Bio For more information and a full list of publications and professional activities please refer to my full CV. Education Leadership Courses and Certifications Leadership and Negotiation Academy, Tepper Business School September 2017- March 2018 ELATE (Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering) August 2015-March 2016 PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2000 Thesis Title: Automated Generation of Activity Work-Space Requirement and Time-Space Conflict Analyses Advisor: Prof. Martin Fischer Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1996 Thesis Title: Contractors’ Risk of Cost Overburden Advisor: Prof. Martin Fischer MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1995 MBA, Graduate School of Business, Bilkent University, Turkey, 1993 Thesis Title: Determinants of Marketing and Manufacturing Interface Advisor: Prof. Mehmet Pasa BS, Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1991 (↑) Honors Inducted to National Academies of Construction, 2021 Tucker‐Hasegawa Award, IAARC, 2021 Computing in Civil Engineering Award, ASCE, 2020 Honorary member of the WTS Pittsburgh Chapter, 2020 Co‐recipient, 2017 Pittsburgh Business Times Innovation Award, 2017 Co‐recipient, Best Paper Award, ICCCBE, 2014 Co‐recipient, Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2013 Co‐recipient; Best Poster Award, CII Annual Meeting, 2011 Co‐recipient; Best Paper Award, ISARC, 2011 Professor of the year, ASCE Pittsburgh Chapter, 2011 Co‐recipient; The most cited paper between the years of 2005‐2010, Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2010 Paul P. and Norene Christiano Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010 Steven J. Fenves Award for Systems Research, Inst. For Complex, Eng. Systems, 2010 Co‐recipient; ACE Award to Recognize Innovative Use of Technology to Promote Internationalism, American Council on Education, 2010 Best Paper Award, Construction Research Congress, ASCE, 2009 CETI, Outstanding Early Career Researcher, FIATECH 2008 ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, 2007 NSF CAREER award, National Science Foundation, 2005 George Tallman Ladd Research Award, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003 Best Paper Award, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 2002 Lieberman Fellowship, School of Engineering, Stanford University, 1999‐2000 NATO doctoral student scholarship through Turkish National Science Foundation (TUBITAK), 1997‐1998 (↑)
