International Success from Civil Engineering Faculty Students

ITU EERI SDC Team became a finalist in the "Seismic Design Competition" organized by Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, the world's most prestigious earthquake engineering research center.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Fatih Sütcü's New Book Has Been Published

The book titled "Seismic Isolation and Response Control", co-authored by ITU Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering faculty member Assist. Prof. Dr. Fatih Sütcü, has been published by IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering).

Earthquake Resistance of Different Wall Constructions is Tested

Within the scope of the project, three full-scale specimens representing infill wall applications in reinforced concrete structures will be tested under in-plane and out-of-plane loads.

Utilization of Industrial By-Products are Tested for Use on Highways

In today's world, beneficial reuse of industrial by-products in civil engineering applications is of significant importance. For our developing country, highway constructions are a valuable one of those applications. In particular, use of industrial by-products in highway drainage systems as an alternative material for natural aggregate is a popular research topic. In this study, industrial byproducts with different physical and chemical characteristics have been subjected to an extensive laboratory testing program to determine the physical impacts when used in highway drainage systems for filtration purposes.

Fire Evacuation Simulation is Performed on the Digital Model of the Faculty of Civil Engineering Building

The purpose of the Building Information Modelling Based Fire Evacuation Simulation (YBIMS) project is to virtualize the human behaviors, environment and process steps during a fire evacuation to improve the decision making process for fire evacuation scenarios. All stages, methods and the conceptual model will be tested at the Istanbul Technical University, Civil Engineering Building.

Solutions to Traffic Problems are Produced with Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Technologies

The proposed study, supported in part through TUBITAK 1001 Programme with around USD95000 of budget, concentrates on explicitly analyzing the effects of cooperative vehicle dynamics in traffic flow in the purpose of proposing an overall frame for modeling, simulation and management of mixed traffic that is set with the integration of a traffic flow model and a control approach.

Researching New Hybrid Treatment Technology for Wastewater Treatment

Within the scope of the project, it is planned to increase the efficiency of the membrane system by combining the MBR system and the IFAS system into a single system. In this direction, by using the film fixation feature offered by IFAS, filtration with low AKM in the membrane tank will increase the fluxes.

New Liquefaction Mitigation Technique, Induced Partial Saturation (IPS), is Investigated

In the scope of this research, liquefaction response of sand sites under an existing superstructure and mitigated by IPS will be investigated through numerical modeling, and the analysis of the behavior will be also explored under cyclic simple shear strains. Formulation of a mathematical methodology/model is aimed to predict excess pore water pressure ratio and volumetric strain in partially saturated sands in free field or under a structure during earthquake motions.

Two Projects Started within the Scope of TÜBİTAK Earthquake Special Call

In the first project, reinforced concrete column tests and building-scale structural analyzes will be carried out to determine the acceptable damage criteria for the "Repairable Damage" situation and to determine the earthquake performances after repairing structural members that are damaged at different levels. In the other project, the soil-structure interaction will be examined on liquefied soils, and its kinematic and inertial effects will be investigated.

"Strengthening the Environmental Inspection Capacity of the Marmara Sea Basin Project" Started

In order to solve the mucilage problem and to control pollution in the Sea of Marmara, an effective and basin-specific environmental control system should be established and implemented in accordance with the recently stated action plan. In this respect, “Strengthening the Environmental Inspection Capacity of the Marmara Sea Basin Project” was launched in October 2021 by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of TR in order to increase the effectiveness of environmental inspection practices carried out and to determine the measures to be taken in order to ensure unity in practice in the "Marmara Sea Hydrological Basin", which constitutes the sub-basins of the Marmara and the Susurluk River Basins that discharge into the Marmara Sea.

