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
- 5
- Completed theses
- 38
- Ph.D.
- 18
- M.S.
- 25
Current students
- Elife Çakır Ph.D. A constitutive model for cyclic assessment of fully saturated sandy soils: METUSand
- Bilal Umut Ayhan Ph.D. Machine Learning Algorithms for Assessing Seismic Soil Liquefaction
- 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
- Atasev Doğukan Taşbaşı Ph.D. Cyclic Response of Çine Sand under Multidirectional Cyclic Direct Simple Shear Loading and Estimation of Scaling Factors
Completed theses
- Ahmed Al-Suhaily Ph.D. · 2026 Cyclic laboratory testing-based assessment of stress scaling factors for cine sand
- Moutasem Zarzour Ph.D. · 2026 Cyclic Responses of Fine Grained Soils: Adıyaman- Gölbaşı Soils Shaken by 2023 Kahramanmaraş Pazarcık Equake
- Soner Ocak Ph.D. · 2026 Cyclic Torsional Shear Response of Gravel-Sand Mixtures
- Berkan Söylemez Ph.D. · 2025 The effects of initial static shear stress on the liquefaction resistance of Çine sand
- Ahmet Seyit M.S. · 2024 The effec of grain sphericity and roundness on critical state parameters
- Alaa Elsaid M.S. · 2022 The Assessment of Seismic Site Effects During The 24 January 2020 Elazig-Sivrice Mw: 6.8 Earthquake
- Atalay Mert Turgut M.S. · 2022 The assessment of deep excavation performance of a high rise residential complex, in Bayrakli, Izmir
- 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 relationships
- 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 hammer efficiency
- Elife Çakır M.S. · 2020 Shearing 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 Ilgaç 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 comparative 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 cone penetration test (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 behaviour of Adapazarı clayey silts