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BIOGRAPHY |
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Dr. Saatcioglu is a Professor of Structural
Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University
of Ottawa. Previously he was a faculty member at the University
of Toronto, Senior Structural Engineer at the Construction Technology
Laboratories of the Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Illinios,
U.S.A., and Structural Specialist at the Canadian Portland Cement
Association in Toronto. Professor Saatcioglu's research interests
include behavior and design of reinforced concrete structures, with
particular emphasis on seismic behavior and design of concrete
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POSITIONS HELD |
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2005 - Present |
Vice Dean, Research, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa,
CANADA |
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2003 - Present |
University Research Chair, Department of
Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CANADA |
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1993 - Present |
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CANADA |
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2004 |
Chair, Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Ottawa, Ottawa CANADA |
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1998 - 2001 |
Vice Dean, Research, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa,
CANADA |
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1997 - 1998 |
Chair, Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Ottawa, Ottawa CANADA |
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1985 - 1993 |
Associate Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CANADA |
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1981 - 1985 |
NSERC University Research Fellow and Assistant
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto
CANADA |
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1980 - 1981 |
Senior Structural Engineer Construction
Technology Labs. Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Illinois, U.S.A. |
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1978 - 1980 |
Structural Engineer, Construction Technology
Labs. Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Illinois, U.S.A. |
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1977 - 1978 |
Structural Engineer, Portland Cement
Association, Skokie, Illinois, U.S.A. |
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1975 - 1977 |
Structural Specialist, Ontario Region,
Canadian Portland Cement Association, Toronto, CANADA |
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1974 - 1975 |
Metro Engineer, Ontario Region, Canadian
Portland Cement Association, Toronto, CANADA |
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Murat Saatcioglu
PhD.,P.Eng.,FACI,FEIC |
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Professor and University
Research Chair |
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Department of
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Vice Dean
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Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA, K1N 6N5 |
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PhD |
Northwestern University |
1981 |
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Evanston Illinois, U.S.A. |
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MASc |
University of Toronto |
1974 |
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Toronto, Ontario CANADA |
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BS |
Middle East Technical Univ. |
1972 |
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Ankara, TURKEY |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS |
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Seismic risk mitigation |
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Behavior and
design of reinforced concrete structures.
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Behavior, design and retrofit of earthquake resistant
concrete structures |
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Confinement of normal-strength and high-strength
concrete columns |
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Seismic retrofitting concrete columns |
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Behavior and design of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP)
reinforced concrete structural elements |
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Use of FRP bars and grids in new concrete construction |
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Retrofitting concrete columns, shear walls and masonry
infill walls with FRP sheets |
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Active seismic control and smart concrete structures
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Dynamic inelastic analysis of reinforced
concrete buildings and bridges for seismic investigation |
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Performance of structures under tsunami loading |
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Blast resistant design of concrete structures |
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Hysteretic modeling of reinforced concrete elements |
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OTHER AFFILIATIONS
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President of the Canadian
Association for Earthquake Engineering |
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Director of the Ottawa Carleton Earthquake Engineering Research
Centre |
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Member, ACI Committee 441 - R/C Columns |
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Member, ACI Committee 374 - Performance Based Seismic Design of R/C
Buildings |
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Member, ACI Committee 369 -
Seismic Retrofit of Concrete Building |
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Member, Canadian National Committee on Earthquake Engineering |
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Member, CSA Committee S806
FRP Structural Components and Materials for Use in Buildings |
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AWARDS AND HONORS |
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CCEDS-1 Award for Best Paper, McMaster
University, 2005. |
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2005 ACI Wason Medal for the Most Meritorious
Paper, by the American Concrete Institute (ACI). |
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Fellow of the Engineering Institute of
Canada, 2005
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2004 Casimir
Gzowski Metal by the
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) for Best
Paper in Structural Engineering in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
(co-recipient).
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University Research Chair since 2003, at the University of Ottawa |
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2003 Excellence in Education Award from the University of Ottawa
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2001 Casimir
Gzowski Metal by the
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) for Best
Paper in Structural Engineering in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.
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Dept. nominee for 2001 the
University of Ottawa Award for Excellence in Research
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2001 National Lecturer for CSCE |
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2000 Raymond C. Reese Research
Prize by the American Society of Civil engineering (ASCE) for Outstanding Contributions to the Application of Structural
Engineering Research
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Fellow of the American Concrete
Institute, 1997 |
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1996 the University of Ottawa
Award for Excellence in Teaching (Professor of the Year) |
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1993 Lieutenant
Governor's Award for Teaching Excellence |
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1992 Ontario
Confederation of University Faculty
Association (OCUFA) Teaching
Award |
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1992 John V. Marsh Award for
Teaching Excellence |
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Awarded NSERC University
Research Fellowship for the entire eligible term of 10 years |
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Part of a group who received
the 1989 Charles Whitney Medal from the American Concrete Institute |
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