Masters Theses

2025

Taha Pabuçcu, Numerical Modeling of Buried Segmented Pipeline Response to Earthquake Ground Motion

Mustafa Görkem Yıldız, Design of Seismic Retrofitting Using Innovative Techniques: A Case Study on a School Building

Onur Batman, Source Characterization of Small To Moderate Earthquakes In The East Anatolian Fault Zone

Orhun Kalyoncu, Empirical Fragility Assessment After The 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaraş-Gaziantep Türkiye Earthquake

2024

Büşra Nur Kılınç, Effects of Geosynthetic Reinforcement on the Seismic Performance of Buried Pipes

Fahrettin Kuran, Prediction of Strong Ground Motion Parameters Using Machine Learning Techniques

2023

Furkan Gültekin, Mitigation of Earthquake Hazards of Medium-Rise Buildings By Using Different Soil Improvement Methods

Emrecan Adanır, A Study On Fling Steps in The Turkish Strong Ground Motion Dataset

Muhammed Taha Demirel, Effectiveness of Foundation Reinforcement on Seismic Performance of Retaining Walls

Onur Çevik, Consideration of Structural Ageing in The Development of Analytıcal Fragility Functions

Nurullah Açıkgöz, Development of Empirical Fragility Functions After The 2020 Earthquakes in and Around Türkiye

Şükran Acar, Stochastic Simulation of The January 24, 2020 Elazığ-Sivrice Earthquake

Ali Talha Atici, Development Of A Seismic Damage Prediction Model By Using Machine Learning Classification Algorithms With An Artificial Dataset

Onur Ülkü, The Use Of Machine Learning Algorithms To Derive Fragility Curves For Mid-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings

2022

Zeynep Eda Önder, Epistemic Uncertainty in The Analytically Derived Fragility Functions: Multiple Stripe Analysis Versus Cloud Analysis

Lütfü İhsan Akpunar, Numerical Modelling of Ground Motions in Eskişehir Basin

Cem Koca, Time-Dependent Seismic Hazard Assessment for The North and East Anatolian Faults

Bilge Sultan Demirtaş, Effects of Site Improvement Technique on Seismic Performance of Geotechnical Structures

2021

Sefer Ömercan Ertürk, Experimental Evaluation of Natural Vibration Frequencies of Un-Damaged And Damaged Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Laser Vibrometry

Numan Büyükçapar, Synthesis of Earthquake Ground Motion at The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge: Stochastic Simulations With A Regional Path Duration Function

Yusuf Ali Akçay, Effects of Soil Reinforcement on Seismic Performance of Low-to-Medium Rise Buildings

Kökcan Dönmez, Characteristics of The Dynamic Response of The Sultan Ahmet Mosque (İstanbul) to Earthquakes

Uğur Özen, A Study on The Fragility Modeling of Mid-Rise Tunnel Form RC Buildings for Turkey

Haris Curic, Scalar and Vector Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment Procedures and Their Implementation For A Simplified Mid-Rise RC Tunnel Form Building

Hülya Yüksel, Epistemic Uncertainties In Probabilistic Earthquake Hazard Models and Their Effects On The Results:The Case of Marmara Region

Erkan Şenol, Development of Fragility Functions for Code Conforming Low-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings

Ali Osman Bingöl, Pipeline Damage Assessment Through Monte Carlo Simulation

2020

Şahin Özdoğan Dede, Comparative Evaluation of Codes in Turkey for Earthquake Performance Assessment of Existing Buildings

Halil İbrahim Duran, PGV Based No-Code Mid-Rise Reinforced Concrete Frame-Type Building Fragilities in Istanbul

Okan Küçükakyüz, Experimental Study on Effects of Geogrid Reinforced Zone on Seismic Performance of Low-to-Medium Rise Buildings

2019

Uçkan Mertcan Arslan, Earthquake Early Warning Applications Using Downhole Arrays In Istanbul

İpek Dolağan, Development of Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) Based Pre-Code Reinforced Concerete Frame Building Fragilities for Istanbul

Oytun İnci, A Comparison And Evaluation of Different Soil-Structure-Interaction Approaches for Bridges

Recep Cenk Tarhan, Earthquake Information System: A Crowdsourcing Mobile Application To Inform And Gather Data

