Resume of  Y. Cengiz Toklu
Eastern Mediterranean University / Civil Engineering Department / Gazimagusa / Mersin 10, Turkey
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 -/-  SUMMARY  -/-    EDUCATION  -/-  ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  -/-  COURSES TAUGHT  -/-
 -/-    PROGRAMMING and INFORMATICS EXPERIENCE  -/-    DESIGN and CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE   -/-
 -/-    CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE  -/-   SCHOLARSHIPS  -/-  PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS   -/-   LANGUAGES   -/-
 -/-    PUBLICATIONS -/-   EDITORIAL DUTIES  --/-   SEMINARS  -/-  RESEARCH SUBJECTS  -/-    LINKS     -/-
 
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I - SUMMARY
 
 
After having his BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, in 1967 and 1969, respectively,  Mr. Toklu started his academic career in METU, Civil Engineering Department, and than in Engineering Sciences (ES) Department. He has obtained his Ph. D. degree in "Institut de Mecanique Theorique et Appliqué, Faculte des Sciences, Universite Paris VI (Pierre et Marie CURIE)", Paris, France, at 1976, having a scholarship from French Government. He has served again in METU ES department as Asst. Professor and also had an administrative work as Deputy Head of ES department. 

At 1982, he started working in private. Important works in which he was involved in this period were: 
- Technical Director of the design of the New Galata Bridge in Istanbul, a 370 m pontoon bridge, 
- Technical Director of the design of Second Bosporus Bridge and the peripheral roads, 
- General Director of the design of grade separated  intersections in Izmir and Adana, 
- Chief Supervisor of design and construction of Ankaray, Light Railed Transport system of Ankara, 
- Chief Supervisor of design and construction of Imrahor Bridge and Mamak - Cankaya Peripheral road in Ankara, 
- Consultant to Highways Department for the Izmit Bay Bridge (2800m long suspension bridge) and Gebze-Orhangazi Motorway, 
- to conduct the feasibility studies of Izmir - Salihli and Izmir - Bursa Motorways, 
- to conduct the design of Karabaglar - Balcova Motorway in Izmir (resulted in a 50million USD reduction in the cost, due to a proposal by Dr. Toklu for changing the alignment thus eliminating the tunnels previously chosen) 
- to conduct the design for restoration of the historical Abrahampasa Tunnel in Beykoz, Istanbul, 
- etc, etc. 

In this period, he has given courses in Middle East Technical University, Dokuz Eylul University and Izmir Institute of Advanced Technology as part time instructor. 

In February 1998 he returned back to the academic life, and restarted teaching and research works as a full time member in Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus. He had been Vice Chair of the Civil Engineering Department in the year 1999. His basic research areas actually are Space Civil Engineering, Computational Engineering (Metaheuristics applications), Eartquake Engineering and Historical Monuments.

 
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II - EDUCATION
 
 
    - Dr. Ing., Institut de Mecanique Theorique et Appliqué, Faculte des Sciences, Universite Paris VI (Pierre et Marie CURIE), Paris, France, 1976 

    - M.S. in Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, (METU), Ankara, Turkey, 1969 

    - B.S. in Civil Engineering, METU, Ankara, Turkey, 1967 

 

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III - ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
 

