Huseyin Bilgin Epoka University, Department of Civil Engineering, Tirana, Albania Mobile phone: +355 672087032 Work Phone: +355 42 232086 E-Mail: hbilgin@epoka.edu.al; huseyinbilgin@gmail.com Personal Webpage: http://www.huseyinbilgin.com/ Educational background 2003 2007 Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey Thesis: Seismic Performance Evaluation of Public Buildings Using Non-linear Analysis Procedures and Solution Methods - In Turkish Director: Prof. Dr. Mehmet İnel 2001 2003 M.Eng., Civil Engineering, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey Thesis: Structural Analysis of Domed Roof Systems in Sinan s Works,- In Turkish Director: Assist. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Türkmen 1996 2000 B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey Academic Experience September 2014- October 2013-2014 September 2010-2013 Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Engineering, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania Associate Professor and Head of Civil Engineering, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania Assistant Professor and Deputy Dean of Architectural and
Engineering Faculty of Epoka University, Tirana, Albania September 2007 2010 Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania September 2003 2007 Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, Pamukkale University, Turkey. July 2000 September 2003 Civil Engineer, Regional Division of Meteorology, Isparta, Turkey Educational Interests Courses Taught - Statics and Strength of Materials (Undergraduate), - Mechanics of Materials (Undergraduate), - Engineering Mechanics (Undergraduate), - Introduction to Earthquake Resistant Design (Undergraduate), - Introduction to Civil Engineering (Undergraduate), - Supervised independent study and research (Undergraduate), - Structural Dynamics (Graduate), - Earthquake Engineering (Graduate), - Special studies in Civil Engineering (Graduate) Publications Journal Publications (Peer-reviewed) 1- Bilgin, H., (2013). Fragility-based assessment of public buildings in Turkey, Engineering Structures, Volume 56, pages 1283-1294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.07.002 2- Bilgin, H., and Korini, O. (2012). Seismic capacity evaluation of unreinforced masonry residential buildings in Albania, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 12/3753-3764/ 2012, doi:10.5194/nhess-12-3753-2012, 3- Yilmaz, S.,Tama, S.Y., Bilgin, H., (2012). Seismic Performance Evaluation of Unreinforced Masonry School Buildings in Turkey, Journal of Vibration Control, September 12, 2012, doi:10.1177/1077546312453190, 4- Kaplan, H., Bilgin, H., Yilmaz, S., Binici, H., and Oztas, A. (2010). Structural Damages of L Aquila Earthquake, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10/499 507/2010, doi:10.5194/nhess-10-499-2010,
5- Inel, M., Bilgin, H., and Ozmen, H.B., (2008). Seismic Capacity Evaluation of School Buildings in Turkey, Proceedings of ICE, Structures and Buildings of Thomas Telford Journals,, Volume 161, Issue SB3, pages 147-159. 6- Inel, M., Ozmen, H.B., and Bilgin, H., (2008). Seismic Performance Evaluation of School Buildings in Turkey, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Volume 30, No.5. 7- Inel, M., Bilgin, H., and Ozmen, H.B., (2008). Performance of Mid-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings During Recent Earthquakes in Turkey, Journal of Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers, Volume 284, pages, 4319-4331, (In Turkish). 8- Inel, M., Ozmen, H.B. and Bilgin, H., (2007). Re-evaluation of building damages during recent earthquakes in Turkey, Engineering Structures, Volume 30, pages 412-427. 9- Bilgin, H., Kaplan, H., Yilmaz, S., (2008). Seismic Assessment of Existing R.C. Public Buildings in Turkey - An Overview with a Case Study, INTERSECTIONS International Journal, Vol:5, pp:3 18. 