Developing Environment Friendly Transportation Networks

Lateral Load Resistance-Deflection of Piles Under Earthquake Excitation is Investigated in ITU Structural and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory

The purpose of this project, in which the shaking table in the Structural and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory of our faculty is used, is to develop soil-pile resistance-deflection (p-y) relation especially for group piles in sands under seismic waves propagating through the soil from the bedrock. Unlike the current studies in the literature, the effect of nonlinear dynamic behavior of the soil during seismic waves propagating from the bedrock toward the surface on the p-y curves will be investigated and the p-y relationships will be developed for piles in a group (without the group effect) instead of using the p-y relations for single piles.

National Satellite GÖKTÜRK is Used in Bathymetry Modeling of Horseshoe Island

In this study supported by TUBITAK, an 'Experimental' Satellite-based Bathymetry Model will be constructed for the Horseshoe Island shallow waters. Within the scope of the performance analysis, comparative tests will be carried out with the Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 satellite datasets, whose resolution has been increased through Generative Adversarial Networks', and the satellite data obtained with the national satellite Göktürk.

Monitoring Climate Changes in the Antarctic Region with Navigation Satellite Systems

In recent years, advanced remote sensing technologies based on space geodetic techniques has become an effective supporting tool for monitoring global climate change by important parameters such as atmospheric water vapor, sea, ice and snow levels. In this context, GNSS Meteorology and GNSS Reflectometry techniques evolved based on satellite navigation signals are widely used for monitoring the Earth's surface and atmosphere characteristics. The main purpose of the project is observing meteorological and physical parameters such as water vapor in the atmosphere and ice/sea level changes in the Horseshoe Island, Antarctica to contribute climate change monitoring.

Glaciers in Antarctic Continent are Monitored and Modeled with UAVs

The Antarctic Continent is a very important region for observing climate change and its evolution over time. The studies investigate the climate change prove that with the melting of the glaciers and the rise of the water, which is formed by the disruption of the radiation balance of atmosphere, more than 1 billion people will be affected by this situation in the near future. Therefore, long-term monitoring of glaciers is very important for the analysis of climate change impacts. For this purpose, the melting of glaciers and the topographic structure will be observed by comprehensive data collection methods including UAV 3D laser scanning, UAV Photogrammetry and UHA GPR technologies within the scope of the international project (Project No: 121N033) supported within the scope of bilateral cooperation between TUBITAK and BAS (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences).

Historical Minarets in Bursa are Protected Against Earthquake

Historical mosques are very important part of the architectural heritage in our country. Bursa, which was the first capital of the Ottoman Empire, has also many historical mosques. Considering the high seismicity level of our country, it is clear that a significant proportion of these structures are constantly facing earthquake hazards. Therefore, in this Project, the fragility curves of the historical minarets are obtained to estimate the damage risk under a possible earthquake. Moreover, applicable intervention methods respecting conservation principles are studied to improve the structural performance of the minarets.

A Mucilage Tracking System is Established for the Sea of Marmara Using Satellite Technologies

Within the scope of the project, the Marmara Sea will be examined within the natural basin boundary, using high-resolution satellite images downloaded at the time of mucilage and freely accessible satellite images under the ITU UHUZAM. For this purpose, the natural basin boundary for the Marmara Sea will be delineated with an interdisciplinary team. In parallel with the land cover/land use (LC/LU) change in the determined basin in the study, the land-sea interaction will be examined, mucilage-covered areas will be determined from satellite images and the relationship and spread of these areas will be examined with bathymetry and current directions. Thus, a feasible monitoring and control infrastructure model (mechanism) will be developed when a possible future mucilage threat will be experienced.

13 Civil Engineering Faculty Academics in the World’s Most Influential Scientists List

While 50 scientists from ITU were included in the list of the most influential scientists in the world, created every year by scientists from Stanford University, 13 names from Civil Engineering Faculty were included.

2020-2021 Spring Term Distance Learning Survey

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Award to Our Faculty in Barrier-Free University Awards

2021 Barrier-Free University Awards were given in a ceremony held by CoHE. Our University received 2 orange flags in the “Spatial Accessibility” category for the first time this year.