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Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 
1992 - 1997 Advisor to the General Directorate of Highways through DELCAN-DAP Joint Venture 
1992 -
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Founder and associate of TVT Engineering Ltd. 
1992 - 1995 Construction Group Manager, METU PARLAR Foundation, Ankara 
1991 -
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Founder and associate of PMT Co. Inc.
1990 - 1991 Technical Director, Bayindir Construction Co., Izmir
1988 - 1990  Cost and Schedule Engineer, Kutlutas-Dillingham Joint Venture, Izmir
1986 - 1988 Associate, General Director, Private Works in Construction, Consultancy and Computer Services
1985 - 1986 Technical Director, HB International Construction Co. Inc., Istanbul 
1984 - 1985 Technical Director for the Design of the Second Bosporus Bridge (Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge) and the Peripheral Motorways, Head of Computer Department, Freeman Fox and Partners - BOTEK Technical Consultancy Co. Inc. Istanbul 
1983 - 1984 Director of Istanbul Office, Technical Director for the Design of the New Galata Bridge, Head of Computer Department, Mott, Hay and Anderson - GAMB Engineering and Consulting Company Ltd., Istanbul 
1982 - 1983 Head of Formwork Factory Design Team, Head of Computer Department, SANTA Construction and Industry Co. Inc., Istanbul 
1976 - 1982 Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Sciences, METU, Ankara 
1977 - 1979 Assistant Chairman, Department of Engineering Sciences METU, Ankara 
1973 - 1976 Researcher, Assistant, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, France 
1970 - 1973 Researcher, Institut Superieur des Materiaux et de la Construction Mecanique, Saint Ouen, France 
1967 - 1970 Assistant, Instructor, Civil Engineering and Engineering Sciences Departments, METU, Ankara 
1966 - 1967 Designer, Kiska Design Office, Ankara 
 
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IV - COURSES TAUGHT

Notes: 1: Undergraduate, 2: Graduate, 3: Post graduate

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V - PROGRAMMING AND INFORMATICS EXPERIENCE
 
 
   - Directing computer centers of SANTA, GAMB, BOTEK, Kutlutas-Dillingham JV, BAYINDIR, PMT and TVT 

    - Computer coordinator of Engineering Sciences Department, METU, 1979-1982, Liaison to the Central University Computer and Director of Departmental computer laboratory. 

    - Scientific and business programs prepared including 
        * A payroll program and an accounting program (dealing with 2000 employees using a 64 KB RAM computer, with two floppy drivers, 360 KB each)  
        * CPM/PERT program, 
        * Frame, grid, truss and continuous beam programs using finite element techniques and active column profile method, 
        * Various reinforced concrete design programs for prestressed beams, retaining walls, sheet pile walls, culverts, underpasses etc. 
        * A program for lateral analysis of structural systems with interacting shear walls and frames, 
        * A program for determination of composite steel reinforced concrete section properties, 
        * Programs for solving linear systems of equations. 
        * An optimization program using linear programming technique, 
        * A mat foundation solution program, 
        * A series of programs for non - linear analysis of beams and frames, 
        * An aggregate blending program, 
        * Programs for transformation of linear viscoelastic functions, 
        * Several programs about eigenvalue problems, curve fitting, solution of systems of differential equations, and many other sorts of numerical analysis problems, 

    - Preparation of the software for Book Club of the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet 
 
    - Use of structural analysis packages like SAP.. AND ETABS 

    - PrimaVera and PrimaVision Programs for Scheduling 

  - Preparation of a software package called ENSOFT for cross - section calculations and plots of motorways 


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VI - DESIGN AND CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE
 
 
    - Soma-B Thermal Power Plant mat foundation calculations with two different second order methods and specially prepared programs./ Turkey Electricity Authority / HES Co. Ltd./ Ankara, 1977 

    - Consultancy for Istanbul - Izmit motorway./ General Directorate of Highways / DEA Consultancy Co. / Istanbul, 1977 

    - Ceyhan Fertilizer Factory wharf and conveyor system, solutions about frames and 3-dimensional trusses /Toros Fertilizer and Chemistry Industry Co. Inc./ Sonar Engineering Co. Inc./ Istanbul, 1981 (Revision, 1983) 

    - Batikoy Satellite Town for 50 000 Inhabitants, computer aided analysis of tower blocks with interacting shear walls and real and fictive frames / Sinankent Construction Tourism and Trade Co. Inc / Sonar Engineering Co. Inc. / Istanbul, 1982 

    - Computer analysis of the existing Antalya Carbide Factory for reinforcing purposes / Etibank / Sonar Engineering Co. Inc./ Istanbul, 1983 

    - Mazidagi Semikhan Primary Concentration Plant computer analysis of conveyor support systems and transfer building frames / Etibank / Sonar Engineering Co. Inc./ Istanbul, 1983 

