Erol Güler
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) 359-6452-6406-6423
Fax: +90(212) 287-2457, +90(212) 265-8488
Education
Ph.D. Geotech. Eng. Technical University of Istanbul, Istanbul Turkey 1981
M.S. Geotech. Eng. Technical University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey 1977
B.S. Civil Engineering Technical University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey 1975
Service on This Faculty
Professor 1989-Present
Associate Professor 1983-1989
Assistant Professor 1982-1983
Original Appointment 1982
Other Related Experience
Responsibility Location Date
Visiting Fulbright Professor University of Maryland, Department of Civil Engineering Sept. 1989-June 1991
Research Assistant Technical University of Istanbul, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Department Marc 1978-Dec. 1982
Publications of Last Five Years
Journal Publications
  • "A Dynamic Uniaxial Wide Strip Tensile Testing of Two Geotextiles in Isolation" Geotextiles and Geomembranes, (together with T.Biro), Vol.17, No. 2, pp. 67-79, 1999
  • "Geotextile Reinforced Embankments on Soft Clays - Effects of a Foundation Soil Crust Strengthened by Lime Diffusion", Geosynthetics International, (together with A. Edinçliler), Vol. 6, No. 2, pp.71-91, 1999
  • "Effect of Wall Facing on the Seismic Stability of Geosynthetic- Reinforced Retaining Walls" Geosynthetics International, (together with M.Ismeik), Vol. 5, Nos. 1-2, pp. 41-53, 1998
Conference Proceedings
  • "A Portal Design in Vertically Layered Limestone" Proc. of Int. Conf. on Tunneling and Underground Space Use, Istanbul, Turkey (togethet with M.Vardar, İ.Eriş, H.Kahyaoğlu, U.Osmanoğlu), pp. 107-114, 2002
  • "Stability Problems Encountered at the Portal Excavation of Hapan and Kozbükü Tunnels of TCK Bolaman - Perşembe Highway" Proc. of Int. Conf. on Tunneling and Underground Space Use, Istanbul, Turkey (togethet with E.Altınok, H.Peker, A.Karagüzel, S.Likoğlu, N.Tülüce, M.Çakırkaptan), pp. 293-302, 2002
  • "Stability Problems of Tunnels on Slope" Proc. of Int. Conf. on Tunneling and Underground Space Use, Istanbul, Turkey (togethet with H.Karaoglan and M.Vardar), pp. 51-59, 2002
  • "Hazardous Waste Landfill Design and Construction Practices in Turkey" Proc. of the 2nd Int. Conf. on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng. in Arid Lands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, (together with C.B.Avci and E.Cetin) pp.337-342, 2002
  • "Centrifuge and Full Scale Models of Geotextile Reinforced Walls and Three Case Studies of Such Walls in Turkey" Invited keynote lecture. Proc. of the 2nd Int. Conf. on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng. in Arid Lands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, pp.3-9, 2002
  • "FEM Analysis of reinforced Segmental Retaining Walls with Cohesive and Granular Backfills" Proc. of the 7th Int. Conf. on Geosynthetics, Nice, France. (together with M.Hamderi) Vol. 1, pp. 103-106, 2002
  • "Effect of Lime and Compactive Effort on Hydraulic Conductivity of Clay Liners" Jubilee Papers in Honour of Prof. Dr. Ergün Toğrol, (together with İ.Bozbey), pp.50-53, 2001
  • "Effect of Lime and Compaction Energy on Hydraulic Conductivity of Clay Liners" Proc. of XVth. ICSMGE, Istanbul, Turkey, (together with I.Bozbey) Vol.3, pp.1963-1966, 2001
  • "Zentrifugenmodelle und Massstaebiliche Modelle Sowie Drei Fallstudien von Geokunststoff bewehrten Stützmauern in der Turkei" 7.Informations- und Vortragstagungen über Kunstaffe in der Geotechnik, München, Germany, pp.133-138, 2001
  • "The First Segmental Retaining Wall Constructed in Turkey", Proc. of 12th European Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Eng., Amsterdam, Hollanda, Vol. 2, pp. 755-760, 1999
  • "A State-of-the-Art Report on Soil Reinforcement in Turkey" Special Volume for the Proc. of the 11th Asian Regional Conf. On Soil Mechanics anf Geotechnical Eng., Seoul, Korea, pp. 5-15, 1999
  • "Effect of Cavities Between Soil and Geotextile Filter on permeability", 6th Int. Conf. on Geosynthetics, Atlanta, USA, (together with E.Baran) Vol. 2, pp 1033-1036, 1998
Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies

  • Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

  • Turkish Chamber of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

  • International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMFE)

  • International Geotextile Society (IGS)

  • President of Turkish Chapter of IGS

  • Member of TRB Committee on Geosynthetics A2K07

  • Member of Technical Committee of ISSMFE on soil reinforcement TC-9

Courses Taught During the 2002-2003 Academic Year
Course Code Course Title Hours per Week
CE 332 Soil Mechanics I 3 hrs
CE 431 Foundation Engineering 4 hrs
CE 534 Designing with Geosynthetics 3 hrs
CE 639 Critical State Soil mechanics Theory 3 hrs
Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions
Member of the Faculty Board 2001- Present
Director of Institute of Environmental Sciences 1996 - 1999