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EDUCATION Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Transportation) - Rutgers University, New Jersey - 2002 Dissertation Title: “Impact of Transportation Investments on Economic Development” (Advisor: Assoc.Prof. Kaan Ozbay)
M.S. Civil Engineering (Transportation) - Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey - 1998 Thesis Title: “Development of a Quality Assurance System for Highways in Turkey” (Advisors: Prof.Ayhan Inal, Prof. Talat Birgönül)
B.S.
Civil Engineering - Middle
East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey – 1995
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Course Presentations
2.
“Simulation
of Traffic Operations In A Single-Lane Highway", Simulation of
Production Systems course, Industrial Engineering Department,
Rutgers University, NJ, 2000
3.“Simulation
Modeling For Prioritization of Capital Expenditures In Transportation”,
Traffic Engineering course, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department, Rutgers University, NJ, 2000
4. “Traffic Assignment in a Congested Highway”, Traffic Operations course, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Rutgers University, NJ, 2000
5. “Widening of Interchange-80 South Bound Exit Ramp", Construction Management II course, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Rutgers University, NJ 2000 (with A.Oguz Ertekin and Nakin Suksawang)
6. “Prediction of Changes In Travel Patterns Due to Improvements In Transit System In New Brunswick Campus", Transportation Planning Course, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Rutgers University, NJ, 1999
7. “Visco-elastic Rod” , Wave Propagation in Solids course, Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1999
8. “Types and Causes of Failures in Rigid Pavements", Pavement Design course, Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1996
9. “A Research on METU Campus Traffic", Traffic Engineering II course, Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1996
RESEARCH
INTERESTS · Transportation Economics and Regional Impacts of Transportation Investments · Transportation Engineering (with GIS Applications) · Intelligent Transportation Systems · Artificial Neural Networks · Simulation Models · Traffic Safety · Work Zones · Highway Engineering · Highway Materials · Pavement Design · Pavement Deterioration Models · Transportation Data Management
WORK EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Hofstra University, Engineering Department, Hempstead, New York, September 2006-Present
Senior Transportation Engineer, Urbitran Associates, Inc., Montville, New Jersey, January 2005-August 2006
Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University, New Jersey, January 2004-December 2004
Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University, New Jersey, January 2003-December 2003
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University, New Jersey, September 1999 – December 2002
Private
Consultant, Worked for several different companies in Turkey, June
1998- August 1999
Traffic Safety Expert, Carried out accident investigation analysis and prepared reports for Justice Department in Turkey, September 1996- August 1999
Graduate Research Assistant,
Civil
Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Turkey,
September 1995-June 1999
STUDENT
ADVISING
Graduate Hong Yang, Rutgers University, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Expected Date of Completion Spring 2011
Ankita Patel, Rutgers University, January 2003-December 2004 Harsh Doshi, Rutgers University, January 2003-December 2003
Undergraduate Edwin Taveras, Academic Advising, Hofstra University, Spring 2010
John Rudauner, Honors Degree, Hofstra University, Spring 2008 Daniel Lee, Summer Internship Program, Rutgers University, 2003 Nancy Chan, Summer Internship Program, Rutgers University, 2003
High School Richard Huang, High School Internship Program, Spring 2007
COMPUTER
SKILLS
REVIEWER Transportation Research (2004-present) Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003-present Transportation Research Board, 2000-present IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2006-present
AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES Senator at Large of the Special Committee on Recruitment, Elections and Nominations (SCREAN), Hofstra University Member of Standards and Review Committee, Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty,
University
Transportation Research Center, Region II Member of Society of Women Engineers Friend of the Transportation Research Board Joint Subcommittee on Road Pricing
Member of Community of
Science
AWARDS & CERTIFICATES Faculty Academic Service Increment Award (2004) Engineer in Training, New Jersey licensee (2004)
Hofstra University Grant Writing Stipend (2007)
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Involved in proposal development for the future School of Engineering at Hofstra University (Spring 2010) Developed GIS in Urban Ecology course (for Biology Department) (to be offered in Fall 2010) Revised Numerical Methods course (Fall 2008) Developed a First Year Seminar course titled Those Who Quietly Shape the World (Approved in Spring 2008) Developed Transportation Engineering I course (Spring 2008) Developed A Short Course on AutoCAD (1-day workshop) (Fall 2007) Revised Design and Analysis of Experiments course (Spring 2007) Revised Dynamics course (Spring 2007) Revised Engineering Drawing Course (Spring 2007) Revised Project Management course (Fall 2006) Revised Methods of Random Processes course (Fall 2006) Revised Introduction to Transportation Planning course (Fall 2003) Revised Traffic Operations course (Fall 2003) |