10- İnel, M., Bilgin, H., ve Özmen, H. B., (2007). Seismic Evaluation Of Existing Mid-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings According To Specification For Building Structures To Be Built In Disaster Area (Orta Yükseklikteki Betonarme Binaların Deprem Performanslarının Afet Yönetmeliğine Göre Tayini), Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, Cilt 12, Sayı 1, Denizli, (In Turkish). 11- Özmen, H. B., İnel, M. ve Bilgin, H., (2007). Effect Of Confined Concrete Behaviour On Reinforced Concrete Sections And Systems, (Sargılı beton Davranışının Betonarme Eleman ve Sistem Davranışına Etkisi), Gazi Üniversitesi Mühendislik ve Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt 22, Sayı 2, 375-383, Ankara, (In Turkish). 12- Bilgin, H., Performance Evaluation of Public Buildings, (Mevcut Kamu Yapılarının Performans Değerlendirmesi), Turkiye Mühendislik Haberleri Dergisi, Sayı: 444-445 - 2006/4-5 (In Turkish). 13- Bilgin, H., Structural Analysis of Domed Roof Systems in Architect Sinan s Works, (Mimar Sinan Yapılarında Kubbeli Örtü Sistemlerinin Yapısal Analizi), Selçuk Üniversitesi Mühendislik - Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt 21, Sayı 3-4, 119-128, 2006, Konya (In Turkish). 14- İnel, M. ve Bilgin, H., (2005). Reducing the Earthquake Effects on Buildings by Using New Technologies (Binalar Üzerine Gelen Deprem Etkilerinin Yeni Teknolojiler Kullanılarak Azaltılması), IMO Denizli Bülten, Sayı: 46. Ekim-Aralık 2005, 50-52, Denizli. Conferences (International and National) 1- Seismic performance evaluation by means of nonlinear static methods: emphasis on RC
buildings, Invited keynote speaker, Second International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering ACSEE, Zurich, Switzerland, October 25-26, 2014 2- Bilgin, H., Korini, O., (2013). Seismic safety assessment of an unreinfroced masonry buildin in Albania, Vienna Congress on Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics 2013 (VEESD 2013) C. Adam, RR. Heuer, W. Lenhardt & C. Schranz (eds) 28-30 August 2013, Vienna, Austiria, Paper No.:205. 3- Bilgin, H.,, (2013). Fragility based assessment of a school building in Turkey, 2 nd International Balkans Conference on Challanges of Civil Engineering 23-25 May 2013, Epoka University, Tirana, ALBANIA 4- Bilgin, H., (2013). Structural Analysis of post-byzantine Churches: a case study for southern Albania, International Balkans Conference on Challanges of Civil Engineering 23-25 May 2013, Epoka University, Tirana, ALBANIA. 5- Zhulegu, E., and Bilgin, H., (2012). "Seismic Performance Assessment of a Reinforced Concrete Building designed using the Albanian Seismic Code", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 200, 2012. doi:10.4203/ccp.99.200 6- Korini, O., Bilgin H., "A new modeling approach in the pushover analysis of masonry structures", International Students' Conference of Civil Engineering, ISCCE 2012, ISBN: 978-9928-135-02-5, Paper no: 13, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania, 10-11 May 2012 7- Frangu, I., Bilgin H., "Evaluation of seismic analysis procedures for seismic actions: A Comparative study between Eurocode 8 and KTP-89", International Students' Conference of Civil Engineering, ISCCE 2012, ISBN: 978-9928-135-02-5, Paper no: 17, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania, 10-11 May 2012 8- Bilgin, H., Kokoli, G., (2011). Structural Analysis of Tirana s Clock Tower in Albania, International Balkans Conference on Challanges of Civil Engineering 19-21 May 2011, Epoka University, Tirana, ALBANIA 9- Demaj, A., Bilgin, H., (2011). Typological Classification of Post-Byzantine Churches in Albania, International Balkans Conference on Challanges of Civil Engineering 19-21 May 2011, Epoka University, Tirana, ALBANIA 10- Bilgin, H.,(2010). Performance Evaluation of a School Building in Turkey, 9. International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, 27-30 September 2010, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, TURKEY. 11- Kaplan, H., Bilgin, H., Yilmaz, S., Binici, H., and Oztas, A. (2010). Performance of masonry structures during the 2009 L Aquila (Italy) Earthquake, 8 th International Masonry Conference 4-7 July 2010, Dresden, Germany.
