B.S. Civil Engineering (M.E.T.U., Ankara, Turkey, 1994)
M.S. Civil Engineering (MIT, 1998)
Ph.D. Structures and Materials (MIT, 2004)
Use of advanced composite materials in structural design and rehabilitation, structural mechanics and design, mechanics and durability of materials and systems, failure analysis and risk assessment of infrastructure systems and components, hazard prediction and mitigation for infrastructure systems, static and dynamic nonlinear analysis of structures, innovative and advanced rehabilitation and retrofit technologies, structural condition assessment and health monitoring, advanced nondestructive evaluation techniques and imaging.