Yavuz Kavak, Estimation of Member Forces In Fatih Sultan Mehmet (FSM) Suspension Bridge From Ambient Vibration Records

Cem Abanuz, An Evaluation of The Behaviour of RC Bridge Piers Under Vertical And Horizontal Components of Earthquake Ground Motion

Hakan Doğukan Savaş, Dynamic Response Characteristics of The Sapphire Building In Istanbul Estimated From Earthquake And Wind Data

2018

Aslıhan Yolcu, Acceleration-Displacement Response Spectra (ADRS) For Design Of Seismic Isolation Systems In Turkey

Osman Onur Akyazı, Evaluating Site Effects For Istanbul Seismic Downholes: Numerical Studies

Mahir Çetin, Development of An Algorithm And A Matlab Code for System Identification And Model Calibration of Multistory Buildings

Hakan Süleyman, Estimation of The High Frequency Decay Parameter And Anelastic Attenuation Factor For Istanbul

2017

Nusret Sözüer, Effects of Curtain Wall Facade on The Dynamic Properties of A Building

Kenan Turandar, A Simplified Non-Linear Soil-Structure Interaction Model for The Earthquake Response of Surge Vessels Resting on Shallow Foundations

Murat Çalıkoğlu, Experimental Study on Foundation Isolation Using Geosynthetics

Ayşe Tongut, Dynamic Response Characteristics of The Fatih Mosque in Istanbul Estimated From Earthquake Data

Tülay Ercan, The Use of Laser Scanning in Civil And Earthquake Engineering

2016

Ömer Odabaşı, Characteristic Structural Features of Tall Buildings In Turkey And Their Dynamic Behavior

2015

Okan İlhan, Microzonation With Respect To Rainfall Induced Landslides

Emrullah Dar, Long-Term Dynamic Response of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul To Earthquakes and Atmospheric Conditions

2014

Caner Gülenç, Alternate Representations of Dynamic Properties and Loading

Yasin Toksoy, Investigation of Seismic Performance of Reinforced Highway Embankments

Sedef Kocakaplan, A method to Calibrate Analytical Models of Multi-story Buildings from Earthquake Records

2013

Korhan Adır, Mitigation of Earthquake Induced Geotechnical Hazards Using Tire Waste-sand Mixtures

Tamer İzzet Beyazoğlu, Collapse Risk Estimation of Reinforced Concrete Buildings

Barbaros Çetiner, Evaluating Site Effects for Estimation of Seismic Ground Response: A Practical Approach

Serkan Görk, Advance Modelling and Collapse Risk Estimation of a Highway Bridge

2011

Yunus Emre Bülbül, Effect of Near-field Ground Motions on Displacement Amplification Spectra in Inelastic Seismic Performance Evaluation

2009

Emre Düzgün, Seismic Shear Amplification in Structural Walls

Mustafa Gökhan Kesti, Development of a Low-cost Aseismic Base Isolation Device for Protection of Structural Systems from Damaging Effects of Earthquakes

Dominik Stengel, System Identification for 4 Types of Structures In Istanbul by Frequency Domain Decomposition and Stochastic Subspace Identification Methods

2008

Ahmet Serhan Kırlangıç, Re-evaluation of Earthquake Performance and Strengthening Alternatives of Hagia Sophia

A. Koray Özal, Evaluation of Deformation Capacity Criteria of Eurocode 8

Neval Savaş , Strong Motion Simulation by Empirical Green's function Method for Bursa Armutlu Peninsula

Başak Sezer, Seismic Strengthening of Existing RC Frame Buildings by Steel Panels

2007

E. Yeşim Kârcı, Seismic Performance Evaluation of dual Reinforced Concrete Systems Design According to Turkish Seismic Code 2007

Ali Cem Öztürk, Seismic Performance Assessment of Ortaköy V409 Viaduct

H. Cem Yenidoğan, Shake Table Tests of a 1/4 Scaled Mass Concentric Three Storey Steel Structure Isolated by a Hybrid Passive Control System

2006

Andres Mena Cabrera, Development of 2D Nonlinear Finite Element Algorithms and Computational Procedures for Historical Structures

B. Tolga Candan, Seismic Evaluation of Bolu Viaduct 1

Ahmet Alper Parker, Investigation of Failure Modes and Mechanisms of Alibey Earth Dam by Solid-fluid Coupled Nonlinear

