| 2006 - Present | Editorial Board Member, National Disaster Journal, Ankara, Turkey. |
| 2005 - Present | Committee Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, Technical Committee on Lifelines and Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Investigation Committee, USA. |
| 2006 | Scientific Committee Member; The 6th National Earthquake Engineering Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. |
| 2005 | Scientific Committee Member; The Expected Marmara Earthquake and Its Environmental Consequences, ITÜ, Istanbul, Turkey. |
| 2005 | Scientific Committee Member; 1st International Workshop on Earthquake Loss Estimation for Turkey, HAZTURK 2005, ITÜ, Istanbul, Turkey. |
| 2004 | Scientific Committee Member; Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 10th Turkish National Conference, Zemin Mekanigi ve Temel Mühendisligi Onuncu Ulusal Kongresi, ITÜ, Istanbul, Turkey. |
| 2004 | Committee Deputy Chair, Disaster Management Committee, Ministry of Construction and Development Earthquake Think Tank, Ankara, Turkey. |
| 2003 | Committee Reporter, Disaster Management Committee, Prime Ministry Economics Conference, State Planning Organization, Izmir, Turkey. |
| 2003 | Task Group Coordinator, Disaster Management and Public Awareness, Greater Municipality of Istanbul, Earthquake Master Plan, Istanbul, Turkey. |
| December 2003 | Expert Evaluator, European Commission Sixth Framework Program, Brussels, Belgium. |
| May 2003 | Scientific Committee Member; 5th National Turkish Earthquake Engineering Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. |
| January 2003 | Steering Committee Member, FEMA-ITU Higher Education Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. |
| 2001 - 2006 | Steering Committee Member, Development of a Master of Science Program in Disaster and Emergency Management, Istanbul Technical University. |
| 2001 - 2006 | Founding Director, Center of Excellence for Disaster Management, Istanbul Technical University. |
| 2001 | Committee Reporter, Committee on Natural Disasters, State Planning Organization, headed by the Undersecretary to the Prime Minister, Ankara. |
| 2001 - 2004 | Board of Directors Member; Structures and Earthquake Application and Research Center, Istanbul Technical University. |
| 2001 - 2004 | President, American Society of Civil Engineers – Turkey International Group. |
| 1999 - 2001 | Founding Secretary, American Society of Civil Engineers – Turkey International Group. |
| 1999 - Present | Committee Member, Istanbul Technical University Assistant Professor Promotion – Language Examination Group – team A. |
| 1999 | Committee Member, Special Task Group for Emergency Management, Governor of Istanbul. |
| 1998 - 1999 | Board of Directors Member; Tall and Special Structures Research Center, Middle East Technical University. |
| 1997 - Present | Executive Committee Secretary; American Society of Civil Engineers: Urban Development Division, Housing Control Committee. |
| September 1997 | Scientific Committee Member; 4th National Turkish Earthquake Engineering Conference, Ankara, Turkey. |
| 2004 | Istanbul Technical University, Presidential Recognition Award |
| 2004 | Olympic Torch Relay – Athens 2004, for Efforts in Disaster Preparedness, Turkey |
| 2001 - Present | International Journal for Housing Science, Editorial Board Member |
| 2001 | American Society of Civil Engineers, Award of Merit to Turkey Group |
| 2001 | University of Tokyo, Institute for Industrial Science, Special Keynote Award |
| 2000 | Istanbul Technical University, Presidential Recognition Award |
| 1999 | American Society of Civil Engineers, Technical Committee on Lifelines and Earthquake Engineering, Recognition Award |
| 1994 | Sigma-Xi Scientific Research Honor Society |
| 1991 - 1993 | Kajima Corporation Research Fellow; Princeton University |
| 1989 | American Society of Civil Engineers, Murray Mantel Scholarship |
| 1989 | Engineer in Training Certificate |
| 1988 | Phi-Kappa-Phi Academic Honor Society |
| 1988 | American Society of Civil Engineers, South Florida Scholarship |
| 1988 - 1989 | National Deans List |
| 1988 - 1989 | Deans List, School of Engineering, Florida International University |