Assist. Prof. Dr. Utku Kanoglu

 

Middle East Technical University

Department of Engineering Science

06531 Ankara, TURKEY

Phone: Office: +90 312 210 4789

Fax: +90 312 210 1269

E-mail: kanoglu@metu.edu.tr

 

 

Education

 

Ph.D. In Aerospace Engineering, University Of Southern California         August 1998

Los Angeles, CA.

 

·         Dissertation Title: The Runup Of Long Waves Around Piecewise Linear Topographies.

·         Dissertation Advisor: Costas Emmanuel Synolakis.

·         Gpa: 3.95/4.00.

 

Master Of Business Administration, Istanbul University   July 1988

Istanbul, Turkey

 

Ms In Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University      July 1988

Istanbul, Turkey

 

·         Gpa: 89.94/100 (1st Place Among 20).

 

Bs In Aerospace Engineering, Istanbul Technical University        July 1985

Istanbul, Turkey

 

·         Gpa: 79.92/100 (7th Place Among 50).

 

 

Professional Experience

 

Instructor, Middle East Technical University       November 2001-Present

Ankara, Turkey

 

Part Time Lecturer, Middle East Technical University     September 2001-November 2001

Ankara, Turkey

 

Senior Engineer, Applied Sciences Laboratory, Inc.         February 1998-July 2001

Los Angeles, Ca

 

·         Inundation Modeling For San Francisco And San Diego To Provide The Data To The Office Of Emergency Services For Tsunami Standards And Guidelines For California. This Work Is Funded By Office Of Emergency Services Of California Through University Of Southern California. The Reports For This Project Can Be Observed From The Following Site:

 

      http://Newport.Pmel.Noaa.Gov/Time/Reports/Caoct99stat.Html

 

·         Thermal Control Designs And Analyses Of Spacecraft And Engineering Systems.

 

·         Developed Thermal And Geometric Models Of Various Subsystems And Components Of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (Tes) For The Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Jpl), Pasadena. Performed Thermal Analyses To Predict Thermal Performance And Provide Inputs For The Thermal Control Of Tes. Tes Is A Fourier Transfer Spectrometer To Measure And Profile All Infrared-Active Molecules In The Earth’s Low Atmosphere. It Is Part Of The Earth Observing System Common Spacecraft Platform To Be Launched To The Orbit By April 2002.

 

·         Used Extensively Sinda/G And Sinda3d (The System Improved Numerical Differencing Analyzer) And Tss (Thermal Synthesizer System) To Develop Thermal And Geometric Models.

 

·         Responsible Thermal Engineer For Thermal Vacuum Test Of Different Spacecraft Components At Jpl Such As Quikscat Scatterometer Electronics Subsystem;

 

·         Responsible Thermal Engineer For Thermal Vacuum Test Of Communication Satellite Subsystems Such As Digital Signal Processors (As An Integral Part Of The Payload) At Hughes Space & Communications, El Segundo, California.

 

·         Developed Submodules For Integrated Modeling Of Optical Systems (Imos) Using Matlab. Imos Is A Modeling Tool Of Multidisciplinary Systems, I.E. Structural Modeling And Analysis, Optical Analysis, Thermal Analysis, Which Enables User In Developing An Integrated Model.

 

Senior Scientist

Field Survey, Efate, Ambrym and Malekula Islands,

December 12, 1999-December 19, 1999

Vanuatu

 

·         Joined To The International Survey Team With Colleagues From The United States And Japan In Planning And Conducting The Field Survey. Modeling Effort Of This Event Is In The Progress. A Preliminary Report Prepared For This Field Survey Is Submitted To South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (Sopac).

 

Part-Time Lecturer

Department Of Civil Engineering, University Of Southern California         January 1998-May 1998

Los Angeles, Ca

 

·         Thought Graduate Level  Engineering Analysis Course Emphasis On Complex Analysis.

 

Consultant

Witeveen & Boss, October        1997-January 1998

Netherlands

 

·         A Comprehensive Tsunami Risk Assessment For P.T. Kapugnaga Indah Land Reclamation Project Which Is Located On The Shoreline About 10km North Of Jakarta With Intended Reclamation Of About 40km. This Project Was Suspended After Economic Crisis In Asia.

