Background

Education
2011 – 2015 Penn State University / University Park, PA, USA
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. in Civil engineering (Major in Structural Engineering)

2005 – 2008 Middle East Technical University / Ankara, Turkey
Dept. of Civil Engineering
M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Major in Structural Engineering).

2001 – 2005 Middle East Technical University / Ankara, Turkey
Dept. of Civil Engineering
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering

Professional Experience
09/2015 – Ozyegin University / Istanbul, Turkey
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Assistant Professor

08/2011-05/2015 Penn State University / University Park, PA
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Graduate Research Assistant

10/2009-07/2011 Middle East Technical University / Ankara, Turkey
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Teaching Assistant

07/2007-04/2008 Pro-Sem Engineering, Arch., Cons. / Ankara, Turkey
01/2009-07/2009
Structural Engineer
09/2005-07/2007 En-Su Engineering and Consulting / Ankara, Turkey
Structural Engineer

Awards and Honors
Research Scholar, National Science Foundation, 2011-2015
Fellowship, College of Engineering Recruitment Fund, Penn State University, 2012
The best M.Sc. thesis award by Turkish Road Association, 2009