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 XXIVthWorld 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 3rdAdvances 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)

Prof. Dr. M. Talat Birgönül

M. Talat Birgönül