12- Inel, M., Bilgin, H., and Ozmen, H.B., (2007). Okul Binalarının Yeni Deprem Yönetmeliğine Göre Güçlendirilmesi (Evaluation of School Buildings Acording to Recent Turkish Earthquake Code), Sixth National Conference on Earthqauke Engineering, 16-20 October 2007, İstanbul, Turkey (In Turkish). 13- Ozmen, H.B., Inel, M., Bilgin, H., (2007). Yumuşak Kat Davranışının Duvar Etkisi Dikkate Alınarak İncelenmesi (Investigations of Soft Story Behavior Considering Infill Effect), Sixth National Conference on Earthqauke Engineering, 16-20 October 2007, İstanbul, Turkey (In Turkish). 14- Ozmen, H.B., Inel, M., Bilgin, H., (2007). Betonarme Elemanların Doğrusal Ötesi Davranışlarının Modellenmesi (Modelling Non-Linear Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Members), Sixth National Conference on Earthqauke Engineering, 16-20 October 2007, İstanbul, Turkey (In Turkish). 15- Ozmen, H.B., Inel, M., Bilgin, H., (2007). Türkiye de Yaşanan Deprem Hasarları ve Yapı Stokunun Değerlendirilmesi (Earthquake Damages in Turkey and The Evaluation of Building Stock), Sixth National Conference on Earthqauke Engineering, 16-20 October 2007, İstanbul, Turkey, (In Turkish). 16- Bilgin, H. ve Özmen, H.B., (2006). Kamu Yapılarında Beton Dayanımı ve Enine Donatının Performansa Etkisi (Effects of Concrete Strength and Transverse Reinforcement on the Performance of Public Buildings), 7th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering (Yedinci Uluslararası İnşaat Mühendisliğinde Gelişmeler Kongresi), 11-13 October 2006, Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul, Türkiye. 17- Bilgin, H., İnel, M. ve Özmen, H. B., (2006) Kamu Yapılarının Deprem Kapasitelerinin Değerlendirilmesi, (Evaluating the Seismic Capacity of Public Buildings) Yapısal Onarım ve Güçlendirme Sempozyumu, 237-246, 07-08 Aralık 2006, Denizli. 18- Bilgin, H., İnel, M. ve Özmen, H. B., (2006). Orta Katlı Betonarme Yapıların Deprem Performansları (Seismic Performance of Mid-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings), Yapısal Onarım ve Güçlendirme Sempozyumu, 247-253, 07-08 Aralık 2006, Denizli. 19- Özmen, H.B., İnel, M. ve Bilgin H., (2006). Orta Katlı Betonarme Yapılar için Performans İstemi Hesaplama Yöntemlerinin Karşılaştırılması (Comparing the Seismic Demand Calculating Methods for the Mid-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings), Yapısal Onarım ve Güçlendirme Sempozyumu, 254-262, 07-08 Aralık 2006, Denizli. 20- İnel, M. ve Bilgin H., (2006). Tip Bir Kamu Yapısının Performans Değerlendirmesi (Performance Evaluation of a Typical Public Building), Yapıların Dış Perde Duvar Uygulaması İle Güçlendirmesi Çalıştayı, 01-02 Haziran 2006, Denizli. 21- Bilgin, H., Özmen, H. B. ve İnel, M., (2005). Kamu Yapılarının Performanslarının Doğrusal Ötesi Davranış Modelleriyle Değerlendirilmesi (Performance Evaluation of Public Buildings Using Non-linear Analysis Models), Deprem Sempozyumu Kocaeli
2005, 555-564, 23-25 Mart 2005, Kocaeli. 22- Bilgin, H., (2005). Sinan Kubbeli Yapılarında Mekan Örtü Sistemlerinin Yapısal Davranışı (Structural Behaviour of Domed Roof Systems in Sinan s Works), Deprem Sempozyumu Kocaeli 2005, 555-564, 23-25 Mart 2005, Kocaeli. 23- Türkmen, M. ve Bilgin, H., (2002). Geleneksel Mimaride Kubbeli Örtü Sistemlerinin Yapısal Davranışı (Structural Behaviour of Domed Roof Systems in Traditional Architectural Buildings), Balıkesir Üniversitesi, IV. Mühendislik-Mimarlık Sempozyumu, 329-338, 11-13 Eylül 2002, Balıkesir. Projects 1- Conditional assessment of five Ottoman Mosques in Albania, funded by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in Albania, Project Coordinator, 2011-2012. 