OTHER ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE ENGINEERING AND TEACHING PROFESSIONS

  1. Vice Chairman of Civil Engineering Department 2004-2008.
  2. Executive board member of Earthquake Engineering Research Center in the Middle East Technical University since 2004.
  3. Director of Earthquake Engineering Research Center in the Middle East Technical University 2011-2013.
  4. Organization of a seminar on: Strong Motion Seismology (7-9 October 2003, Department of Civil Engineering, METU). Invited Lecturer: Dr. David M. Boore from the U.S. Geological Survey, USA.
  5. Organization of an international seminar: Earthquake Engineering: Essentials and Applications (18-21 July 2005, Department of Civil Engineering, METU). Invited Lecturers: Prof. E. Miranda (Stanford University), Prof. V.V. Bertero (UC Berkeley), Prof. M. Sozen (Purdue University), Prof. A. Irfanoğlu (Purdue University), T. Parret (WJ&E, Emeryville, CA), S. Freeman (WJ&E, Emeryville, CA), E. Fierro (WJ&E, Emeryville, CA).
  6. Organization of 2nd International Euro-Mediterranean Accelerometric Data Exchange and Archiving Workshop (http://www.adea.metu.edu.tr/), 2009.