Gulay Altay
Rank & Status
Contact Information
Education
Service on This Faculty
Other Related Experience
Publications of Last Five Years
Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies
Courses Taught During the 2002-2003 Academic Year
Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions
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Rank & Status
Professor, full time

Contact Information
Bogazici University
Department of Civil Engineering
34342 Bebek-Istanbul/TURKEY
Tel: +90(212) 359-6424
Fax: +90(212) 287-2457, +90(212) 265-8488

Education
Ph.D. Structures Istanbul Technical University 1977
M.S. Structures Istanbul Technical University 1971
B.S. Civil Engineering Istanbul Technical University 1970

Service on This Faculty
Professor 1988-Present
Associate Professor 1985-1988
Original Appointment 1985

Other Related Experience
Responsibility Location Date
Research Professor The George Washington University 1987-1988
Associate Professor Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul 1982-1985
Research Associate Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA 1981-1982
Assistant Professor Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul 1977-1981

Publications of Last Five Years
Journal Publications
  • Smyth, A.W., Altay G.A., Deodatis, G., et.al., " Probabilistic Benefit-Cost Analysis For Earthquake Damage Mitigation: Evaluating Measures for Apartment Houses in Turkey" to appear in Earthquake Spectra, 2003.
  • Altay G.A., Dökmeci, M.C., "Some comments on the higher order theories of piezoelectric, piezothermoelastic and thermopiezoelectric rods and shells" to appear in Int. J. Solids and Struct., 2003.
  • Bayer, I., Güven, U., Altay, G.A., "A parametric study on vibrating clamped elliptical plates with variable thickness" J. Sound. Vib. 254 (1):179-188, 2002.
  • Altay G.A.,Dökmeci, M.C., " A non-linear rod theory for high-frequency vibrations of thermopiezoelectric materials" Int. J. Nonlinear Mech. 37 (2): 225-243, 2002.
  • Altay G.A., Dökmeci, M.C., " Electroelastic plate equations for high-frequency vibrations of thermopiezoelectric materials" Thin. Wall. Struct.39 (1): 95-109 SI, 2001.
Conference Proceedings
  • Altay G.A.,Kılıç S.A.,Yemez,K., "A Strengthening/Repair Technique and Modeling of R/C Joints for Seismic Resistance" COST-C1 Proceedings of the International Conference in Liege, 1998.

Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies
  • Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (1972)
  • Structural Stability Research Council (1981)
  • Fritz Engineering Society (1981)
  • IABSE (1994)
  • Turkish Steel Construction Association (1992)
  • Turkish Bridge and Construction Association (1992)

Courses Taught During the 2002-2003 Academic Year
Course Code Course Title Hours per Week
CE 454 Steel Structures 2 hrs. lecture + 2 hrs. recitation
CE 550 Structural Design 3 hrs. lecture
CE 352 Structural Analysis II 4 hrs. lecture + 1 hr. recitation
CE 583 Special Topics 3 hrs. lecture

Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions
  • Project Director, Retrofit Design of Turkish Airlines Hangars
  • Member of Advisory Board-International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (2004)
  • International Advisory Board-STESSA (2003)