Group
Graduate research in the Geotechnical Engineering Division at METU. Ongoing doctoral and master’s work is listed first, followed by completed theses in reverse chronological order.
- Current students
- 9
- Completed theses
- 33
- Ph.D.
- 17
- M.S.
- 25
Current students
- Berkan Söylemez Ph.D. The Effects of Initial Static Shear Stress on the Liquefaction Resistance of Cine Sand
- Elife Çakır Ph.D. A constitutive model for cyclic assessment of fully saturated sandy soils: METUSand
- Ahmed Al-Suhaily Ph.D. Stress Scaling Factor for Liquefaction Engineering Assessment
- Moutasem Zarzour Ph.D. Cyclic Responses of Fine Grained Soils: Adıyaman- Gölbaşı Soils Shaken by 2023 Kahramanmaraş Pazarcık Equake
- Bilal Umut Ayhan Ph.D. Machine Learning Algorithms for Assessing Seismic Soil Liquefaction
- Ahmet Seyit M.S. The Effects of Grain Sphericity and Roundness on Critical State Parameters
- Alaa Elsaid Ph.D. Evaluation of Soil-Structure Interaction Effects on Building Damage in Adıyaman Gölbaşı After February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş-Turkiye Earthquake Sequence: An Integrated Geomatics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Framework
- Faik Cüceoğlu Ph.D. Seismic Performance Assessment of Earth and Rockfill Dams
- Soner Ocak Ph.D. Cyclic Torsional Shear Response of Gravel-Sand Mixtures
Completed theses
- Alaa Elsaid M.S. · 2022 The Assessment of Seismic Site Effects During the 24 January 2020 Elazığ-Sivrice Mw:6.8 Earthquake.
- Atalay Mert Turgut M.S. · 2022 The Assessment of Deep Excavation Performance of a High Rise Residential Complex, in Bayraklı, İzmir.
- Satuk Buğrahan Sari M.S. · 2022 Probability-based Assessment of Post-liquefaction Shear Strength: An Effective Stress Approach.
- Makbule Ilgaç Ph.D. · 2022 SPT-based Probabilistic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Triggering
- Gizem Can Ph.D. · 2022 CPT-based Probabilistic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Triggering
- Ahmet Can Korkusuz M.S. · 2021 Shear and Volumetric Straining Response of Çine Sand
- Mustafa Efekan Çevik M.S. · 2021 The Effects of Hammer-Rod Alignment and Rod Length on SPT Hammrt Efficiency.
- Elife Çakır M.S. · 2020 Shear and Volumetric Straining Response of Kızılırmak Sand
- Eray Altıncı M.S. · 2019 Performance based Assessment of Number of Equivalent Uniform Cyclic Stress Scheme
- Hüseyin Melih Tatar M.S. · 2018 Consolidated Undrained Shearing Response of Hydrophobic Sands
- Makbule Ilgac M.S. · 2015 A Comparative Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Triggering Relationships
- Sevinc Unsal Oral Ph.D. · 2014 Effective Stress Based Constitutive Modelling and Assessment of Seismic Pile-Soil Interaction in Liquefiable Soils
- Alparslan Dogan M.S. · 2014 Assessing the Effects of Confining Stress State on the Mobilization of Axial Compressive Resistance for a Single Aggregate Pier
- Cansu Gencoglu M.S. · 2013 Numerical Assessment of Negative Skin Friction Effects on Diaphragm Walls
- Tunc Bahcecioglu M.S. · 2011 Parallel Solution of Soil-Structure Interaction Problems on PC Clusters
- Nilsun Hasancebi Ph.D. · 2011 Sivilasmayla İliskili Yanal Yayilma Yer Degistirmesinin Kestirimi — Hacettepe University (co-supervised)
- Deniz Ulgen Ph.D. · 2011 An Experimental Study on the Behavior of Box-Shaped Culverts Buried in Sand under Dynamic Excitations
- H. Tolga Bilge Ph.D. · 2010 Cyclic Volumetric and Shear Strain Responses of Fine-Grained Soils
- A. Anil Yunatci Ph.D. · 2010 GIS-based Seismic Hazard Mapping of Turkey
- Sevinc Unsal M.S. · 2009 An Integrated Seismic Hazard Framework for Liquefaction Triggering Assessment of Earthfill Dams’ Foundation Soils — Middle East Technical University January 2009
- Omer Karamanli M.S. · 2009 Assessment of the ground subsidence and lining forces due to tunnel advancement
- Ali Guney Ozcebe M.S. · 2009 A comperative assessment of available methods for seismic performance evaluation of buried structures
- Menzer Pehlivan M.S. · 2009 Assessment of liquefaction susceptibility of fine-grained soils
- Berna Unutmaz Ph.D. · 2008 Assessment of Soil-structure-earthquake interaction induced soil liquefaction triggering
- Wael Albawwab Ph.D. · 2005 Probabilistic Assessment of Liquefaction-induced Lateral Ground Deformations
- Serdar Soyoz M.S. · 2004 Effects of Soil-Structure Interaction and Base Isolated Systems on Seismic Performance of Foundation Soils
- Fatma Ozkahriman M.S. · 2004 CPT-based Compressibility Assessment of Soils
- Zeynep Yilmaz M.S. · 2004 GIS-based Structural Performance Assessment of Sakarya City after 1999 Kocaeli-Turkey Earthquake from Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering Point of View
- Fatih Kavruk M.S. · 2003 Seismic Behavior of Embankment Dams
- Cem Ozan M.S. · 2003 Estimation of grain characteristics of soils by using CPT data
- Volkan Yargici M.S. · 2003 Assessment of Buried Pipeline Performance During the 1999 Duzce Earthquake
- Orhan Unal M.S. · 2003 3-D Soil Structure Interaction Analyses of Three Identical Buildings in Sakarya City After 17 August 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake
- Onur Pekcan M.S. · 2001 Cyclic Behavior of Adapazari Clayey Silts