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Oral Büyüköztürk

Room 1-280
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Telephone: (617) 253-7186
obuyuk[at]mit[dot]edu

Current Position:
Professor of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
(1976 - Current)

Educational History:
Ph.D. 1970, Cornell University
M.S. 1969, Cornell University
M.S.C.E. 1963, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Areas of Specialization:
• Mechanics, analysis and design of structures
• Design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures and bridges
• Failure analysis and innovative use of materials in strengthening structures
• Interface fracture mechanics
• Earthquake engineering and seismic design
• Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in structural rehabilitation
• Structural assessment and nondestructive testing (NDT)
• Thermomechanical analysis and design of refractory linings, nuclear power containments

Teaching Interests:
• 1.541/1.054 Mechanics and design of concrete structures
• 1.036 Structural and geotechnical engineering design (with A. Wittle)
• 1.56J Structural mechanics in nuclear power technology (with M. Kazimi)
• 21W.781/ESD.032J Colossal Failures in Engineering (O. Buyukozturk, T. Eagar, J. Freidberg, W. Haas, A. Kadak, P. Lagace, and J. Paradis)

Selected Publications:
•Au, C. and Buyukozturk, O., “Debonding of FRP Plated Concrete: A Tri-layer Fracture Treatment.” International Journal of Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol.73, pp.348-365, 2006.
•Au, C. and Buyukozturk, O., “Peel and Shear Fracture Characterization of Debonding in FRP Plated Concrete Affected by Moisture.” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol.10, No.1, pp. 35-47, 2006.
•Buyukozturk, O., Yu, T.-Y., and Ortega, J.A., “A Methodology for Determining Complex Permittivity of Construction Materials Based on Transmission-only Coherent, Wide-bandwidth Free-space Measurements,” Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp.349-359, 2006. •Au, C. and Buyukozturk, O., “Effect of Fiber Orientation and Ply Mix on Fiber Reinforced Polymer-Confined Concrete,” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol.9, No.5, pp. 397-407, 2005.
•Buyukozturk, O., Gunes O., and Karaca, E., “Progress in Understanding Debonding Problems in Reinforced Concrete and Steel Members Strengthened Using FRP Composites”, International Journal of Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 18, No.1, pp. 9-19, 2004.
•Buyukozturk, O. and Gunes, O., “Advances in Earthquake Risk Assessment and Hazard Mitigation for Urban Infrastructure with High Characteristic Variability”, ARI Journal of Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 38-57, 2003.
•Buyukozturk, O., Rhim, H. C., Soon, K.A, Guk-Gwang, N., “Characteristics of Pressure Confined Concrete Under Cyclic Compression,” KCI International Journal, 2001.
•Rhim, H. C., Buyukozturk, O., Soon, K.A, Gwang-Ho, K., “Characteristics of Pressure Confined Concrete Under Monotonic Compression,” KCI International Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 53-60, January 2001.
•Rhim, H. C. and Buyukozturk, O., “Wideband microwave imaging of concrete for nondestructive testing,” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 12, pp. 1451-1457, 2000.
• Buyukozturk, O., "Failure Behavior of Precracked Concrete Beams Retrofitted with FRP," ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction , Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 138-144, August 1998.
• Buyukozturk, O. and Hearing, B., "Crack Propagation in Concrete Composites Influenced by Interface Fracture Parameters," International Journal of Solids and Structures , Vol. 35, Nos. 31-32, pp. 4055-4066, November 1998.
•Buyukozturk, O., and Hearing, B., and Gunes O. (1998). Failure of concrete beams strengthened with FRP laminates. In Pijuaudier-Cabot, G., Bittnar, Z., and Gerard, B., editors, Mechanics of Quasi-Brittle Materials and Structures , Hermes, pages 405-420
•Buyukozturk, O., and Hearing, B. (1997). Failure investigation of concrete beams retrofitted with FRP laminate. In Meier, U. and Betti, R., editors, Recent Advances in Bridge Engineering , pages 107-114
• Buyukozturk, O., Leung, C., Hearing, B. and Gunes, O., "Delamination Criteria for Concrete Beams Retrofitted with FRP Laminates," Proceedings of the FRAMCOS-3 Workshop on Fracture Mechanics and Repair/Retrofit of Concrete Structures, Li, V.C., editor, Gifu, Japan, October 12-16, 1998.
• Rhim, H. C. and Buyukozturk, O., "Electromagnetic Properties of Concrete at Microwave Frequency Range," ACI Materials Journal , Vol. 95, No. 3, pp. 262-271, May-June 1998.
• Trende, U. and Buyukozturk, O., "Size Effect and Influence of Aggregate Roughness in Interface Fracture of Concrete Composites," ACI Materials Journal , Vol. 95, No. 4, pp. 331-338, July-August 1998.
• Buyukozturk, O., "Imaging of Concrete Structures," NDT & E International , Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 233-243, 1998.
• Buyukozturk, O., and Rhim, H.C., "Radar Imaging of Concrete Specimens for Nondestructive Testing," Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 195-198, 1997.
• Buyukozturk, O., Rhim, H. C."Modeling of electromagnetic Wave Scattering by Concrete Specimens," the journal of Cement and Concrete Research,, Vol.25, No. 5, pp. 1011-1022, July, 1995

 

Selected Professional Activities:
• Director, professional summer course on Assessment of Existing Structures Using NDT
• ECSEL Design Education National Coalition, Task leader at MIT
• Coordinator, MIT-TUB (Technical University of Berlin) cooperative research program
• ACI Committee 446 Fracture of Concrete (contributing member of subcommittees on fracture mechanics, design, and finite element analysis of fracture)
• Cooperative research and educational activities with National University of Singapore, Singapore, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, University of Braunschweig, Germany, Bogazici University, Turkey, Technical University of Berlin,Germany, German Material Testing Laboratory(BAM), Berlin, Germany, Swiss Federal Materials Testing Laboratory(EMPA), Zurich, Switzerland

Membership to Professional Organizations:
• Fellow, American Concrete Institute (ACI)
• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Member, Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM)
• Member, American Ceramic Society (ACS)
• Member, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
• Member, International Union of Research and Testing Laboratories for Materials and Structures (RILEM)

Professional Committee Activities :
• ACI Committee 447 on Finite Element Analysis of Concrete Structures
RILEM TC-ETC (International Union of Research and Testing Laboratories for Materials and Structures) International Committee on the Engineering of the Interfacial Transition Zone in Cementitious Composites
• US-Japan Scientific Committee of ACI-ASCE on Finite Element Analysis of Concrete Systems
• ACI (American Concrete Institute), Committee 446 on Fracture
• ACI Committee 126 on Material Data Development
• SEM (Society of Experimental Mechanics), Committee on Fracture
• RILEM TC 148 International Committee on Strain Softening
• RILEM TC-69 International Committee on Creep and Shrinkage
• RILEM-QFS International Committee on Size effect and Scaling of Quasibrittle Fracture
• TRB (Transportation Research Board) Committee A3C14 on Bond
• RILEM International Committee on Nondestructive Testing

Editorial Board membership:
• Editorial board member of Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
• Editorial board member of International Journal on Subsurface Sensors and Applications
• Editorial board member of the Journal of Construction and Building Materials