Ilgın Yaşar
Rank & Status
Contact Information
Education
Service on This Faculty
Other Related Experience
Research Interests
Publications
Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies
Courses Taught During the 2002-2003 Academic Year
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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) 359-7278
Fax: +90(212) 287-2457

Education
Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA 2006
M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA 2003
B.S. Civil Engineering Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey 2000

Service on This Faculty
Assistant Professor 2007-Present

Other Related Experience
Responsibility Location Date
Research Assistant Rutgers University January 2001-May 2006

Research Interests
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Real-Time Traffic Control
Large Scale Simulation Models
Dynamic Traffic Assignment
Incident Management and Traffic Safety
Economic Evaluation of Intelligent Transportation Systems

Publications
Journal Publications
  • Comprehensive Evaluation of Feedback Based Freeway Ramp-Metering Strategy using Microscopic Simulation. K. Ozbay, I. Yasar, P. Kachroo. Transportation Research Record 1867, pp. 89-96, 2004.
  • Feedback-Based Freeway Ramp Metering Control Strategy MIXCROS That Takes Into Account. K. Ozbay, I. Yasar, P. Kachroo. Submitted to Transportation Research Part C.
  • Development and Evaluation of the New Online Estimation Methods for Feedback-Based Freeway Ramp Metering Strategy. K. Ozbay, I. Yasar, P. Kachroo. Submitted to ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering.
  • Coordinated Feedback-Based Freeway Ramp Metering Control Strategies C-MIXCROS and D-MIXCROS that Take Ramp Queues into Account. K. Ozbay, I. Yasar, P. Kachroo. Submitted to Transportation Research Part B.
  • Improved Online Estimation Methods for a Feedback-Based Freeway Ramp Metering Strategy. K. Ozbay, I. Yasar, P. Kachroo. Submitted to ITS Journal.
Conference Proceedings
  • Modeling and Simulation Based Evaluation of New Local Freeway Ramp Metering Strategy That Takes into Account Ramp Queues. K. Ozbay, I. Yasar, P. Kachroo. Euro/Informs Joint International Meeting, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey July 06-10, 2003.
  • Modeling and PARAMICS Based Evaluation of New Local Freeway Ramp Metering Strategy that Takes Into Account Ramp Queues. K. Ozbay, I. Yasar, P. Kachroo. 10th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems CTS2003, Seikei Univ., Tokyo, Japan, August 4-6, 2003.
  • Comprehensive Evaluation of Feedback Based Freeway Ramp-Metering Strategy using Microscopic Simulation. K. Ozbay, I. Yasar, P. Kachroo. Presented and Published in 83rd TRB Annual Meeting, January 11-15, 2004.
  • Optimal Three-Mode Controller for the High Order Time Delay Systems. N. N. Puri, S. Al-Takrouri, C. Chang, and I. Yasar. Intelligent Systems and Control, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 2004.
  • Development and Evaluation of On-Line Estimation Methods for Feedback Based Freeway Ramp Metering Strategy K. Ozbay, I. Yasar, P. Kachroo. Presented in 85th TRB Annual Meeting, January 11-15, 2006.
  • Evaluation of Local and System-Wide Effects of Feedback-Based Ramp Metering Strategies Using Microscopic Simulation. K. Ozbay, I. Yasar, P. Kachroo. Joint International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering, Montreal, Canada, June 14-16, 2006.
  • Evaluation of New Coordinated Feedback-Based Freeway Ramp-Metering Strategy using Microscopic and Macroscopic Simulation Models. I. Yasar, K. Ozbay, P. Kachroo. 9th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation, AATT 2006, Chicago, Illinois USA/ August 13-16, 2006.
  • Evaluation of the System-Wide Effects of Online Estimation Methods on Feedback-Based Coordinated Ramp Metering Strategy. I. Yasar, K. Ozbay, P. Kachroo. 11th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems CTS2006.
  • Improved Online Estimation Methods for a Feedback-Based Freeway Ramp Metering Strategy. K. Ozbay, I. Yasar, P. Kachroo. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, Toronto, Canada, 2006.
Technical Reports
  • Ergn, G., Yasar, I., and ISBAK A.S. Trafik Ett ve Proje Grubu, Bomontide Yapilmasi ngrlen 5 Yildizli Otel ve Kongre Merkezinin Trafik Etkilesim Analizi, July 2007.
  • Ergn, G.,Yasar, I., and ISBAK A.S. Trafik Ett ve Proje Grubu, Besiktas, Zincirlikuyuda yapilmasi ngrlen Zorlu Center Trafik Etkilesim Analizi, Ekim 2007.

Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Courses Taught During the Last Two Years
Course Code Course Title Hours per Week
CE 579Graduate Seminar1hr. Lecture
CE 595Intelligent Transportation Systems3 hrs. Lecture
CE 202Intro. to Prob. and Statistics for Civil Eng.3 hrs. Lecture
CE 301Civil Engineering Systems Analysis3 hrs. Lecture
CE 461Transportation Systems Engineering4 hrs. Lecture
CE 496Intro. to Intelligent Transportation Systems3 hrs. Lecture