Education

  • PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2000

Thesis: Consideration of Spatial Requirements of Construction Activities and Analysis of Time-Space Conflicts Using Production Models

 

  • Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1996

Thesis: Contractor’s Risk of Cost Overburden: A Review of Risk Factors and Methods

 

  • MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1995

 

  • MBA, Graduate School of Business, Bilkent University, Turkey, 1993

Thesis: Determinants of Marketing Manufacturing Interface

 

  • BS, Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1991

 

 

Honors and Awards

  • CETI, Outstanding Early Career Researcher, FIATECH 2008.
  • Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, ASCE, 2007.
  • CAREER Award Recipient, National Science Foundation, 2005-2010.
  • George Tallman Ladd Research Award, Carnegie Institute of Technology , Carnegie Mellon University, 2003
  • Best Paper Award Recipient, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 2002.
  • Lieberman Fellowship, School of Engineering, Stanford University (1999-2000)
  • NATO doctoral student scholarship through Turkish National Science Foundation (TUBITAK)

 
 Employment

07/2006 -        Associate Professor, Civil &Environ. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University.

07/2000-06    Assist. Professor, Civil & Environ. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University.

 

1994-2000              Research Assistant, Civil and Environ. Engineering, Stanford University.

                            

Spring 1999      Seminar Organizer, Civil and Environ. Engineering, Stanford Univ.

               Seminar on Integrated Facility Engineering (CEE 320)

 

Winter, 1999      Teaching Assistant, Civil and Environ Engineering, Stanford University.

Fall 1997           Symbolic Modeling in Engineering (CEE114/214) course.

 

Summer, 1998   Production Analyst, Pacific Contracting, San Francisco, CA.

                           Roofing Construction of Boarding Area A, SFO Expansion Project.

 

Summer 1997    Project Engineer, Kutlutas Construction Inc., Ankara, Turkey.

                           Construction of a multi-storey housing project.

 

1993-1994                 Research Assist. (part-time), Grad. School of Business, San Jose State Univ.

 

1992-1994               Teaching Assistant, Grad. School of Business, Bilkent Univ., Ankara, Turkey

Introduction to Programming, and Marketing courses

 

Summers 89,88 Assistant Project Engineer, Kutlutas Construction Inc., Mersin, Turkey.

                           Construction of a water treatment project for the city of Tarsus