SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONOURS

• “British Council, Technical Cooperation Training Award” (1988).

• “Second Prize Winner” in a contest entitled “Mass Housing Production Model Suitable to Turkish Conditions” organized by Gök Construction plc. (1992) (Team member: Prof. Dr. Murat Balamir).

• “First Mention Award”, in a contest organised by the Greater City Municipality of Ankara on the “Planning and Development of Central Business District (CBD) north-west section” (1993) (Team members: Prof. Dr. Murat Balamir and Dr. Hakan Gürsu).

• “British Council Fellowship” to conduct Post Doctoral Research (1993).

• “Outstanding Performance in Teaching Prize” offered by METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation (1996).

• “Outstanding Performance in Teaching Prize” offered by METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation (1997).

• “Outstanding Performance in Teaching Prize” offered by METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation (1998).

• “Outstanding Academic Performance Prize” offered by Middle East Technical University (2000).

• “British Council Academic Link Project” with University of Reading, UK (1998-2001).

• “British Council Science Partnership Programme” with Salford University, UK (June 2005 – June 2007).

• “The ‘Rod Howes’ Commemorative Award winner” with the research paper entitled “Strategic Group Analysis by Using Self Organizing Maps” presented in the 23^rd Annual ARCOM Conference, Belfast, 3-5 September (2007) (Co-authors: Cenk Budayan and Irem Dikmen).

• Researcher of a research project entitled “Development of a multi-agent based risk modelling tool for international construction projects” sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (October 2007- June 2010).

• PhD Thesis Co-Supervisor of Beliz Ozorhon, “2006-2007 Academic Year METU Best Thesis Award Winner” (May 2008).

• Coordinator of a research project entitled “A real-time damage assessment and a model-based evacuation and guidance approach in facilities for managing emergency response operations during multi-hazard emergencies” sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (March 2010- September 2012).

• Researcher of a research project entitled “Risk mapping in construction” sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (December 2010-December 2012).

• Researcher of a research project entitled “Development of an IT-based tool for portfolio assessment and management for construction companies” sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (March 2014- September 2016).

• M.Sc. Thesis Supervisor of Sahra Mohammadi, “Second Prize Winner of Best Thesis Award, Offered by the European Society of Construction Law” (October 2016).

• Researcher of a research project entitled “Development of a computer-based tool for the visualization of complexity in mega construction projects” sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (May 2018 – May 2021).

• 2021 American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) Eschenbach Award for the Best Engineering Management Journal Paper published in 2020 entitled “Mapping Uncertainty for Risk and Opportunity Assessment in Projects” authored by A. Qazi, I. Dikmen and M.T. Birgonul (2021).

• 2022 American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) Eschenbach Award for the Best Engineering Management Journal Paper published in 2021 entitled “Meta-Modeling of Complexity-Uncertainty-Performance Triad in Construction Projects” authored by I. Dikmen, A. Qazi, H. Erol and M.T. Birgonul (2022).