Department of Earthquake Engineering

Education:

  • Ph.D: Earthquake Engineering Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, January 2015 - January 2024
  • Thesis Topic: Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring Using Statistical Methods
  • Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr Eser Çaktı
  • M.Sc.: Earthquake Engineering Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, January 2013 - January 2015
  • Thesis Topic: Long-Term Dynamic Response of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul To Earthquakes and Atmospheric Conditions
  • Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr Eser Çaktı
  • Bachelors: Civil Engineering, İstanbul University 2006 September-2010 June
  • Thesis Supervisor: Assist.Prof Dr. Turgay Çoşgun



Experience:

  • January 2024 - Cont., Post-Doc Researcher, Bogazici University, İstanbul
  • June 2023- Cont., TUBITAK 1001 Project Scholar, Bogazici University, İstanbul
  • January 2020- April 2023, UKRI GCRF Project, Researcher, Bogazici University, İstanbul
  • September 2016- June 2019, Visiting Lecturer, İstanbul Medipol University, İstanbul
  • January 2016 - September 2016, DPT Project, Researcher, Bogazici University, İstanbul
  • September 2014- June 2015, Part-time Student, Bogazici University, İstanbul
  • December 2010 - June 2011, Supervising Engineer, Armis Building Inspection, Mersin

Presentations

  • Karin Sesetyan, Mine Betul Demircioglu, Emrullah Dar, Özge Zülfikar, “Building up a prototype of a macroseismic database for Turkey”, 4th International Colloquium on Historical Earthquakes and Macroseismology, Viena, Austuria, 2-3 May 2016.
  • Eser Çaktı, Erdal şafak, Emrullah Dar, Nesrin Yenihayat, “Observations on the Structural Response of two Historical Structures from Earthquake and Explosion Recordings”, 8 th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Bilbao, Spain, 5-8 July 2016.
  • Karin Sesetyan, Mine Betul Demircioglu, Özge Zülfikar Fercan, Emrullah Dar, Nilgün Merve Çağlar, “Recent progress on the compilation of a macro seismic data base for Turkey”, 5th International Colloquium Historical Earthquakes, Paleoseismology, Neotectonics and Seismic Hazard, Hannover, Germany, 11-13 October, 2017.
  • Emrullah Dar, Eser Çaktı, “Artificial Learning Applications in Structural Health Monitoring Systems”, 2nd International Disaster and Resilience Congress (idRc 2020), Eskişehir, Turkey, 13-15 October, 2020.
  • Emrullah Dar, Erdal Şafak, “Earthquake Performance of Cevizlibağ and İncirli Metrobüs Overpasses”, 2nd International Disaster and Resilience Congress (idRc 2020), Eskişehir, Turkey, 13-15 October, 2020.
  • Eser Çakti, Karin Sesetyan, Ufuk Hancilar, Merve Caglar, Emrullah Dar, Hakan Suleyman, Fatma Sevil Malcioglu, and Tugce Tetik, “30 Ooctober 2020 Samos-Sigacik Earthquake: On Strong Ground Motion and Local Site Amplification”, The General Assembly 2021 of the European Geosciences Union (vEGU21: Gather Online).
  • Hancilar, U., Dede, S. O., Sesetyan, K., Cakti, E., Dar, E., Erturk, S. O., Kafadar, N., Koca, C., Korkmaz, A., Malcioglu, F. S., Suleyman, H., Tetik, T., Uncu, G., Yenihayat, N., and Yolcu, A.: Rapid Estimation of Spatial Distributions of Building Damages in the 30 October 2020 Aegean Sea Earthquake, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-16186, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-16186, 2021.
  • Eser Çaktı, Tülay Ercan, Emrullah Dar, “Application of laser scanning technique in earthquake protection of Istanbul's historical heritage buildings”, 19th EGU General Assembly, EGU2017, proceedings from the conference held 23-28 April, 2017 in Vienna, Austria., p.13639
  • Poster Presentations
  • Eser Cakti, Emrullah Dar, ”Long-term Dynamic Response of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to Earthquakes and Atmospheric Conditions”, International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, 1-3 September 2015.
  • Eser Çaktı, Erdal Şafak, Emrullah Dar, “Response of Four Tall and Slender Structures in Istanbul to a Long-Distance Earthquake”, 16 th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, 9-13 January 2017.
  • E. Çaktı, E. Şafak, E. Dar, “Examples of Observed Response of Tall Structures in Istanbul to Long-Distance Earthquakes”, 2017 Annual Meeting Seismological Society of America, Denver, Colorado, 18-20 April, 2017.
  • E.Dar, E.Çaktı, “Vıbratıon Based Identıfıcatıon Of Hıstorıcal Structures By Machıne Learnıng For Dynamıc Events And Atmospherıc Condıtıons”,, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018 Vienna, Austria, 8–13 April 2018.
  • E.Dar, E.Çaktı, “Predıctıon Of Superstructure Responses To Ground Motıon By Statıstıcal Methods”, The 36th General Assembly Of The European Seısmologıcal Commıssıon 2 - 7 September 2018 In Valletta, Malta.

