Education & Degrees

• Ph.D. 2002   Civil Engineering (Structures), University of California, Berkeley, CA

• M.S.  1996   Civil Engineering (Structures), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

• B.S.   1993   Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

• P.E.   2003    Registered Professional Engineer, State of Ohio

Research and Teaching Interests

• Design, modeling and analysis of concrete and steel structures

• Progressive collapse of structures

• Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics

• Evaluation and rehabilitation of buildings and bridges

• Nonlinear structural analysis

• Sustainable structural design