Mission Statement
We would like to be seen as an international civil engineering department with technological advances:
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Continue to hold top ranking for undergraduate & postgraduate educations.
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Reach a status of a tier 1 civil engineering department in Turkey and in international level.
About Us
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Our department was founded in 1984 to address the needs of research, teaching and professional development in a 21st century society concerned with man’s interaction with, and influence on, the natural environment.
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Our department brings together leading researchers and academic staff, and facilities.
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Our department operates through specialist, and often multi-disciplinary, research and teaching groups which have diverse interests, but which are united by a common desire to develop and understand the science and engineering of natural systems, structure and constructed infrastructure.
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Experience gained through both research and teaching is used to inform our professional development programme and we are fortunate that this can be delivered in our in-house training suite.
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Similarly, our skills and facilities permit the department, and its commercial arms, to offer a comprehensive range of analytical, testing and consulting services.
Academic Staff
Associate Professor: 3
Assistant Professor: 7
Research Assistant: 2
Divisions
Our department is composite of many specific divisions.
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Mechanic
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Structural Engineering
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Geotechnical Engineering
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Transportation Engineering
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Hydraulic Engineering
Population
Undergraduate |
:319 |
MSc |
:18 |
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Academic Staff |
:12 |
Supporting Academic Staff |
:10 |
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Alumni (undergraduate) |
:400 |
Alumni (MSc) |
:16 |
Specialties of our Academic Staff
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Our focus
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The traditional research strengths of our department lie in the fields of Civil Engineering (Geotechnical, Structural, Hydraulic, Material and Transport Engineering) that has the potential to address major interdisciplinary research issues of global importance, our department is developing a new engineering materials which integrate research on Earth Systems Science, Engineering and Technology, and Governance to develop sustainable solutions to global problems within an appropriate socio-economic context.
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The new interdisciplinary researches are key to realizing the goal of this ambitious new research mission.
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It is becoming increasingly apparent that the designers of technological systems (e.g. for transport, energy, material) must focus not only on their complexity, but also on that of the natural, social and cultural systems to which they are inevitably coupled. A fundamental goal of this new research mission is therefore to gain a better understanding of how human activity is coupled to natural systems, and of how perturbations to the natural systems can be managed more effectively.
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Non-linear mechanics research is centred on finite element technologies and supported by mathematical validation and experimental verification.
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Research is undertaken into both the novel application of existing finite element and stiffness methods and the development of new algorithms and finite elements.
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Key areas of interest are the geometrical and material non-linear structural analysis of shells, frames and membrane structures.
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This research is coupled with developments in time-history analysis for earthquake engineering, gradient-based structural optimisation.
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Constitutive models are being developed to describe the non-linear behaviour of anisotropic, partially saturated or destructured soils for finite element applications.
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New areas of research include the development of non-linear non-deterministic finite element analyses and reliability concepts.
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Research developments in innovative materials include the characterisation, design, and application of electro-kinetic geosynthetics, structural fabrics and polymeric composites. This research is closely linked with the computational work in non-linear mechanics, providing a source of experimental verification. It is also an important field of research in its own right, leading to the development of innovative construction technologies, novel foundations, building for climate change, and reverse engineering.
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Innovative construction technologies and materials in the fields of ground and structural engineering extends from the determination of intrinsic characteristics from element testing, through constitutive modelling and numerical analysis, to prototype and full scale testing.
Research Areas
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Design formwork, scaffolding, tall buildings, towers, bridges, dams, retaining walls, foundations etc.
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Analyze soil and rock that affect the behavior of structures, pavements, underground facilities, and containment structures for solid and liquid.
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Design roadway & cuts.
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Field and laboratory work along with design.
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Analyze and design systems to transport liquids.
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Small and large systems of pipes as well as engineered and natural channels.
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Hydraulic machinery such as pumps and turbines, hydraulic controls such as valves and weirs, and hydraulic structures such as dams and spillways.
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Design, analyze, and construct materials such as steel, concrete, masonry, asphalt, composites.
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Design and analyze all man-made objects whose primary function is load resistance: buildings, bridges, aircraft, transmission towers, drilling platforms, etc.
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Plan, design, construct, maintain and operate various transportation modes (e.g., highway, railway, air, water, etc.).
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Develop, use and manage world’s water resources.
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Design water distribution systems, wells, reservoirs, canals, locks and dams, port facilities and flood control systems.
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Analyze the impact of other engineering projects on the natural hydrologic system.
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Precisely locate and layout engineering projects.
Research Output
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MSc students
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Publications (journals, books, monographs, conferences)
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Patents (products)
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Projects
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Programs
Laboratories
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Structural Engineering Laboratory
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Mechanic Laboratory
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Transportation Engineering Laboratory
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Structural Material Laboratory
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Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
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Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory
Management&Contact
Head of Department
Associate Professor Dr. Arif GÜREL (agurel@harran.edu.tr)
Assistant Head of Department
Assistant Professor Dr. Recep PEKGÖKGÖZ (recepkadir@harran.edu.tr)
Secretary of Department
İbrahim TATLI (itatlı@harran.edu.tr)
A Viewpoint
We would like to conturibute on
national
international
inter-disciplinary
inter-institutional
inter-departmental
research projects.