Mustafa Erdik
Mustafa Erdik | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
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| Fields | Earthquake engineering |
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Mustafa Erdik (born 1948) is a Turkish professor emeritus who is a former faculty member of the Middle East Technical University and Boğaziçi University. He is the president of the Turkish Earthquake Foundation, and his studies are concerned with strong-motion characterization, earthquake hazard and risk assessment.
Early life and education
[edit]Erdik was born in 1948.[1] He graduated from the Middle East Technical University having a degree in civil engineering in 1970.[1] He received his Master of Science from Rice University.[1] He also obtained his Ph.D. from the same university in 1975.[2]
Career
[edit]Following his graduation Erdik started his academic career at the Middle East Technical University where he served as the director of the Earthquake Engineering Research Center from 1980 to 1987.[1][2] In 1988 he began to work at Boğaziçi University and established the Department of Earthquake Engineering in 1989.[2] He also worked as the director of the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute.[2] In addition, Erdik served as the director of the Turkish Earthquake Engineering Research Committee.[2] His current post is the president of the Turkish Earthquake Foundation.[1]
Erdik was the editor-in-chief of the Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering journal.[2]
Work and activities
[edit]Erdik has published numerous articles and reports and edited various books on earthquake preparedness and other related topics.[3]
He has involved in many significant activities some of which include the Istanbul Earthquake Rapid Response and Early Warning System[4] and the structural health monitoring arrays in World Heritage Site of the UNESCO such as Hagia Sophia and Süleymaniye Mosque.[2]
Awards
[edit]Erdik has been the recipient of various awards, including the United Nations's Sasakawa Disaster Prevention Award, NATO’s Science for Peace – Summit Prize, Bruce Bolt Medal by Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (February 2013),[2] Prof. Nicholas Ambraseys Distinguished Lecture Award by the European Association for Earthquake Engineering[5] and Science Award by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (2018).[1]
Personal life
[edit]Erdik's wife, Hilal Erdik, is a construction engineer.[6] They have a son.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Ayşenur Okatan (30 December 2018). "Prof. Dr. Mustafa Erdik ile Deprem Üzerine Söyleşi". Bilim Genç (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Bruce Bolt Medal > Mustafa Erdik". Seismological Society of America. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "Mustafa Erdik". Google Scholar. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ Mustafa Erdik (January 2003). "Istanbul Earthquake Rapid Response and the Early Warning System". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 1 (1): 157–163. Bibcode:2003BuEE....1..157E. doi:10.1023/A:1024813612271. S2CID 55864394.
- ^ "Key Personnel". Earthquake Research and Engineering Inc. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ a b Özlem Ak (February 2019). "Mühendislik Alanında TÜBİTAK Bilim Ödülü Deprem Riski Çalışmalarına Prof. Dr. Mustafa Erdik". Bilim ve Teknik (in Turkish). p. 13. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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- 1948 births
- Living people
- Turkish earth scientists
- Turkish civil engineers
- Middle East Technical University alumni
- Academic staff of Boğaziçi University
- Academic staff of Middle East Technical University
- Rice University alumni
- 20th-century Turkish engineers
- 21st-century Turkish engineers
- Recipients of TÜBİTAK Science Award