    - Preliminary statical calculations of Ankara Sheraton Hotel / Ahmet Hattat and Brothers / GAMB Co. Ltd. / Istanbul, 1983 

    - New Galata Bridge, Head of the Turkish design team / General Directorate of Highways / Mott, Hay and Anderson International Ltd.- GAMB Co. Ltd./ Istanbul, 1983 

    - 2nd Bosporus Highway Crossing and Peripheral Roads Technical Director, Head of the Turkish Design Team / General Directorate of Highways / Freeman Fox and Partners - BOTEK Technical Consultancy Co. Inc. / Istanbul, 1984 - 1985 

    - Bakirkoy - Bahcelievler Transportation Planning and design of two bridges with prestressed beams, Technical Director / Bakirkoy Municipality / BOTEK Technical Consultancy Co. Inc. / Istanbul, 1984 - 1985 

    - Statical design of various buildings, a hotel, a highway bridge (four spans, piled foundations, in-situ concrete), private, 1985 - 1988. 

    - Restoration project of an historical tunnel, Abrahampasa Tunnel, Beykoz Istanbul, private, 1986 

    - Computerized follow up of the design and construction of Izmir - Aydin Motorway and Izmir-Çesme Motorway./ 1988-1992 

    - Designs by PMT and TVT / Grade separated interchanges in Izmir (Bozyaka Bridge, named Kostence Bridge later), and Adana, motorways in Izmir, Feasibility studies of Izmir-Salihli and Izmir-Bursa Motorways, 

    - Supervisor for the design of Imrahor Viaduct, ANKARAY light railed transport system, designs of various infrastructural and superstructural works / 1991-1995. 

    - Consultancy for Izmit Bay Crossing and Gebze - Orhangazi Motorway / General Directorate of Highways / 1992-1995 

    - Consultancy for Izmir Metro, passage through Konak Plaza / Municipality of Izmir / 1994 

    - Design of Infrastructural Works of Belkent, Çesme, Izmir / 1996-1997  

    - Design of Urla - Iskele Dual Road / Municipality of Urla / 1996-1997  

    - Design of Entegre Medical Appliances Factory, Izmir, 1996-1997 
 

 

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VII - CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE
 
 
    - Leading and planning construction of 45 villas, Istanbul / HB Construction Co. / 1986 

    - Construction of Burhaniye sewage sea discharge facility / Iller Bankasi / 1984-88 

    - Water supply of a village and a group of villages, Çatalca and Sile, Istanbul, / Directorate of Village Services / private / 1987 - 1988 

    - Drainage works of Mahmutbey - Kinali Motorway / General Directorate of Highways / IGL - STFA Joint Venture / private (Subcontractor) / 1987 

    - Izmir - Aydin Motorway / Scheduling and Planning Director / Kutlutas Construction Co. / 1988-1990 

    - Izmir - Çesme Motorway / Technical Director / Bayindir Construction Co. / 1990 -1991 

    - Supervisor for the construction of Imrahor Viaduct, ANKARAY light railed transport system, ... 

    - Construction scheduling for various firms (AFA, ERAL, ÜSTAY, SEGA, ...) / TVT / 1992 - 

    - Supervision of Entegre Medical Appliances Factory, Izmir, 1997 
 

 

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VIII - SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
 
 
     -The "Tres honorable" degree in obtaining Ph.D. degree 

    - Full Scholarship for the doctoral studies by French Government 

    - Full scholarship for the doctoral studies by Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK) 

    - Full TUBITAK scholarship for M.S. studies 

 

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IX - PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
 
 
- Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers 

- Turkish Informatics Society  

- Turkish - French Association of Engineers, Secretary of Izmir branch (*) 

- Technical Commission of Izmir Branch of Chamber of Civil Engineers (*) 

- Commission of Use of Computer Programs for Structural Design, Ministry of Settlement and Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (*) 

- ACI (American Concrete Institute) (*) 

- Yollar Turk Milli Komitesi (Turkish Road Association)  

- Society of Rheology  (*) 

- ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) 

- Turkiye Kopru ve Insaat Cemiyeti (Turkish Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering)

- IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering) 

-  Member of the Commission for Preparation of the 4th Five Year Plan Civil Engineering Works in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

- European Chapter of Metaheuristics (EU/ME)

- Founding member of the non-profit corporation The Space Resources Rountable, Inc.

