Experience
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
| • 1979-1980 : | Student Assistant, METU Civil Engineering Department |
| • 1980-1981 : | Research Assistant, METU Civil Engineering Dept., Construction Management Division |
| • 1981-1983 : | Teaching Assistant, METU Civil Engineering Dept., Construction Management Division |
| • 1983-1985 : | Research/Teaching Assistant, METU Civil Engineering Dept., Construction Management Division |
| • 1985-1990 : | Instructor, METU Civil Engineering Dept., Construction Management Division |
| • 1990-1996 : | Assistant Professor, METU Civil Engineering Dept., Construction Management Division |
| • 1993-1994 : | Visiting Academic Fellow, Reading University, Dept. of Construction Management and Eng. |
| • 1996-2004 : | Associate Professor, METU Civil Engineering Dept., Construction Management Division |
| • 2004- : | Professor, METU Civil Engineering Dept., Construction Management Division |
SERVICE AND POSITIONS HELD IN UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION AND COMMITTEES
| • Congress Secretary of the XXIVth “World Housing Congress” organised by IAHS (International Association for Housing Science), Ankara, (1996) |
| • Member of Civil Engineering News Bulletin Editorial Board, (1996-1999) |
| • Congress Secretary of the 3rd “Advances in Civil Engineering” Congress, (1997) |
| • Chairman of Graduate Education Committee, (2000-2001) |
| • Member of Engineering Faculty Executive Board, (1997-2003) |
| • Member of METU Construction Industry Education and Research Centre Executive Board, (2002-2005) |
| • Director of Construction Management and Engineering Division, Civil Eng. Dept., METU, (1999-2023) |
| • Member of Civil Engineering Department, PhD Qualifying Exam Committee, (September 2007- April 2009) |
| • Member of Civil Engineering Department, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, (April 2008- April 2009) |
| • Co-Chair of the “Fifth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V)”, Istanbul, (May 2009) |
| • Chair of the “First Project and Construction Management Congress”, Ankara, (September 2010) |
| • Jury member of the research entitled “Determining the Most Successful Real Estate Investments in Turkey”, Istanbul, (2011) |
| • Co-Chair of the “Second Project and Construction Management Congress”, İzmir, (September 2012) |
| • Jury member of the research entitled “Determining the Most Successful Real Estate Investments in Turkey”, Istanbul, (2012) |
| • Executive Board member of METU Research and Implementation Center for Built Environment and Design (December 2012- December 2015) |
| • Member of Civil Engineering Department, Academic Staff Committee, (April 2013- February 2019) |
| • Co-Chair of the “Third Project and Construction Management Congress”, Antalya, (November 2014) |
| • Co-Chair of the “Fourth Project and Construction Management Congress”, Eskisehir, (November 2016) |
| • Co-Chair of the “5th International Project and Construction Management Conference” (IPCMC 2018), Girne, North Cyprus, (November 2018) |
| • Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Construction Engineering, Management & Innovation (JCEMI), (December 2018-To Date) |
| • Co-Chair of the “6th International Project and Construction Management Conference” (e-IPCMC2020), Istanbul, Turkey, (November 2020) |
| • Co-Chair of the “7th International Project and Construction Management Conference” (IPCMC2022), Istanbul, Turkey, (October 2022) |
| • Co-Chair of Academic Publications Committee, Society of Construction Law Turkey, (August 2021- To Date) |
SEMINARS GIVEN IN THE METU CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTER
| • Real Estate Economics (General Directorate of Turkish Railroads, June 1993) |
| • Project planning and computer applications (STFA-Enerkom Co., March 1997) |
| • Project Management (Ankara Greater City Municipality, General Directorate of Electricity-Gas-Transportation, July 1997) |
| • Project planning (Turkish Aerospece Industry, July 1997) |
| • International Contracting Services: Risk management, strategic business development and planning seminar for the companies which are members of International Contractors Association (November 2002 – January 2003) |
| • Current Technology and Trends in International Construction Management-Claim Management with Case Studies: Seminar given to Association of Turkish Consulting Engineers and Architects, sponsored by Ministry of Development (November 2015) |
M. Talat Birgönül
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