Research Group

  (Current and Former Graduate Students)

 

Current Graduate Students:

 

Cem Haydaroglu (PhD)        Improving Cyclic Performance of Tubular Steel Braces using Advanced Composites

 

T. Tibet Akbas (PhD)          Cyclic Bond Behavior of FRP Rebars in High Strength Concrete

 

Tolga Aydoner (PhD) Experimental and Computational Investigation of Steel –Concrete Composite I Beams with Reinforced Web Openings Using Advanced Composites

 

Can Akogul (PhD)               Seismic Fragility Analysis of Short Span RC Highway Bridges

 

Emir İlter (PhD)                 Full-Scale Testing of Unitized Façade Systems

 

Pınar Sunar (PhD)              Experimental Performance of Cellular Steel I-Beams under Fire

 

Ahmet Bal (PhD)                Cyclic Testing of Buckling Restrained Braces (BRBs)

 

I. Gurkan Arici (PhD)           Inelastic Behavior and Testing of Steel Plate Shear Walls (SPSWs)

 

 

Adem Turker (MS)              Cyclic Testing of Tubular Steel Braces with Various End Details

 

Begum Yilmaz (MS)            Ligh-Weight Structural System Alternatives for Post Disaster Housing Units

 

Mehmet Kızıl (MS)              Modeling Diaphraghm Behavior in Slab-on-Girder Steel Highway Bridges

 

Can Aksu (MS)                  Computational Structural Analysis of Bridges

 

Cansu Karip (MS)               Cyclic Testing of Reduced Beam Section (Dog Bone) Steel Beam-to-Column Moment Connections

 

Canan Babuc (MS)             To be determined

 

Ulkuhan Varan (MS)           To be determined

 

Karin Demircioglu (MS)        To be determined

 

Dogan Arslan (MS)             To be determined

 

Vehbi Huri (MS)                 To be determined

 

 

 

Former Graduate Students:

 

Cigdem Avci-Karatas (PhD)  Design, Fabrication, and Cyclic Behavior of Steel and Aluminum Alloy Core Buckling Restrained Braces (BRBs)   

 

Seckin Cetinkaya (MS)        Hysteretic Behavior of A Steel Core Buckling Restrained Brace (BRB) and Design of A Steel Building Incorporating BRBs

 

Can Kalkan (MS)                The Effect of Vegetated Roof Systems on Reinforced Concrete (RC) Buildings in Earthquake Zones

 

Sareh Naji (MS)                 Comparative Evaluation Among Three Structural Systems for Low-Rise Energy Efficient Residential Buildings

 

Ibrahim Inci (MS)               Seismic Retrofit of RC Frames using BRBs

 

I. Gurkan Arici (MS)            Fundamental Periods of Steel Plate Shear Walls (SPSW) and a Succesive Iteration Method for Their Capacity Design under Earthquake Loads

 

Yasin Akinci (MS)               Collapse Investigation in Steel Vierendeel Beams and Parameters Affecting Collapse

 

Serdar Oncu (MS)              Analysis and Design of Low/Mid-Rise Light Gauge Steel Buildings

 

Can Akogul (MS)                Earthquake Resistant Design of RC Bridges with Precast Concrete Girders According to AASHTO

 

F.Tevfik Cizmecioglu (MS)   Comparing Column+Shear Wall Cross Sectional Area Ratios in Seismically Retrofitted

RC School Buildings Before and After Retrofitting

 

 

 

Note to Potential Graduate Students:

 

Please feel free to forward your undergraduate transcript and Resume before asking for a meeting.

Self supported international students are also welcome.

 

Special note to Indian undergraduate students: Please do not forward your resume since I am not available to accept intern students!