Nilüfer Özyurt

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Contact Information
Education
Service on This Faculty
Other Related Experience
Research Interests
Publications of Last Five Years
Honors and Awards
Research Projects
Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions
Courses Taught
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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) 359-7039
Fax: +90(212) 287-2457, +90(212) 265-8488

Education
Ph.D. Civil Engineering Istanbul Tech. Univ./Northwestern University, Evanston, IL., USA 2006
M.S. Civil Engineering Istanbul Tech. Univ., Istanbul, Turkey 2000
B.S. Civil Engineering Istanbul Tech. Univ., Istanbul, Turkey 1998

Service on This Faculty
Assistant Professor 2007-Present  

Other Related Experience
Responsibility Location Date
Visiting Professor Politecnico di Milano,Department of Structural Engineering, Milan, Italy 03/2008 – 07/2008
Lecturer&RA Istanbul Technical University 08/2005 – 02/2007
Pre-doctoral Researcher Northwestern University Center for Advanced Cement-Based Materials 06/2003- 08/2005
Research and Teaching Assistant Istanbul Technical University 11/1999 – 06/2003

Research Interests
Fiber Reinforcement, Fiber Dispersion in Cement Based Materials, Ultra High Performance Composites, Non-destructive Evaluation of Cement-Based Materials, Rheology of Cementitious Materials, Rheology of Fiber-Reinforced Cement-Based Materials.
RESEARCH PAPERS
Papers in refereed journals:
  • Özyurt, N., Mason, T.O., Shah, S.P., “Correlation of Fiber Dispersion, Rheology and Mechanical Performance of FRCs”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 29, No.2, pp. 70-79, February 2007.
  • Kuder, K., Özyurt, N., Mu, B., Shah, S.P., “Rheology of Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Materials”, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 37, No.2, pp. 191-199, September 2007.
  • Özyurt, N., Mason, T.O., Shah, S.P., “Non-Destructive Monitoring of Fiber Orientation using AC-IS: An Industrial Scale Application”, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 36, No. 9, pp. 1653-1660, September 2006.
  • Özyurt, N., Woo, L.Y., Mason, T.O., Shah, S.P., “Monitoring Fiber Dispersion in FRCs: Comparison of AC-Impedance Spectroscopy and Image Analysis”, ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 103, No.5, pp. 340-347.
  • Woo, L.Y., Wansom, S., Özyurt, N., Mu, B., Shah, S.P., Mason, T.O., "Characterizing Fiber Dispersion in Cement Composites using AC-Impedance Spectroscopy", Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 627-636, July 2005.
  • Atahan, H.N., Tasdemir, M.A., Tasdemir, C., Özyurt, N., Akyuz, S. “Mode I and Mixed Mode Fracture Studies in High Strength Mortar Using Disc Specimens”, Materials and Structures, Vol. 38, No. 277, pp. 305-312, 2005.
Papers in International Conference Proceedings:
  • Ferrara, L., Özyurt, N., “Mix-design optimization of steel fiber reinforced SCC”, accepted to be published in the Proceedings of the third North American Conference on the Design and Use of Self-Consolidating Concrete, SCC 2008: Challenges and Barriers to Application, November 10-12, 2008, Chicago, IL., USA.
  • Özyurt, N., Woo, L.Y., Mason, T.O., Shah, S.P., “Fiber dispersion monitoring using AC-impedance spectroscopy and a conventional method”, Proceedings of the Fifth International RILEM Workshop on High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites (HPFRCC 5), July 10-13, 2007, Mainz, Germany, pp. 267-273.
  • Özyurt, N., Mason, T.O., Shah, S.P., “FRC Rheology, Fiber Dispersion and Mechanical Properties”, ACI Fall Convention 2006, Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Past, Present and Future, November 5-9, 2006, Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • Kuder, K., Özyurt, N., Mu, B., Shah, S.P., "Rheology of fiber-reinforced cement systems using a custom built rheometer", Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites, Warsaw, Poland, October 23-25, 2006.
  • Özyurt, N., Mason, T.O., Shah, S.P., “Non-destructive monitoring of fiber dispersion in FRCs using AC-Impedance Spectroscopy”, 16th European Conference of Fracture (ECF16), Special Symposium Measuring Monitoring and Modeling Concrete Properties: in honor of S.P. Shah (MMMCP), July 3-7, 2006.
  • Woo, L.Y., Wansom, S., Mason, T.O., Özyurt, N., Mu, B., and S. P. Shah, “AC Impedance Spectroscopy for Nondestructive Evaluation of Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites”, Third International Conference on Construction Materials: Performance, Innovations and Structural Implications, Vancouver, Canada, August 22-24, 2005.
  • Özyurt, N., Woo, L.Y., Mu, B., Shah, S.P., Mason, T.O., “Detection of Fiber Dispersion in Fresh and Hardened Cement Composites”, International Symposium: Advances in Concrete through Science and Engineering, (RILEM), Evanston, IL, March 21-24, 2004.
  • Kuder, K., Özyurt, N., Mu, B., Shah, S.P., "The Rheology of Fiber-Reinforced Cement Paste Evaluated by a Parallel Plate Rheometer”, International Symposium: Advances in Concrete through Science and Engineering, (RILEM), Evanston, IL, March 21-24, 2004.
  • Özyurt, N., Ilki, A., Tasdemir, C., Tasdemir, M.A., “Mechanical Behavior of High Strength Steel Fiber Reinforced Concretes with Various Steel Fiber Contents”, Fifth International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, September 25-27, 2002, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Atahan, H.N., Tasdemir, M.A., Tasdemir, C., Özyurt, N., Akyuz, S. “Fracture Studies in Reactive Powder Concrete” Second International Symposium on Cement and Concrete Technology in the 2000 s, September 6-10, 2000, Istanbul, Turkey, Volume 2, pp. 191-200.
Papers in Natinonal refereed journals(in Turkish with English abstract):
  • Özyurt, N., Mason, T.O., Shah, S.P., "Non-destructive testing of fiber dispersion in fiber-reinforced cement-based composites using an electrical method", ITU Dergisi/D, Vol. 5, No. 4, August 2006.
Technical Papers (in Turkish with English abstract):
  • Özyurt, N., Mason, T.O., Shah, S.P., “Correlation of fresh concrete properties, fiber segregation and mechanical performance”, Yapi Kimyasallari, No 03, July – August 2007.
Papers in National Conference Proceedings (in Turkish with English abstract):
  • Özyurt, N., Mason, T.O., Shah, S., “An electrical characterization method for the non-destructive testing of fiber orientation in a fiber-reinforced concrete beam: Alternating Current – Impedance Spectroscopy (AC-IS), 6th National Symposium on Concrete, November 16-18, 2005, Istanbul.
  • Tasdemir, C., Özyurt, N., Ertugrul, C., Kara, G., An Evaluation of the Effects of Crushed-Sand on the Concrete Properties, Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey, 3rd National Symposium on Crushed Stone”, December 3-4, 2003 Istanbul.
  • Özyurt, N., Tasdemir, C., Kara, G., and Ertugrul, C., "The Effects of Crushed Sand Content on the Fly Ash Concrete Properties”, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers, Istanbul, 5th National Symposium on Concrete, October 1-3, 2003, Istanbul, pp.293-301.
  • Akman, M.S., Özyurt, N., “Effects of Sea Water on Concrete Impermeability of Shore Structures” IVth National Symposium of Shore Engineering, October 24-27, 2002, Antalya, Turkey, Volume1. pp. 3-18.
  • Konuk, H., Özyurt, N., Tasdemir, C., Yuceer Z., Sonmez, R., “Load-bearing Properties of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete”, Ith National Congress and Exhibition of Structural Materials, October 9-13, 2002, Istanbul, Turkey, Volume2. pp. 414-424.
  • Özyurt, N., Tasdemir, C., Ilki, A., Sengul, O., Tasdemir, M.A., “Mechanical Behaviour of High Strength Cement Based Composites” XI.th National Mechanics Congress, September 6-10, 1999, Bolu, Turkey, pp. 687-696.

