Department of Earthquake Engineering
Education:
- Ph.D.: Earthquake Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 2023.
- M.Sc.: Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, 2011.
- B.Sc.: Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, 2009.
- B.Sc.: Geophysical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, 2007.
Experience:
- 2024-Present: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Earthquake Engineering, Bogazici University, İstanbul.
- 2019-2024: Researcher, Department of Earthquake Engineering, Bogazici University, İstanbul.
- 2019-2019: Research Assistant, Department of Earthquake Engineering, Bogazici University, İstanbul.
- 2013-2017: R&D Engineer, Yapı Merkezi Holding, R&D Department, İstanbul.
- 2009-2011: Bridge Engineer, Emay International Engineering Consulting and Trade Co. Ltd., İstanbul.
Research Interests:
- Data processing of ground motions and ground motion prediction models,
- Earthquake reconnaissance,
- Earthquake risk and loss estimation,
- Seismic hazard analysis,
- Protection of cultural heritage.
Project Involvements
- 2024- Cont.: Development of Urban Resilience Strategies Utilizing Quantitative and Qualitative Earthquake Risk Analysis through Innovative Data Generation Models in the Marmara Region, Post-Doctoral Researcher, TÜBİTAK 1001 Project.
- 2024- Cont: Public Health and Earthquake Engineering (HASDEM): Reduction of Earthquake-Induced Physical and Social Risks and Building of Urban Resilience for Türkiye, Researcher, TÜBİTAK 1001 Project.
- 2023- Cont: Determining the Ground Motion Intensity Parameters in Istanbul Province using Three-Dimensional Physics-Based and Stochastic Simulation Methods and Establishing RegionSpecific Ground Motion Prediction and Spatial Correlation Models, Post-Doctoral Researcher, TÜBİTAK 1001 Project
- 2021-2023: Real-time Earthquake rIsk reduction for a reSilient Europe (RISE), Researcher, HORIZON 2020 Project.
- 2019-2021: Updating of the Earthquake Loss Estimation Routine (ELER) Methodology and Software and its Integration into the Istanbul Earthquake Rapid Response System (IERRS), Researcher, Bogazici University Research Fund.
Theses
- Malcioglu, F.S., (2023), “Localisation of Attenuation Equations Based on Strong Ground Motion Data from Dense Urban Networks”, Ph.D. Thesis, Bogazici University.
- Malcioglu, F.S., (2011), “Investigation of the Effects of Noise in Earthquake Acceleration Records on Structural Behavior”, M.Sc. Thesis, İstanbul Technical University.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Malcioglu, F. S., Süleyman, H., & Çaktı, E. (2022). Seismological and engineering characteristics of strong motion data from 24 and 26 September 2019 Marmara Sea earthquakes. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-022-01422-y
Malcioglu, F. S., O’Kane, A., Dönmez, K., & Aktaş, Y. D. (2022). Characteristics of strong ground motions in the 30 October 2020, MW6.9 Aegean Sea Earthquake. Frontiers in Built Environment. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.870279
Aktas, Y. D., Ioannou, I., Malcioglu, F. S., Parammal Vatteri, A., Kontoe, M., Donmez, K., Kazantzidou-Firtinidou, D., Black, J., Dermanis, P., Durmaz, B., & Diri, F. (2022). Traditional structures in Turkey and Greece in 30 October 2020 Aegean Earthquake: Field observations and empirical fragility assessments. Frontiers in Built Environment. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.840159
Aktas, Y. D., Ioannou, I., Malcioglu, F. S., Kontoe, M., Parammal Vatteri, A., Durmaz, B., ... D’Ayala, D. (2022) Hybrid Earthquake Reconnaissance Mission to 30 October 2020 Aegean Sea Earthquake and Tsunami: Description of Data Collection Methods and Damage. Frontiers in Built Environment: Earthquake Engineering. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.840192
Arıoğlu, B., Gökçe, H. B., Malcioglu, F. S., & Arıoğlu, E. (2016). TBM Tunnel under the Bosphorus for the Istanbul Strait Road Crossing Project. Geomechanik und Tunnelbau. https://doi.org/10.1002/geot.201600025
International Conference Papers, Abstracts, Oral and Poster Presentations
Çağlar, N.M., Süleyman, H., Çaktı, E., Malcioglu, F. S. (2024). Advancing Ground Motion Prediction for Istanbul: A region-specific model. Abstract presented at the European Seismological Commission 39th General Assembly, Corfu – Greece.
