{"id":44,"date":"2019-09-18T10:53:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T10:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/zhasan\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2019-10-09T12:02:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T12:02:40","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/zhasan\/background\/","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Civil Engineering<\/strong>, Middle East Technical University (2018)<\/p>\n<p><strong>MSc. Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering<\/strong>,\u00a0Istanbul Technical University (2013)<\/p>\n<p><strong>BSc. Civil Engineering<\/strong>, Istanbul Technical University (2011)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Post-doctoral Researcher<\/strong> (Oct. 2018 \u2013 Aug.2019), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Examine the Handbook 47\/EX2502 scour risk method currently used by Network Rail in UK<br \/>\n\u2022 Discuss the influence of different resolutions of data availability towards carrying out more efficient risk assessment for bridge structures<br \/>\n\u2022 Compare the contraction and local scour estimation models currently used in the UK with other approaches in the literature<br \/>\n\u2022 Assess the effect of hydraulic modelling in scour risk assessment<br \/>\n\u2022 Analyse the effect of the river bed changes over time on the scour depth<br \/>\n\u2022 Discuss the effects of parameter uncertainties in hydraulic modelling on scour analysis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Researcher <\/strong>in Scientific Research Project, BAP FEN-15-D-2 (Sept. 2015 \u2013 Oct. 2018), Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Applied a set of quality check procedures to create quality-controlled, complete, and homogeneous daily precipitation data sets<br \/>\n\u2022 Investigated the local effects of climate change and the annual and seasonal variability of extreme precipitation events in Northern Cyprus<br \/>\n\u2022 Performed regional frequency analysis to identify the hydrologically homogeneous regions of Northern Cyprus and obtain reliable precipitation estimates for larger return periods<br \/>\n\u2022 Developed the rainfall-runoff models of Kanl\u0131koy and Gonyeli Reservoirs and the coupling of 1D-2D hydrodynamic model for the flood modelling of Nicosia<br \/>\n\u2022 Proposed a number of remedial measures to protect the capital city of Nicosia from the effects of floods relied on the generated flood inundation maps<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching Assistant<\/strong> (Sept. 2015 \u2013 Oct. 2018),\u00a0Civil Engineering Program, Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus<\/p>\n<p>Courses assisted:<br \/>\n\u2022 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (CVE 371)<br \/>\n\u2022 Urban Hydrology and Hydraulics (CVE 424)<br \/>\n\u2022 Design of Hydraulics Structures (CVE 458)<br \/>\n\u2022 Water Resources Engineering (CVE 471)<br \/>\n\u2022 Hydromechanics (CVE 372)<br \/>\n\u2022 Engineering Hydrology (CVE 376)<br \/>\n\u2022 Hydrosystems Engineering and Management (CVE 428)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assistant Instructor<\/strong> (Sept. 2013 \u2013 Sept. 2014), Civil Engineering Program, Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus<\/p>\n<p>Courses assisted:<br \/>\n\u2022 Surveying (CVE 202)<br \/>\n\u2022 Materials of Construction (CVE 241)<br \/>\n\u2022 Soil Mechanics (CVE 363)<br \/>\n\u2022 Hydromechanics (CVE 372)<br \/>\n\u2022 Engineering Hydrology (CVE 376)<br \/>\n\u2022 Urban Hydrology and Hydraulics (CVE 424)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Researcher<\/strong> in Scientific Research Project (Sept. 2011 \u2013 Jul. 2013)<br \/>\nDepartment of Civil Engineering, Hydraulics Laboratory, Istanbul Technical University<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Examined the baseflow separation techniques in the literature<br \/>\n\u2022 Compared the results of widely used baseflow separation methods by using the stream flow data in Euphrates basin at the eastern part of Turkey<br \/>\n\u2022 Associated baseflow with topographical, geological and hydrometeorological properties of the basin by using the multiple regression analysis<br \/>\n\u2022 Developed regression equations to provide accurate estimations of baseflow discharge and baseflow index<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical Office Engineer<\/strong>, Intern (Jun. 2010 \u2013 Aug. 2010), M. Candemir Construction LTD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Site Engineer<\/strong>, Intern (Jun. 2009 \u2013 Aug. 2009), Avia Construction LTD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDUCATION Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University (2018) MSc. Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering,\u00a0Istanbul Technical University (2013) BSc. Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (2011) EXPERIENCE Post-doctoral Researcher (Oct. 2018 \u2013 Aug.2019), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey \u2022 Examine the Handbook 47\/EX2502 scour risk method currently used by Network Rail in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6559,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/zhasan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/zhasan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/zhasan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/zhasan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/zhasan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/zhasan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/zhasan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}