Honors and Awards
Research Scholarship - Northwestern University 2004-2005
Research Scholarship, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), in scope of NATO Science Fellowship Programme 2003
Research Scholarship - Istanbul Technical University 2003
Research Scholarship - TINÇEL Cultural Foundation 2003
Istanbul Technical University Foundation Outstanding Thesis Award 2000

Research Projects
  • “Correlating rheological parameters of concrete to its microstructure, performance and durability, Bogazici University Research Fund (ProjectCode:07HA403).
  • “Correlating Rheology, Fiber Dispersion and Mechanical Performance of Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Materials”, Center for Advanced Cement-BasedMaterials,Evanston,USA,2003–2006.
  • “Correlating Rheology, Fiber Dispersion and Mechanical Performance of Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Materials”, Center for Advanced Cement-BasedMaterials,Evanston,USA,2003–2006.
  • “Rheology of Stiff Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Materials Evaluated by a Parallel Plate Rheometer”, Center for Advanced Cement-Based Materials,Evanston,USA,2003–2005.
  • “Ultra High Strength Cement Based Composite Materials” Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, (Research Fund)-2000, (Project Number: 1450).
  • “New Generation Protective Concretes To Be Used in Strategic Structures Against Earthquake” T.R.Prime Ministry, The State Planning Organization,Turkey,2001-2003.
  • “Mechanical Modelling of High Strength Advanced Cement Based Materials” The Scientific Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 2001-2003.

Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions
  • Durability of Building Materials & Components, 11th International Conference, Istanbul, Organizing Committee, 2006-
  • Advances in Civil Engineering, 5th International Congress, Istanbul, Organizing Committee, 2002

Courses Taught
Course Code Course Title
CE 245 Mechanics
CE 212 Engineering Materials
CE 544 Advanced Material Science