 

Research Associate

Department Of Civil Engineering, University Of Southern California         June 1996-February 1998

 

Los Angeles, Ca

 

·         Extensive Preliminary Work For The Research Proposal Submitted To The National Science Foundation Of The United States And The Japan Society For The Promotion Of Science To Integrate Features Of The Us State-Of-The-Art Cfd Code With The Japanese State-Of-The-Art Cfd Code With The Objective To Better Understand The Hydrodynamics Of Tsunamis And Allow Better Threshold For Real Time Predictions.

 

·         Performed Numerical Experiments Using Vtcs-3 To Evaluate The Parametric Dependence Of Predicted Inundation Versus Changes In The Source Motion Parameters And Presented Simple Relationships. Manuscript For This Research In Almost In Final Form. Vtcs-3 Is A Cfd Model For Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Shallow Water Wave Equations Employing Finite Difference Approach And Method Of Characteristic -Riemann Invariants.

 

Research Assistant

Department Of Civil Engineering, University Of Southern California         January 1992-June 1996

Los Angeles, Ca

 

·         Involved In The Development Of The State-Of-The-Art Numerical Modeling For A Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Problem Employing Finite Difference Approach To The Nonlinear Shallow Water Wave Equations.

 

·         Joined To The Multi-University (Usc, Harvard, Washington, Cornell, Us Army Corps) Research Team On A Large National Science Foundation Initiative.

 

·         Conducted Thesis Research Utilizing An Analytical And A Large-Scale Experimental Analysis For A Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Problem.

 

·         Developed A New Mathematical Model And A First And One Of A Kind Experimental Data Set To Provide Benchmark Results For The Verification Of The Computational Fluid Dynamics Models.

 

·         Lectured In Fluid Dynamics And Engineering Analysis Classes. Provided Assignments And Solutions For These Classes. Assisted Students With Their Class Work.

 

·         Presented The Research Findings In Two Book Chapters, Three Refereed Publications, Six Conferences And Three Invited Talks.

 

Senior Student Operator

University Computing Center, University Of Southern California  January 1994-September 1997

 

Los Angeles, Ca

 

·         Determined And Solved Software And Hardware Problems In Unix, Mac And Pc Environments.

 

·         Trained New Operators To Solve Hardware And Software Problems And Prepared Training Manuals.

 

·         Responsible For The Operations In The Userrooms That Consist Of 450 Computers With 30 Student Operators.

 

·         Supervised To The Student Operators.

 

Student Scientist

Field Survey,

Biak Island, Irian Jaya   March 03, 1996-March 13, 1996

 

Indonesia

 

·         Joined To The International Survey Team With Colleagues From The United States, Japan And Indonesia In Planning And Conducting The Field Survey.

 

Laboratory Engineer

US Army Corps of Engineers

Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal Engineering Research Center     November 1994 And February 1995

 

Vicksburg, Mississippi

 

·         Designed And Performed A Large Scale Experiment As A Part Of The Ph.D. Thesis To Provide Physical Benchmarks To The Numerical Modelers. The Laboratory Data Sets Became The Benchmark Data For The International Workshop On Long-Wave Runup Models, September 11-14, 1995.

 

Research Assistant

Department Of Aerospace Engineering, University Of Southern California           January 1991-August 1991

Los Angeles, Ca

 

·         Conducted Experiments For Elliptic Jets In An Anechoic Chamber To Determine Pressure Fluctuations.

 

Teaching And Research Assistant

Department Of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University     January 1988-January 1989

 

Istanbul, Turkey

 

·         Conducted Thesis Research Utilizing Analytical And Experimental Analysis For A Natural Convection Problem.

 

·         Conducted Heat Transfer Experiments For Industry In Thermal Technologies And Optical Measurements Laboratory.

 

·         Prepared And Conducted Laboratory Sections For The Students.

 

Grants, Awards

 

Proposal Submitted To University Of Southern California

Approximately $86,000.                                                                        1999

 

·         Proposal Submitted To The University Of Southern California For Inundation Modeling For San Francisco And San Diego To Provide The Data To The Office Of Emergency Services For Tsunami Standards And Guidelines For California.

