{"id":31,"date":"2016-08-26T19:41:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T19:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/birgonul\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:19:08","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/birgonul\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONOURS<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>\u201cBritish Council, Technical Cooperation Training Award<\/em><\/strong>\u201d (1988).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>\u201cSecond Prize Winner<\/em><\/strong>\u201d in a contest entitled \u201cMass Housing Production Model Suitable to Turkish Conditions\u201d organized by G\u00f6k Construction plc. (1992) (Team member: Prof. Dr. Murat Balamir).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>\u201cFirst Mention Award<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, in a contest organised by the Greater City Municipality of Ankara on the \u201cPlanning and Development of Central Business District (CBD) north-west section\u201d (1993) (Team members: Prof. Dr. Murat Balamir and Dr. Hakan G\u00fcrsu).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>\u201cBritish Council Fellowship<\/em><\/strong>\u201d to conduct Post Doctoral Research (1993).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>\u201cOutstanding Performance in Teaching Prize<\/em><\/strong>\u201d offered by METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation (1996).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>\u201cOutstanding Performance in Teaching Prize<\/em><\/strong>\u201d offered by METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation (1997).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>\u201cOutstanding Performance in Teaching Prize<\/em><\/strong>\u201d offered by METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation (1998).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>\u201cOutstanding Academic Performance Prize<\/em><\/strong>\u201d offered by Middle East Technical University (2000).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>\u201cBritish Council Academic Link Project<\/em><\/strong>\u201d with University of Reading, UK (1998-2001).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>\u201cBritish Council Science Partnership Programme<\/em><\/strong>\u201d with Salford University, UK (June 2005 \u2013 June 2007).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe \u2018Rod Howes\u2019 Commemorative Award winner<\/em><\/strong>\u201d with the research paper entitled \u201cStrategic Group Analysis by Using Self Organizing Maps\u201d presented in the 23rd<\/sup> Annual ARCOM Conference, Belfast, 3-5 September (2007) (Co-authors: Cenk Budayan and Irem Dikmen).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>Researcher of a research project entitled \u201cDevelopment of a multi-agent based risk modelling tool for international construction projects<\/em><\/strong>\u201d sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (October 2007- June 2010).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>PhD Thesis Co-Supervisor of Beliz Ozorhon, \u201c2006-2007 Academic Year METU Best Thesis Award Winner<\/em><\/strong>\u201d (May 2008).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>Coordinator of a research project entitled \u201cA real-time damage assessment and a model-based evacuation and guidance approach in facilities for managing emergency response operations during multi-hazard emergencies<\/em><\/strong>\u201d sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (March 2010- September 2012).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>Researcher of a research project entitled \u201cRisk mapping in construction<\/em><\/strong>\u201d sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (December 2010-December 2012).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>Researcher of a research project entitled \u201cDevelopment of an IT-based tool for portfolio assessment and management for construction companies<\/em><\/strong>\u201d sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (March 2014- September 2016).<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>M.Sc. Thesis Supervisor of Sahra Mohammadi, \u201cSecond Prize Winner of Best Thesis Award, Offered by the European Society of Construction Law\u201d<\/em><\/strong> (October 2016).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>Researcher of a research project entitled \u201cDevelopment of a computer-based tool for the visualization of complexity in mega construction projects<\/em><\/strong>\u201d sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (May 2018 – May 2021).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>2021 American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)<\/em><\/strong> Eschenbach Award<\/em><\/strong> for the Best Engineering Management Journal Paper published in 2020 entitled \u201cMapping Uncertainty for Risk and Opportunity Assessment in Projects\u201d authored by A. Qazi, I. Dikmen and M.T. Birgonul (2021).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>2022 American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)<\/em><\/strong> Eschenbach Award<\/em><\/strong> for the Best Engineering Management Journal Paper published in 2021 entitled \u201cMeta-Modeling of Complexity-Uncertainty-Performance Triad in Construction Projects\u201d authored by I. Dikmen, A. Qazi, H. Erol and M.T. Birgonul (2022).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONOURS \u2022\u00a0\u201cBritish Council, Technical Cooperation Training Award\u201d (1988). \u2022\u00a0\u201cSecond Prize Winner\u201d in a contest entitled \u201cMass Housing Production Model Suitable to Turkish Conditions\u201d organized by G\u00f6k Construction plc. (1992) (Team member: Prof. Dr. Murat Balamir). \u2022\u00a0\u201cFirst Mention Award\u201d, in a contest organised by the Greater City Municipality of Ankara on the \u201cPlanning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4304,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/birgonul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/birgonul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/birgonul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/birgonul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4304"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/birgonul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/birgonul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/birgonul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}