Çaktı, E., Hancilar, U., Sesetyan, K., Malcioglu, F. S., Donmez, K. & Süleyman, H. (2024, April 9-12). Strong Ground Motion Characteristics of the 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye Earthquakes. Poster presented at the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Annual Meeting: Uniting Earthquake Science and Engineering for a More Resilient Future, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Hancilar, U., Sesetyan, K., Çaktı, E., Şafak, E., Açıkgöz, N., Yenihayat, N., Malcioglu, F. S., Donmez, K., Tetik, T., Süleyman, H., Dede, Ş., & Acar, Ş. (2024, April 9-12). Rapid Assessment of Ground Shaking and Building Damage Distributions in the Immediate aftermath of the M7.7 Kahramanmaraş,-Türkiye Earthquake. Paper presented at the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Annual Meeting: Uniting Earthquake Science and Engineering for a More Resilient Future, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Malcioglu, F. S., & Şafak, E. (2023, September 14-15). Consistency Evaluation of Ground Motion Prediction Equations with Strong Motion Records from Dense Urban Network of Istanbul. Paper presented at the Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED2023) Conference, Cambridge, UK.
Aktas, Y., So, E., Johnson, C., Cabuk, E., Malcioglu, F. S., Donmez, K., Asinari, M., Adamidis, O., Milillo, P., Tetik, T., Novelli, V., Parammal Vatteri, A., O'Kane, A., Kalkan, A., Ozden, A. T., Andonov, A., Verrucci, E., Opabola, E., Markov, H. P., Giardina, G., Madabhushi, G., Triantafyllou, I., Byun, J.-E., Jones, J. N., Free, M., Bektas, N., Gozenoglu, O., Dede, S., Boulton, S. J., Acikgoz, S., Gokce, T., & Efeoglu, T. (2023, September 14-15). Hybrid EEFIT Mission To February 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sequence. Paper presented at the Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED2023) Conference, Cambridge, UK.
Hancilar, U., Sesetyan, K., Cakti, Şafak, E., Acikgoz, N., Yenihayat, N., Malcioglu, F. S., Donmez, K., Tetik, T., Suleyman, H., Dede, S., & Acar, S. (2023, April 23-28). Rapid Estimation of Strong Ground Motion and Building Damage Distributions after the Kahramanmaraş – Türkiye M7.7 Earthquake, 6 February 2023. Paper presented at the EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna-Austria-Online. EGU23-17630. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-17630
Hancilar, U., Sesetyan, K., Cakti, E., Dede, S., Dar, E., Korkmaz, A., Malcioglu, F. S., Suleyman, H., Tetik, T., Uncu, G., Yenihayat, N., Yolcu, A., Kafadar, N., Ertürk, Ö., & Koca, C. (2021, October 13-15). Rapid Estimations of Spatial Distributions of Strong Ground Motion Parameters and Building Damages: 24 January 2020 Elazıg-Sivrice and 30 October 2020 Izmir-Aegean Sea Earthquakes. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, GTU – Gebze, Kocaeli / Turkey.
Çaktı, E., Sesetyan, K., Hancilar, U., Caglar, M., Dar, E., Suleyman, H., Malcioglu, F. S., & Tetik, T. (2021, April 19-30). 30 October 2020 Samos-Sigacik Earthquake: On Strong Ground Motion and Local Site Amplification. Paperpresented at the EGU General Assembly 2021, online. EGU21-16250.
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., & Yolcu, A. (2021, April 19-30). Rapid Estimation of Spatial Distributions of Building Damages in the 30 October 2020 Aegean Sea Earthquake. Paper presented at the EGU General Assembly 2021, online. EGU21-16186.
Çaktı, E., Malcioglu, F. S., & Süleyman, H. (2020, May 4-8). Seismological and Engineering Parameters of 24 and 26 September, 2019 Marmara Sea Earthquakes. Paper presented at the EGU General Assembly 2020 Online Conference, Online.
Malcioglu, F. S., & Tetik, T. (2019, September 9-10). Effect of High-Pass Cut-Off Frequency on Structural Response under the Strong Ground Motion. Paper presented at the Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED) Conference, Greenwich–London, UK.
Tetik, T., & Malcioglu, F. S., (2019, September 9-10). Site Response Analysis for the Historical Peninsula of Istanbul. Paper presented at the Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED) Conference, Greenwich–London, UK.Update: April, 2024 Malcioglu-PL-3
Malcioglu, F. S., & Süleyman, H. (2018, September 2-7). A Practical Approach for the Selection of the Corner Frequency of High-Pass Filters in Processing Earthquake Records. Paper presented at the European Seismological Commission 36th General Assembly, Valletta – Malta.
Pınar, A., Coskun, Z., Kalkan Ertan, E., Turhan, F., Domac, H., Kizilbuga, S., Malcioglu, F. S., Yenihayat, N., Utkucu, M., & Gülen, L. (2018, September 2-7). The Aftershock Sequence of the June 12, 2017 Karaburun-Lesvos Earthquake (Mw=6.3). Paper presented at the European Seismological Commission 36th General Assembly, Valletta – Malta.
Arıoğlu, E., Gökçe, B., & Malcioglu, F. S., (2015). Eurasia Tunnel. Paper presented at the Turkish Tunnelling Society, the 4th Short Course on Tunnelling, İstanbul Fair Center, Istanbul.