 

Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (Nsf And Jsps) Approximately $65,000.

(This Fellowship Has Not Been Used Because Of Family Commitments.)            1997

 

·         Research Proposal Submitted To The National Science Foundation Of The United States And To The Japan Society For The Promotion Of Science Was Awarded For The Fellowship.

 

·         The Objective Of The Proposal Was To Integrate Features Of The Us State-Of-The-Art Cfd Code With The Japanese State-Of-The-Art Cfd Code With The Objective To Better Understand The Hydrodynamics Of Tsunamis And Allow Better Threshold For Real Time Prediction.

 

Leadership Award

University Of Southern California                               1996

 

Academic Achievement Award

University Of Southern California                               1996

 

Tubitak – Nato Science Scholarship

Approximately $60,000.

1st Place Among 15.                                                  1990-1993

 

Academic Achievement Award

Istanbul Technical University

Graduated First In A Class Of Twenty.                       1988

 

Mathematics Fellowship

Tubitak (Scientific And Technical Research Council Of Turkey)        1985-1988

 

Invited Talks

 

·         Office Of Emergency Services, San Diego, California, May 01, 2000 Inundation Mapping Effort For California Coast.

 

·         Kyoto University, Disaster Preventation Research Institute, July 17, 1998  Current Analytical Modeling Effort For Long Wave Propagation.

 

·         Second International Workshop On Long-Wave Runup Models, September 14, 1995 Analytical Modeling Wave Runup On Piecewise Linear Bathymetries, Conical Island.

 

·         Second International Workshop On Long-Wave Runup Models, September 13, 1995 Analytical Modeling Wave Runup On Piecewise Linear Bathymetries, Revere Beach.

 

·         Us Army Corps Of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 19, 1993 Analytical Solution Of Wave Runup On Composite Beaches.

 

Others

 

Turkish Student Association,

University Of Southern California.           Active Member 1991-2000, Treasurer 1993-1994

 

·         Planned Social Programs, Prepared Budget And Raised Money For These Programs From Different Sources.

 

Building Government,

University Of Southern California Housing.         Active Member 1995-2000

 

·         Planned Social Programs, Prepared Budget And Raised Money For These Programs From Different Sources.

·         Determined  Problems Of Residents, Brought Up These Problems To The Attention Of The University Authorities And Recommended Solutions.

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

 

·         Caminade, P., Charlie, D., Kanoglu, U., Koshimura, S.-I., Matsutomi, H., Moore, A., Ruscher, C., Synolakis, C., Takahashi, T. 2000 Vanuatu Earthquake And Tsunami Cause Much Damage, Few Casualties. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 81(52) 641, 646-647.

 

·         Kanoglu, U., Synolakis, C. E. 1998 Long Wave Runup On Piecewise Linear Topographies. Journal Of Fluid Mechanics (Jfm), 374, 1-28.

 

·         Liu, P. L.-F., Cho, Y.-S., Briggs, M. J., Kanoglu, U., Synolakis, C. E. 1995 Runup Of Solitary Wave On Circular Island. Journal Of Fluid Mechanics (Jfm), 302, 328-134.

 

Chapters In Books

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·         Yalciner, A., Synolakis, C. E., Altinok, Y., Other Contributors: Borrero, J., Imamura, F., Ersoy, S., Kuran, U., Tinti, S., Yuksel, Y., Alpar, B., Watts, P., Kanoglu, U. 2000 Evidences Of Tsunami In Izmit Bay By Kocaeli Earthquake. Special Volume Published By Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (Eirr), Chapter 3.

 

·         Briggs, M. J., Synolakis, C. E., Kanoglu, U., Green, D. 1996 Benchmark Problem The Revere Beach. Long-Wave Runup Models, World Scientific, Singapore, 375-383.

 

·         Kanoglu, U., Synolakis, C. E. 1996 Analytic Solutions Of Solitary Wave Runup  On The Conical Island And  On The Revere Beach. Long-Wave Runup Models, World Scientific, Singapore, 214-220.

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