Book Chapter

  • Çaktı, E., Dar, E., Uncu, G. (2019). Recent Studies on Earthquake Performance Assessment of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul: Recent Developments. In book: Seismic Isolation, Structural Health Monitoring, and Performance Based Seismic Design in Earthquake Engineering (pp.195-204). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93157-9_7

Journal Papers

  • Carlos S. Oliveira, Eser Çakti, Vitor Camacho and Emrullah Dar, “Revisiting the Frequency Laws for Ottoman Minarets. Analysis of Uncertainties” International Journal of Architectural Heritage, p. 1-21, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2022.2057881.

Proceedings

  • Eser Çaktı, Emrullah Dar, “Ayasofya’nın Depremler ve Atmosfer Koşulları Altındaki Dinamik Davraniş Özellikleri”, 8. Ulusal Deprem Mühendisliği Konferansı, İstanbul Technical University, İstanbul, 11-15 May, 2015.
  • Eser Çaktı, Emrullah Dar, Gülen Uncu, “Recent Studies on Earthquake performance Assesment of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul”, The Sixth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 5-7 September 2016.
  • E. Çaktı, Ö. Saygılı, E. Dar, T. Ercan, “Seismic Behavior of The Edirnekapi Mihrimah Sultan Mosque in Istanbul”, 6th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Rhodes Island, Greece, 15–17 June 2017.
  • Eser Çaktı, Emrullah Dar, Taylan Cemgil, Burak Kurutmaz, ”Yapı Sağlığı İzleme Sistemlerinde Yapay Öğrenme Tekniklerinin Kullanımı”, 4. Uluslararası Deprem Mühendisliği ve Sismoloji Konferansı, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, 11-13 October, 2017.
  • E. Dar, E. Çaktı, “Dependence Of Hagia Sophia’s Modal Damping Ratios On Atmospheric Effects”, International Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Testing (SHM-NDT 2018), Saarbrücken, Germany. 4-5 October, 2018.
  • E. Dar, E. Çaktı, “Long-Term Mode Shape Variations of Hagia Sophia with Environmental Factors”, 5th International Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures, 27 – 29 August 2019, Potsdam, Germany
  • E. Dar, E. Çaktı, “Ayasofya’nın Dinamik Parametrelerinin Zamana Bağlı Değişimi”, 5. International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (5ICEES), 8-11 October 2019, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Dar, E, Şafak, E., “Cevizlibağ ve İncirli Metrobüs Üst Geçitlerinin Deprem Performansı” , 2.Uluslararası Afet ve Dirençlilik Kongresi "Metropoliten Kentlerin Dirençliliği", 13-15 Ekim 2020. Eskişehir Teknik Üniversitesi, 2020.
  • Dar, E, Çaktı, E., “Yapı Sağlığı İzleme Sistemlerinde Yapay Öğrenme Uygulamları” , 2.Uluslararası Afet ve Dirençlilik Kongresi "Metropoliten Kentlerin Dirençliliği", 13-15 Ekim 2020. Eskişehir Teknik Üniversitesi, 2020.