(*) Membership is over.
 

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X - LANGUAGES
 
 
    -Turkish, English, French 
 
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XI - PUBLICATIONS

To see the publications, please follow the link: YCTPUBL.htm

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XII - EDITORIAL DUTIES
 
 
- Member of the Editorial Board of "Solar System Development Journal" 

- Member of the Advisory Board of "Teknik Dergi" 

- TOKLU, Y. C., F. ERBATUR (editors)  Advances in Civil Engineering, Proceedings of the 4th Intnl. Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, ACE2000, 1-3 November 2000, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus, 4 Volumes, ISBN 975-97210-0-7

 

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XIII - SEMINARS AND MEETING ORGANIZATIONS
 
 

    Various SEMINARS on Construction Planning, CPM, Cut-and-cover structures, Use of asphalt in Highway Construction, Izmir Transportation Planning 

- "Kritik Yol Yontemi ile Planlamada Gelismeler (Advances in CPM Planning) Seminars at Istanbul Divan hotel and Izmir Etap Hotel as invited by Prima Vera, May 1991

- "Insaat Alaninda Planlama (Construction Planning)" Conference in Chamber of Civil Engineers, Izmir, 1991

- "Insaat Muhendisliginde Yapim Planlanmasi" (Construction Planning in Civil Engineering), Seminar in Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, 30 April 1992

- "Ac - kapa yapilari ve tunellerin tasarim ve yapimi (Design and Construction of cut-and-cover structures and tunnels)", Seminar for staff of ANKARAY (Light Railed Ankara Metro Construction), and EGO, March 1993

- "Turk - Fransiz Emulsiyon Semineri (Turkish - French Asphalt Seminar), Speaker and Session Chair, General Directorate of Highways, Ankara, 18-21 October 1994

- "30+ Years of Experience of a Civil Engineer", EMU, 29 April 1998 

- "Catastrophic 1999 Earthquakes in Turkey", EMU, 8 December 1999 

- "Design and Construction of Lunar Bases", Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, 3 March 2000 

- "Race Against Earthquakes", EMU, 17 August 2000 

- "Evolutionary Algorithms - Applications to Civil Engineering", EMU, 21 March 2001 (together with Farzin Farsialiabad and Tolga Hatay)

- "A New Method in Computational Structural Analysis", EMU, 12 December 2001

- " Yapilarin geometri ve malzeme yönünden dogrusal olmayan davranislarinin incelenmesi için yeni bir yöntem (A New Method for the Analysis of Geometrically and Materially Nonlinear Structures) ", Istanbul Technical University, 09 May 2002

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    "Izmir Ulasim Sempozyumu" Oturum Baskani (Session Chairman in the "Izmir Transportation Planning" Symposium), Izmir Ticaret Odasi, 17-18 December 1992  

     Chairman of the Organization Committee of ACE2000, 4th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, 1-3 November 2000, Gazimagusa, Northern Cyprus 

     Organization of the Meetings "Yuri's Night in Cyprus", Anniversary of 1st Human in Space, 12 April 2001, 12 April 2003, 12 April 2004, Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa, Northern Cyprus 

     Member of the Continuous Committee of Congresses on Advances in Civil Engineering 

     Member of the Organizing Committee of ACE2002, 5th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, 25-27 September 2002, Istanbul, Turkey

     Member of the Steering Committee of SPACE2002, The 8th International Conference and Exposition on Engineering, Construction, Operations, and Business in Space (ASCE) co-located with Robotics 2002, Albuquerque Hilton Hotel Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA March 17-21, 2002

 

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 XIV -   RESEARCH SUBJECTS 
 
 
 XV -   LINKS 

 

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