellowship from Kajima Corporation in Japan, Sigma Xi membership, Phi-Kappa-Phi Honor Society membership, and ASCE Murray Mantel Award. She is the editor of three Conference Proceedings, and author of numerous scientific papers. Dr. Ural was the founding secretary of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Turkey International Group, and has recently served as the group President. Prof. Ural is the executive secretary of the International Association for Housing Science.