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Visiting Professor at Oxford University, Dr. Idris Bedirhanoglu, who holds Bachelor and MSc degrees in Civil Engineering, got his Ph.D. from Istanbul Technical University with a co-advisor from Purdue University where he did a part of his PhD. He has been a Professor of Structural Engineering at Dicle University since March 2023. He worked as a Research Scientist at the Engineering Faculty of New York University Abu Dhabi in 2018-2019. He is the author/co-author of more than 40 journals (SCI or SCIE) or international conference papers and a co-author of four book chapters. He is on the Editorial Board of M. of J. of World Architecture and Engineering News (2014-2016), and a reviewer of more than 20 journals (SCI or SCIE). He is skilled in structural analysis, particularly in evaluating existing structures and retrofitting. As well, he has provided consultancy to more than 100 industrial projects. He has served as a member of the Technical Delegation to Evaluate Objections to Risky Building Detections (Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, General Directorates for Environment and Urbanization), vice chair of the Civil Engineering Department at Dicle University (2018-2019) and chair of the structural engineering laboratory (2010-2018). His main research interests include seismic design and evaluation of RC and historical structures, retrofitting buildings with FRP composites or textile fibers, recycling concrete, nondestructive testing, fuzzy logic, and finite element analysis.
