Osman Senai Börekci
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
E-Mail

Rank & Status
Associate Professor, full time

Contact Information
Bogazici University

Department of Civil Engineering

34342 Bebek-Istanbul/TURKEY

Tel: +90(212) 359-6447

Fax: +90(212) 287-2457, +90(212) 265-8488


Education
Ph.D Coastal Engineering University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A. 1982
M.S. Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering University of Florida, Gaineswille, Florida, U.S.A.
1976
B.S. Civil Engineering Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 1975

Service on This Faculty
Associate Professor 1991-Present
Assistant Professor 1985-1991
Original Appointment 1985

Other Related Experience
Responsibility Location Date
Vice Chairman Civil Engineering Dept 1995 - present
Teaching Assistant University of Delaware 1980-1980
Research Assistant University of Delaware 1976-1982
Research Assistant University of Florida 1975-1976

Publications of Last Five Years
Journal Publications
  • Fahjan,Y., Börekçi, O.S., Erdik,M.; "Eartquake-induced hydrodynamic pressures on a 3D rigid dam reservoir system using DRBEM and a radiation matrix", Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng.,56, pp1511-1532, 2003
Conference Proceedings
  • Otay, E.N.,Demir,H., Börekçi, O.S.,Work, P.,"Marine sand exploitation off the Turkish Black Sea Coast",Proc. Littoral 2002: The Changing Coast, Eurocoast, EUCC, 467-476,Portugal, 2002.
  • Otay, E.N.,Demir,H., Börekçi,O.S.,"Effects of sand mining on the coastline", ", Proc. Fourth National Coastal Eng. Symposium, 745-758, Antalya, Sept., 2002.(in Turkish)
  • Börekçi, O.S., Tokmak, Y. ," Modeling of wind and tide induced coastal currents using a meshless numerical method", Proc. Fourth National Coastal Eng. Symposium, 465-478, Antalya, Sept., 2002.(in Turkish)
  • Çehreli, Z., Börekçi, O.S.,"İzmit Bay Circulation Modeling", Proc. Third National Coastal Eng. Symposium, 471-481, Çanakkale, Oct., 2000.(in Turkish)
  • Fahjan, Y., Börekçi, O.S.,"3D Dam Reservoir Interaction Modeling", Advances in Civil Engineering, Fourth International Congress, 1343-1352,Gazimağusa, Nov. 2000.

Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies
1990-Present Chamber of Civil Engineers, Istanbul, Turkey
1994-Present International Society for Boundary Elements (ISBE), Southampton, U.K
1994-Present Coastal Zone Management National Committee, Ankara, Turkey

Courses Taught During the 2002-2003 Academic Year
Course Code Course Title Hours per Week
CE 311 Fluid Mechanics 3 (lecture) + 2 (recitation)
CE 312 Hydraulics I 3 (lecture) + 2 (recitation)
CE 414 Introduction to Coastal Engineering 3 (lecture)
CE 514 Coastal Hydrodynamics 3 (lecture)
CE 501 The Boundary Element Method 3 (lecture)

Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions
2003 Member, Scientific Committee, Turkish Civil Engineering 17th Technical Congress,Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers
2002 - present Referee, Turkish Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences
2002 Member, Scientific Committee, Fourth National Coastal Engineering Symposium
2001-2002 Principal Investigator, Boğaziçi University Research Fund Project: Coastal Measurements at Kilyos
2001-2003 Principal Investigator, Turkish National Science Foundation Project: Effects of sand mining on coastal erosion and the development of rational sand mining criteria (Project No.INTAG837)
2000 Member, Scientific Committee, Third National Coastal Engineering Symposium