Institute Faculty
Prof.Dr. Elişan Filiz PİROĞLU (Director)
Earthquake Engineering Department
Ayfer Erken, PhD., Prof.
BS: Yıldız Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1979
MS: Istanbul Technical University, Earthquake Engineering, 1982
PhD: Istanbul Technical University, Geotechnical Engineering, 1987
Research Areas: Soil Dynamic Behaviors, Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading, Bearing Capacity Failures, Contaminated Soils.
Phone: (212) 285 7525
E-mail: erken@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP
MB Can Ulker, PhD., Assoc. Prof.
BS: Istanbul Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 2001
MS: Istanbul Technical University, Geotechnical Engineering, 2004
PhD: North Carolina State University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Raleigh, NC, US, 2009
Research Areas: Computational Geomechanics, Soil- Structure Interaction (SSI), Constitutive Modeling in Soil Dynamics, Numerical Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering and Coastal Geotechnics, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.
Phone: (212) 285 7529
E-mail: mbulker@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP210
Ufuk Yazgan, PhD., Assoc. Prof.
BS: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, 2001
MS : Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, 2003
PhD: ETH Zürich, İsviçre, 2009
Research Areas: Earthquake Engineering, Dynamic Analysis of Structures, Structural Reliability Analysis, Earthquake Damage Predictions, Earthquake Risks Assessment Models, Assessment of Earthquake Induced Structural Damage.
Phone: (212) 285 7526
E-mail: ufukyazgan@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP
Gülşen Taşkın, PhD., Asst. Prof.
BS: Istanbul Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Geomatics, 2001
MS: Istanbul Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 2003
PhD: Istanbul Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 2011
Research Areas: Earthquake Damage Assessment using Remote Sensing Image, Multi-temporal Image Analysis, Change Detection, Pattern Recognition.
Phone: (212) 285 7530
E-mail: tasking@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP215
Fatih Sütçü, PhD., Asst. Prof.
BS: Yıldız Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 2000
MS: Istanbul Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 2003
PhD: Tohoku University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Japan, 2006
Research Areas: Structural Dampers, Seismic Isolation of Buildings.
Phone: (212) 285 7524
E-mail: sutcufa@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP
Tuğrul Turan, PhD., Asst. Prof.
BS: Istanbul Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 2002
MS: Istanbul Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 2004
PhD: Oregon State University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Oregon US, 2010
Research Areas: Bridges, Steel Structures, Shell Structures, Steel Plate Structures.
Phone: (212) 285 6532/125
E-mail: tturan@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP211
Zeynep Değer, PhD., Asst. Prof.
BS: Middle East Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 2008
MS: University of California Los Angeles, Dept. of Civil Engineering, CA, US, 2009
PhD: University of California Los Angeles, Dept. of Civil Engineering, CA, US, 2012
Research Areas: Structural Earthquake Engineering, Modeling and Seismic Performance Assessment of Tall Buildings, Structural Earthquake Design Methods, Analytical Modeling and Behavior of RC Structures.
Phone: (212) 285 7531
E-mail: tunaz@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP215
Reşat Oyguç, PhD., Lecturer
BS: Yıldız Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 2001
MS: Istanbul Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 2004
PhD: Istanbul Technical University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 2011
Research Areas: Performance Based Seismic Design, Multiple Earthquake Excitations, Inelastic Design of Nuclear Power Plants, Seismic Risk of Historical Structures.
Phone: (212) 285 7533
E-mail: oyguc@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP211
Mustafa Yavuz, Lecturer
Phone: (212) 285 7532
E-mail: mustafayavuz@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP209
Research Assistant Evrim Oyguç
BS: Istanbul Technical University, 2012
MS: Istanbul Technical University, 2014
Academic Advisor: Prof.Dr. Abdul Hayır
Phone: (212) 285 6532/119
E-mail: eoyguc@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP211
Research Assistant Göktuğ Ünal
BS: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, 2013
Academic Advisor: Prof.Dr. Alper İlki
Phone: (212) 285 6532/132
E-mail: unalg15@itu.edu.tr Office: DEP209
Disaster and Emergency Management Department
İbrahim Demir, PhD., Prof.
BS: Istanbul Technical University, 1982
MS: Istanbul Technical University
PhD: Istanbul Technical University
Research Areas: Solid Waste Management, Leachate Treatment, Recycling of Solid Waste
Phone: (212) 285 7528
E-mail: idemir@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP
Azime Tezer, PhD., Prof.
BS: Istanbul Technical University, 1987
MS: Istanbul Technical University, 1990
PhD: Istanbul Technical University, 1997
Research Areas:
Phone: (212) 293 1300/2259
E-mail: tezera@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP 
Hikmet İskender, PhD., Asst. Prof.
BS: Istanbul Technical University, 1984
MS: Istanbul Technical University, 1987
PhD: Istanbul Technical University, 1998
Research Areas: Fire Engineering, Military and Industrial Explosives, Emergency/Disaster Management and Trainings.
Phone: (212) 285 6532/143
E-mail: iskender@itu.edu.tr
Office: DEP