RESILIENT AND SMART STRUCTURES GROUP (RSSG)
PhD Students
Tolga Aydoner
PhD
Ultimate behavior of steel-concrete composite I-beams with reinforced rectangular web openings
Ahmet Bal
PhD
Cyclic testing of RC frames retrofitted with BRBs
I. Gurkan Arici
PhD
Steel plate shear walls for the seismic retrofit of RC frames
Hizir Eksi
PhD
To be determined
MS Students
Beyza Kapucu
MS
Evaluation of A Semi-Prefabricated Composite Building Construction System for Seismic Regions
Berika C. Cihan
MS
Hybrid Double Skin Concrete Filled Steel Tube Columns
Ozlem Karakus
MS
Bamboo Structures
Azin Shahkar
MS
Post Disaster Temporary Structures
Selin Koca
MS
Design of Roof Beams in Prefabricated Buildings
Busra Sahin
MS
Topic to be determined
Students
Post-Docs
Dr. A. Fayeq Ghowsi
(PhD, IIT New Delhi)
Inelastic Response and Advanced Modeling of BRBFs
Professors
Professor Tuncay Taymaz
Istanbul Technical University
Professor Toru Takeuchi
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor
Fatih Sutcu
Istanbul Technical
University
Asst. Prof. Yuki Terazawa
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Former Phd Students
Dr.Cigdem Avci-Karatas
Design, Fabrication, and Cyclic Behavior of Steel and Aluminum Alloy Core Buckling Restrained Braces (BRBs)
Yalova University
Dr.Cem Haydaroglu
Hysteretic Behavior of Tubular Steel Braces Retrofitted with CFRP Members
ARUP Istanbul
Dr.Pinar Sunar Bukulmez
Fire resistance testing of steel-concrete composite cellular beams
Bahcesehir University
Dr.Emir Ilter
Long-Term Structural and Impermeability Performance Evaluation of a Full-Scale Glass Panel Façade System
(with Professor Tavil)
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Dr.Elif T. Yalaz
Full-scale testing of building facade members
(with Professor Tavil)
Necmettin Erbakan University
Dr.Kazuhiro Fujishita
Optimal Damper Distribution Method for Low-Strength Multistory RC Buildings on Energy Dissipation Retrofit Focusing on Damage Distribution (with Professor Takeuchi)
Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc.
Dr.T. Tibet Akbas
Cyclic bond behavior of CFRP bars in high strength concrete
ARUP Istanbul
Dr.Kurtulus Atasever
Development and Cyclic Testing of Buckling Restrained Braces with Post-Tensioned Carbon Fiber Composite Cables
(with Professor Takeuchi)
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University