Malcioglu, F. S. & Taskin, B. (2011). Investigation of the Effect of Noise Content in the Recorded Strong Motions in Structural Behavior. Paper presented at The 2011 International Conference on Earthquakes and Structures, Seoul, Korea.
Malcioglu, F. S. & Taymaz, T. (2007). 21 February 2007 Elazig Earthquake (Mw~5.7) Focal Mechanism Solution. Paper presented at the International Earthquake Symposium, Kocaeli, p. 120.
National Conference Papers, Abstracts, Oral and Poster Presentations
Malcioglu, F. S. & Tetik, T. (2019). Seçilen Yüksek Geçiş Köşe Frekansına göre Yer Hareketi Parametrelerinin Değişimi. In F. Sertçelik (Ed.), VI. International Earthquake Symposium, Kocaeli (IESKO) (pp. 585), KÜV Yayınları (in Turkish).
Tetik, T. & Malcioglu, F. S. (2019). “Tarihi Yarımada’nın (İstanbul) Yerel Zemin Davranışı”. In F. Sertçelik (Ed.), VI. International Earthquake Symposium, Kocaeli (IESKO) (pp. 180), KÜV Yayınları (in Turkish).
Malcioglu, F. S. & Taşkın, B. (2011). Deprem İvme Kayıtlarındaki Gürültünün Yapısal Davranışa Etkisinin İncelenmesi. Paper presented at the 7. Ulusal Deprem Mühendisliği Konferansı, İstanbul (in Turkish).
Technical Reports
Aktaş, Y. D., So, E., Johnson, C., Dönmez, K., Özden, A. T., Vatteri, A. P., O’Kane, A., Kalkan, A., Andonov, A.,Verrucci, E., Çabuk, E., Opabola, E., Malcioglu, F. S., Marko, H. P., Giardina, G., Madabhushi, G., Triantafyllou, I., Byun, J. E., Jones, J. N., Asinari, M., Free, M., Bashein, M., Bektaş, N., Adamidis, O., Gözenoğlu, Ö., Milillo, P., Dede, Ş., Boulton, S. J., Açıkgöz, S., Gökçe, T., Efeoğlu, T., Tetik, T., Novelli, V., Gonnuru, P., Voelker, B., Tavakkoli, A., Macchiarulo, V., Gutierrez-Urzua, F., Freddi, F., & Rossetto, T. (2024). The Türkiye Earthquake Sequence of February 2023: A Longitudinal Study Report by EEFIT. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15906.40641. Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT), Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE).
Aktaş, Y. D., Dönmez, K., So, E., Johnson, C., Özden, A. T., Vatteri, A. P., O’Kane, A., Kalkan, A., Andonov, A.,Verrucci, E., Çabuk, E., Opabola, E., Malcioglu, F. S., Marko, H. P., Giardina, G., Madabhushi, G., Triantafyllou, I., Byun, J. E., Jones, J. N., Asinari, M., Free, M., Bashein, M., Bektaş, N., Adamidis, O., Gözenoğlu, Ö., Milillo, P., Dede, Ş., Boulton, S. J., Açıkgöz, S., Gökçe, T., Efeoğlu, T., Tetik, T., Novelli, V. (2024). Turkish Summary of the Report by the Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) on the 2023 Türkiye Earthquake Sequence. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378006040_2023_TURKIYE_DEPREM_S... (inTurkish).
Hancılar, U., Şeşetyan, K., Çaktı, E., Şafak, E., Yenihayat, N., Malcioglu, F. S., Dönmez, K., Tetik, T., & Süleyman,H. (2023). Kahramanmaraş - Gaziantep Türkiye M7.7 Earthquake, 6 February 2023 (04:17 GMT+03:00) Strong Ground Motion and Building Damage Estimations Preliminary Report (v6). Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute Department of Earthquake Engineering.
Aktaş, Y. D., O’Kane, A., Özden, A. T., Kösker, A., Vatteri, A. P., Durmaz, B., Kazantzidou-Firtinidou, D., Cotton, D., Contreras-Mojica, D., Verucci, E., Çabuk, E., Malcioglu, F. S., Ioannou, I., Black, J., Cels, J., Baiguera, M., Kontoe, M., Asinari, M., Ercolino, M., Esabalioglou, M., Free, M., Dermanis, P., Burton, P. W., Rostami, R., Wilkinson, S., & Putino, V. (2021). EEFIT 2020 Aegean Earthquake and Tsunami Mission. Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT), Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE).
Scholarships/Grants and Awards
Grant program for participation in scientific meetings abroad, TÜBİTAK 2224-A, 2023.
Graduate student conference participation support, Bogazici University Foundation (BÜVAK), 2018, 2019.
Valedictorian Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Mines (1st in the faculty graduating class).
Professional Memberships
- Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT)
- American Seismological Society (SSA)
- Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (IMO-İstanbul)