2- Earthquake science school for High School Teachers in Turkey, funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Science and Public Project, 110B072, Educator, Guide, 2010-2011. 3- Modelling Non-Linear Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Sections with the Aid of Computers, (Betonarme Elemanların Doğrusal Ötesi Davranışlarının Bilgisayar Ortamında Modellenmesi) funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), TÜBİTAK, Project No: 105M024, 2005-2007. 4- Investigation of the Changed Earthquake Code Specifications for the Strength and the Ductility Capacities of Reinforced Concrete Public Buildings (Değişen Afet Yönetmeliği Şartlarının Betonarme Kamu Yapılarının Dayanım ve Süneklik Kapasiteleri Üzerindeki Etkilerinin Araştırılması), funded by Pamukkale University Scientific Research Project (PAUBAP), 2006MHF007, 2006-2007. Master s Student Thesis (Supervised) 1- Korini, O., (2009-2012), Seismic Assessment of Albanian Masonry Buildings Using Nonlinear Procedures, MSc thesis, 150 pages, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania. 2- Zhulegu, E., (2010-2012), Comparison of Albanian seismic code and Eurocode 8 for a typical residential R/C building, MSc thesis, 133 pages, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania. 3- Demaj, A., (2009-2011), Structural analysis of Post-Byzantine churches: A case study for southern Albania, MSc thesis, 50 pages, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania,
4- Fule, Z., (2010-2013), A case Study on Structural Assessment of St. Savior Basilica in Southern Albania, MSc thesis, 83 pages, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania 5- Qardja, R., (2011-2013), Seismic performance assessment of RC framed buildings designed according to EuroCode 8, MSc thesis, 174 pages, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania. 6- Frangu, I., (2011-2013), Seismic performance evaluation of a RC public building: A case study from Albanian practice., MSc thesis, 91 pages, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania. 7- Kokaj, M., (2012-2014), Effects of irregularities on structural performance of residential buildings designed according to Eurocode., MSc thesis, 146 pages, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania. Awards 1- Scholarship during the aforementioned projects from Pamukkale University, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA). 2- Awarded with the best Acedemican of Epoka University during 2009-2010. Research Interests Masonry (Historical) Structures Performance-Based Seismic Evaluation and Design Earthquake engineering with particular emphasis on building structures Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings Reinforced Concrete Building Structures Finite Element Method Technical Skills AutoCAD, MathCAD, Microsoft Applications, SAP2000, ETABS, SAFE, idecad static, USEE, NONLIN, ZEUS NL, TREMURI. Languages Turkish (Mother Tongue) English (Advanced)
Albanian (Intermediate) Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies Member of several national and international organizations related to earthquake and civil engineering and reviewer for several peer reviewed journals related to structural and earthquake engineering. Others: Organizer 1- Yapısal Onarım ve Güçlendirme Sempozyumu (Denizli, 2006), Organizing committee member, 2- International Balkans Conference on Challenges of Civil Engineering 19-21 May 2011, Epoka University, Tirana, ALBANIA, (Organizing committee member), 3- International Students' Conference of Civil Engineering, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania, 10-11 May 201, (Co-chairman) 4-2nd International Balkans Conference on Challenges of Civil Engineering 23-25 May 2013, Epoka University, Tirana, ALBANIA, (chairman),