2005

M. Arif Bozaba, Retrofit of a Nonductile Reinforced Concrete Building with Unbounded Braces

Banu Şanlı, Strong Ground Motion Simulation by Hybrid Green's function Method

Aslı Tüzel, Investigation of Vertical Discontinuity in Reinforced Concrete Structures by Using Pushover Analysis

Burç Ekser, Seismic Performance Evaluation of Public School Buildings in İstanbul Metropolitan Area

Oğuz Bahadır Şadan, Strain Based Performance Evaluation Charts for Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Columns in Nonlinear Analysis of Structures

Özgür Üçer, A Study on The Earthquake Risks Associated with The Automotive Industry in The Marmara Region

2004

Yeliz Çatalyürekli, Wave Spectral Analysis of 1999 Kocaeli and Duzce Earthquake Sequences

Murat Ergenekon Selçuk, Microzonation of Adapazarı Using Microtremors

2003

Mine Betül Demircioğlu, A Probabilistic Assessment of the Seismic Hazard Analysis for Istanbul Region

Erim Gürdal, Effects of Seismic Load Patterns in Pushover Analysis of Buildings

Ümit Koşar, System Identification of Bogazici Suspension Bridge

Alattin Ramoğlu, Seismic Performance Evaluation of a Building Collapsed in Adapazari on August 17,1999

Ali Yalçın Salkın, Seismic Performance Evaluation of the Mecidiyekoy (V302) Viaduct

Özgür Özçıtak, Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Sagmancilar Viaduct

Cem Özaydın, Seismic Performance Assessment and Retrofit of Yenibosna Bridge

Yavuz Kaya, Seismic Performance Evaluation of the Viaduct V1

Ahmet Suat Gündüz, Influence of Modeling Parameters on Seismic Response of Steel Moment Resisting Frames

2002

Ufuk Hancılar, Seismic Performance Evaluation of Masonry Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures

Ümit Kaçmaz, Development of Consistent Inelastic Response Spectra for Displacement-Based Seismic Evaluation

Göktürk Önem, Seismic Performance Evaluation of Sadabad-I Viaduct

2001

Bülent Hakan Akman, Earthquake Risk Assessment for Istanbul Metropolitan Area by Deterministic Approach

Serkan Cimilli, Dynamic Response of Hagia Sophia &Suleymaniye : Analysis of Data from the Kocaeli & Düzce Earthquakes

Mehmet Cem Özbey, Empirical Peak Horizontal Acceleration Attenuation Relationship for North Estern Turkey

U. Utku Celep, Seismic Performance Assessment and Refrofit of the Ortaköy Viaduct (V408)

1999

Gülüm Birgören, Development of an Urban Earthquake Scenario for İzmir

Yeşim Alpay, Earthquake Hazard in the Aegean and Surrounding Area Based On Spectral Acceleration Amplitudes

Gökçe Pınar Sayın, Structural Identification of the Sultan Ahmet Mosque Through Dynamic Response Studies

Mehmet Kağan Sayın, Structural Identification of The Edirnekapı Mihrimah Sultan Mosque Through Dynamic Response Studies

Arif Çekiç, Dynamic Analysis of Dolmabahçe Palace

Ş. Şeref Polat, Performance Based Design

Canan Anlı, Earthquake Protection of Museum Displays

1998

İ. Tolga Cimilli, Seismic Response Analysis of Alibey Earth-Fill Dam

1997

Karin Şeşetyan, A Probabilistic Assessment of the Seismic Hazard in the Caucasus in Terms of Spectral Values

B. Burçin Avar, Soil-Structure Interaction in a Rigid Reinforced Concrete Building

Gürler Duman, A Projection on Seismic Vulnerability of Highway Bridges in Istanbul

1995

Gürbüz Aydemir, Nonlinear Earthquake Response of Reinforced Concrete Frames

1994

Uğur Kadakal, A Study on the Application of System Identification Techniques in Earthquake Engineering

Ahmet Selahiye, A Study on the Identification of Natural Vibration Frequencies of the Suleymaniye Mosque

1992

Eser Durukal, A Study on Structural Identification and Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Aya Sofya

Hafez Keypour, A Probabilistic Assessment of the Seismic Hazard Analysis in Iran