Vedat Yerlici
Rank & Status
Contact Information
Education
Service on This Faculty
Other Related Experience
Publications of Last Five Years
Honors and Awards
Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies
Courses Taught During the 2002-2003 Academic Year
E-Mail

Rank & Status
Professor, part-time

Contact Information
Bogazici University
Department of Civil Engineering
34342 Bebek-Istanbul/TURKEY
Tel: +90(212) 359-6425
Fax: +90(212) 287-2457, +90(212) 265-8488

Education
Ph. D. Structures Istanbul Technical University 1964
M.S. Engineering Yale University 1952
B.S. Civil Engineering Robert College 1951

Service on This Faculty
Instructor to Professor 1956-Present
Dean of Engineering 1969-1982

Other Related Experience
Responsibility&Location Date
Design Engineer at the Bridge Design Office of the State of Illinois, Springfield, Ill. 1952-1953
Structural Designer at the Chicago, Illinois Office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill 1954
Visiting Assistant Professor at Lehigh University 1957-1958
Resident Engineer for the construction of the Engineering Building of Robert College 1959-1961
Adjunct Lecturer at Yıldız Technical University 1958-1965
Adjunct Professor at Ege University 1966-1980
NSF Fellow in the Summer Institute in Structural Mechanics at the University of Colorado, Boulder Summers of 1965 and 1966
NSF Fellow in the Summer Short Course in Finite Element Methods in Structural Analysis at Stanford University Summer of 1969
NSF Fellow in the Summer School on Earthquake Resistant Design of Engineering Structures at the University of California, Berkeley Summer of 1972
Visiting Professor at Florida International University, Miami 1982-1984

Publications of Last Five Years
Journal Publications
  • "Factors Affecting Anchorage Bond Strength in High-Performance Concrete", co-authored with T. Özturan, Structural Journal of the American Concrete Institute , Vol. 97, No. 3, pp.499-507, May - June 2000.
  • "Bond Properties in High-Strength Concrete Elements" co-authored with T. Özturan, Digest 2001 of Technical Journal, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers , Vol.12, Ankara, pp. 745-769, December 2001.
  • "Yüksek Dayanımlı Beton Elemanlarda Aderans Dayanımı", co-authored with T. Özturan, Technical Journal, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers , Vol.13, No.1, Ankara, pp. 2527-2554 , January 2002.
Conference Proceedings
  • "Effect of Concrete Strength on Crack Widths", Proceedings of the Uğur Ersoy Symposium on Structural Engineering , Middle East Technical University Press, Ankara, pp.371-380, July 1999.

Honors and Awards
"Mac Neal Award", given by the Engineering School students of Robert College to the best teacher of the year at the College 1968-69
International "V. Yerlici -Engineering and Education Symposium" organized by the Department of Civil Engineering of Bogazici University 1997
"Engineering and Education - A volume Honoring Prof. Dr. Vedat Yerlici", Proceedings of the "V. Yerlici -Engineering and Education Symposium", edtited by G. Altay, Bogazici University, Istanbul May 1997
"Success in Profesion Award", given by the Turkish Society of Education (TED) 1998

Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies
  • American Concrete Institute (ACI), U.S.A.
  • Fritz Engineering Society, Lehigh University, U.S.A.
  • Turkish National Comitee on Earthquakes
  • Pre-stressed Concrete Institute, U.S.A.

Courses Taught During the 2002-2003 Academic Year
Course Code Course Title Hours per Week
CE 352 Structural Analysis II 4 hrs. lecture
CE 451 Reinforced Concrete 4 hrs. lecture
CE 559 Structural Dynamics 3 hrs. lecture