Hilmi Lus
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Education
Service on This Faculty
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Publications of Last Five Years
Courses Taught During the 2002-2003 Academic Year
Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions
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Rank & Status
Assistant Professor, full time
Contact Information
Bogazici University
Department of Civil Engineering
34342 Bebek-Istanbul/TURKEY
Tel: +90(212) 359-6594
Fax: +90(212) 287-2457, +90(212) 265-8488
Education
Ph.D. Civil Engineering Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 2001
M.S. Civil Engineering Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 1996
B.S. Civil Engineering Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey 1995
Service on This Faculty
Assistant Professor 2002-Present
Original Appointment 2002
Other Related Experience
Responsibility Location Date
Lecturer Columbia University, New York, USA January 2001-June 2002
Post Doctoral Fellow Columbia University, New York, USA January 2001 - June 2002
Preceptor Columbia University, New York, USA September 2000 - January 2001
Publications of Last Five Years
Journal Publications
  • Smyth, A., Altay, G., Deodatis, G., Erdik, M., Franco, G., Gülkan, P., Kunreuther, H., Lus, H., Mete, E., Seeber, L., and Yüzügüllü, O., “Probabilistic Benefit-Cost Analysis for Earthquake Damage Mitigation: Evaluating Measures for Apartment Houses in Turkey”, EERI Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 20, Issue 1, pp.171-203, February 2004.
  • Lus, H., Betti, R., Yu, J., and De Angelis, M., “Investigation of a System Identification Methodology in the Context of the ASCE Benchmark Problem”, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 130, No.1, pp.71-84, 2004.
  • Lus, H., De Angelis, M., and Betti, R., “A New Approach for Reduced Order Modeling of Mechanical Systems Using Vibration Measurements”, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 70, pp.715-723, September 2003.
  • Lus, H., De Angelis, M., Betti, R., and Longman, R.W., "Obtaining Physical Parameters of Mechanical Systems from Identified State Space Models. Part I: Theoretical Discussions", ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics , Vol. 129 (5), pp.477-488, 2003.
  • Lus, H., De Angelis, M., Betti, R., and Longman, R.W., "Obtaining Physical Parameters of Mechanical Systems from Identified State Space Models. Part II: Numerical Investigations", ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics , Vol. 129 (5), pp.489-501, 2003.
  • Lus, H., Betti, R., and Longman, R.W., "Obtaining Refined First Order Predictive Models of Linear Structural Systems", Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics., Vol.31, pp.1413-1440, 2002
  • De Angelis, M., Lus, H., Betti, R., and Longman, R.W., "Extracting Physical Parameters of Mechanical Models from Identified State-Space Representations", ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics , Vol. 69 (5), pp.617-625, 2002.
  • Lus, H., Betti, R., and Longman, R.W., "Identification of Linear Structural Systems Using Earthquake Induced Vibration Data", Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics , Vol.28, pp.1449-1467, 1999.
Conference Proceedings
  • Altay, G., Deodatis, G., Franco, G., Gülkan, P., Kunreuther, H., Lus, H., Mete, E., Seeber, L., Smyth, A., and Yüzügüllü, O., "Benefit-Cost Analysis for Earthquake Mitigation: Evaluating Measures for Apartment Houses in Turkey", 2nd Annual IIASA-DPRI Meeting, Integrated Disaster Management , Laxenberg, Austria, July, 2002.
  • Lus, H., De Angelis, M., and Betti, R., "Issues in Reduced Order Modeling of Mass-Damping-Stiffness Systems", 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference , New York, NY, June 2002.
  • De Angelis, M., Betti, R., and Lus, H., "Identification of Modal and Physical Parameters of Linear Structures With Torsional Coupling", 3rd World Conference on Structural Control , Como, Italy, April 2002.
  • Lus, H., Betti, R., and De Angelis, M., "Study of a Benchmark Problem for Health Monitoring", ASCE - ASME Engineering Mechanics Conference , San Diego, CA, 2001.
  • De Angelis, M., Lus, H., Betti, R., and Longman, R.W., "Identification of Reduced Order Models of Structural Systems from Input/Output Data", ASCE- ASME Engineering Mechanics Conference , San Diego, CA, 2001.
  • De Angelis, M., Betti, R., and Lus, H., "Identificazione dei Parametri Modali e Fisici di Sistemi Lineari Invarianti nel Tempo", 15mo Congresso AIMETA di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata , Taormina, Italy, 2001.
  • Lin, J.W., Lus, H., De Angelis, M., Betti, R., Smyth, A.W., and Longman, R.W., "Damage Identification in Linear and Nonlinear Systems", 3rd US-Japan Workshop on Nonlinear System Identification and Health Monitoring , Los Angeles, 2000.
  • Lus, H., Betti, R., and Longman, R.W., "Damage Identification in Linear Structural Systems", Proceedings of the 14th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference , Austin, Texas, May 2000.
  • Smyth, A.W., Betti, R., Lus, H., and Masri, S.F., "Global Health Monitoring and Damage Detection of the Vincent Thomas Bridge", Structural Materials Technology IV - An NDT Conference , Atlantic City, 2000.
  • Lus, H., Betti, R., and Longman, R.W., "Identification of Structures Using General Input Data", Proceedings of IMAC-XVII , Kissimme, FL, pp.153-158, 1999.
  • Lus, H., Betti, R., and Longman, R.W., "Identification of Linear Structural Systems Using Earthquake Induced Vibration Data", Proceedings of the 13th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference , Baltimore, MD, 1999.
Courses Taught During the 2002-2003 Academic Year
Course Code Course Title Hours per Week
CE241 Mechanics of Materials 4 hrs. lecture +
1 hr. recitation
CE202 Intro. to Probability and Statistics for Civil Eng. 3 hrs. lecture
CE547 Elasticity 3 hrs. lecture
CE 591 Modeling and Identification in Structural Dynamics 3 hrs. lecture
Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions
  • Organizing Committee, 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, New York, NY, USA, 2002
  • Invited seminar, Stanford University, March 2001
  • Invited seminar, City University of New York, June 2002