Uğur Ersoy (born in 1932) is a Turkish civil engineer and academic.

Life

He was born in

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. His father Yakup Ersoy was the local chairman of the

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(CHP). After graduating from Tarsus American Highschool, he earned his BS degree at the civil engineering department of

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus, Bosphorus strait. It has six facult ...

in 1955. Then he travelled to

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for further studies. He received both his Master’s and Ph.D. at the

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Academic life

Between 1959 and 2006 he served in the academic staff of

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...

(METU) in

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as an assistant professor, associate professor and then professor. During this period he also served in other universities; as a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin between 1963-1965; as a visiting professor at

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between 1980-1981; as a visiting professor at

between 1992-1994. He has been involved in experimental research on the behavior of reinforced and precast concrete structures. In 2006 he moved to

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and became a member of Boğaziçi University staff.

In university administration

In METU he served three times as the dean of the Civil Engineering Faculty and two times as the vice rector. He also served as the dean of the newly established Mersin campus of METU between 1975-1976.

Publications

He is the author of a number of books. His technical books are in English and Turkish. # An Introduction to Limit Design (Published by the METU Civil Engineering Society), 1962. # Betonarme Kesitlerin Taşıma Gücüne Göre Hesabı, (Published by METU), 1971. (co-author) # Betonarme - Temel İlkeler ve Hesap Yöntemleri, 1975.(co-author) # Betonarmede Burulma, 1975. # Taşıma Gücü El Kitabı,(Published by

Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning (Turkey) The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change ( tr, Çevre, Şehircilik ve İklim Değişikliği Bakanlığı) is a government ministry office of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for the environment, public works, and urban plann ...

) # Introductory Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, (Published by METU), 1983.(co-author) # Betonarme - Temel İlkeler ve Taşıma Gücü Hesabı, 1985. # Reinforced Concrete, METU, 1986 (Reviewed in Concrete International, American Concrete Institute). # Yüksek yapıların Tasarım ve Yapımında İzlenecek Temel İlkeler, (Published by the Chamber of Civil Engineers, İzmir Branch) 1988.(co-author) # Betonarme 2 - Döşeme ve Temeller, 1995. # Betonarme, 2001.(co-author) He also wrote nontechnical Turkish books such as recollections. # "Bir Efsane Bir Demet Insan",("Legend, a bundle of people"), 1995 # "Bir Zamanlar Mersin'de", ("Once in Mersin"). # "Ustalarimdan Ögrendiklerim", ("What I’ve learned from my masters"),1999. # "Sislerin Ardindan Kaybolmayanlar", ("Those who are not lost behind the fog") 1999. # "Bozkiri Yesertenler ("People who greened the steppes") 2003. # "Erguvan Renkli Yillar,("Purple colored years"),2004 # "Gördüklerim, Duyduklarım ve Düşündüklerim ("What I’ve seen, heard and thought"), 2008

Awards

# American Concrete Institute, Wason Medal for Research, 1969 # METU

Parlar Foundation Science Award The Parlar Foundation was created in 1981 in Ankara, Turkey to promote science and technology and its industrial applications. It was named after the late Professor Mustafa N. Parlar, a Dean of Engineering at the Middle East Technical University. ...

, 1985 # Turkish Prefabricate Union (TürkPrefabrik Birliği ) Award, 1992 # Turkish Education Association Rüştü Yüce Success in Profession Award, 2001 # University of Texas at Austin Academy of Distinguished Graduates Membership 2005 # Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers Honorary Distinguished Engineer Award 2006Chamber belleten
/ref> His name appeared in ''Honour Book of Engineers of Distinction'' published in the United States.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ersoy, Ugur 1932 births Living people People from Mersin Turkish engineering academics Boğaziçi University alumni University of Texas alumni Middle East Technical University faculty University of Toronto faculty Boğaziçi University faculty METU Mustafa Parlar Foundation Science Award winners