MUSTAFA ÖZDER ERDİK

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• 1975: PhD  Civil Engineering
  Rice University, Houston, Texas
  
• 1972: M.Sc. Civil Engineering
  Rice University, Houston, Texas
  
• 1970: B.Sc. Civil Engineering
  Middle East Technical University, Ankara

(1987-Present) Chairman, Dept. of Earthquake Engrg., Boğaziçi University
(Jan. 1996-Aug. 1996) Visiting Professor, Princeton University
(1982-1986) Chief Technical Adviser (Part-Time), UNDP Regional Project (RAS/116), New Delhi

(1980-1987) Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Civil Engrg., METU, Ankara

(1980-1987) Director, Earthquake Engrg. Res. Center, METU, Ankara

(1980-1983) Staff Consultant (Part-Time), D'Appolonia Assoc., Brussels

(1975-1980) Assist. Prof., Dept. of Civil Engrg., METU, Ankara

(1977-1978) Visiting Scientist, USGS, Menlo Park, California

(1974-1975) Staff Engineer, Walter P.Moore and Assoc., Houston, Texas

(1996-Present) Member, Editorial Board, Earthquake Engineering and Struct. Dynamics
(1995-Present) Member, Scientific and Technical Committee, IDNDR, UN
(1989-Present) Member, Editorial Board, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
(1987-Present) Member, Editorial Board, European Earthquake Engineering
(1988-Present) Chairman of Scientific Council, European Natural Disasters Training Center
(1986) Chairman, Middle East and Mediterranean Regional Conference on Earthen and Low Strength Masonry Buildings in Seismic Areas, Turkey
(1985) UNIDO Expert for Michoacan-Gurrerra Earthquake, Mexico City, Mexico
(1985) Director, NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Strong Ground Motion Seismology", Ankara
(1982-1984) Coordinator, UNDP-UNESCO Regional Project (RER/79/014)
(1981-1984) Coordinator, UNDP-UNIDO Regional Project (RER/79/015)
(1979-1980) Secretary, Organizing Committee, 7th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
(1994) Co-Director, NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Development of Urban Earthquake Risk Scenarios", İstanbul Scholarships and Honors:
(1996) Ford Foundation, European Award for Conservation of Cultural Heritage
(1984) Science Promotion Award, Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council
(1970-1975) Fulbright Scholar
(1964-1970) Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council Scholarship

• Director (1984-1992), International Association for Earthquake Engineering
• Secretary General (1980-1988), Turkish National Committee on Earthquake Engrg.
• Member, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
• Member, International Strong Motion Arrays Committee, IAEE
• Member, Commission on Strong Motion Seismology, IASPEI
• Member, Commission on Effects of Surface Geology on Strong Ground Motion, IASPEI
• Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, California
• Member, Working Commission W73 on Natural Disaster Reduction, NSF
• Member, Seismological Society of America, California
• Member, American Geophysical Union

• U.S. Geological Survey, Golden Colorado, USA
  
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA;
  
• University of Cambridge, UK;
• ETH-Hönggerberg, Switzerland;
• University of Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan;
  
• Roorke University, India;
  
• Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand;
  
• King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
  
• University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Strong Ground Motion Seismology, D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1987
Earthen and Low Strength Masonry Buildings in Seismic Areas, METU, 1988

Issues in Urban Earthquake Risk, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994.
SDEE1997, Proceedings, Eighth International Conference Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 20-24 July, 1997, Istanbul, Turkey, ISBN 975-518-098
Earthquake Engineering, 20-24 July, 1997, Istanbul, Turkey, ISBN 975-518-098

Author or co-author of over 200 technical publications