Department of Civil Engineering                   
Middle East Technical University           Phone: + (90) (312) 210 5489
06531, ODTU, Ankara, TURKEY           e-mail : nejan [at] metu.edu.tr

EDUCATION
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Ph.D. 2009 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

M.Sc. 2002 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

B.S. 1999  Department of Civil Engineering,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Position
Years
Department
University
Assistant Professor
Sep. 2009 - present
Civil Engineering
Middle East Technical University
Teaching Assistant
2005 - 2008
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Teaching Assistant
1999 - 2001
Civil Engineering
Middle East Technical University
PUBLICATIONS
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PAPERS

2. Mesri, G., Huvaj-Sarihan, N. (2012)
Residual Shear Strength Measured By Laboratory Tests and Mobilized in Landslides, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 138, No. 5, p.585-593.

1. Stark, T.D., Huvaj-Sarihan, N., and Li, G. (2009)
Shear Strength of Municipal Solid Waste For Stability Analyses, Environmental Geology, v.57(8), pp.1911-1923 (DOI:10.1007/s00254-008-1480-0)

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

12. Gulerce, Z., Çetin, K. Ö., Yılmaz, M. T, Huvaj, N., Ünsever, Y.Ş., Ünsal, S., Sağlam, S., Sandıkkaya, A. and Türkoğlu, M. (2012)
Geotechnical Field Observations from 23 October 2011 Van Earthquake (Mw=7.1), Proc. 10th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, 17-19 October 2012, Ankara, Turkey, (accepted, in publication).

11. Ahmadi-adli, M., Huvaj, N., Toker, N.K. (2012)
Rainfall triggered landslides in unsaturated soils: A numerical sensitivity analysis, Proc. 10th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, 17-19 October 2012, Ankara, Turkey, (accepted, in publication).

10. Ahmadi-adli, M., Huvaj, N., Toker, N.K., and Kurkcu, M.G. (2012)
Comparative study of soil water characteristic curve prediction methods, Proc. 3rd International Conference on New Developments in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, eds: Atalar, C., Çinicioğlu, F., Das, B.M., Sağlamer, A., Toğrol, E., 28-30 June 2012, Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus, p.559-567.

9. Gündoğdu, B. and Huvaj, N. (2010)
Sensitivity of slow moving landslides to changes in groundwater level, International Conference on Mountain Risks, European Centre on Geomorphological Hazards (CERG), eds: J.-P. Malet, T. Glade, and N. Casagli, 24-26 November 2010, Florence, Italy, p.207-213

8. Mesri, G., and Huvaj-Sarihan, N. (2009)
The Asaoka method revisited, Proc. 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Editors M. Hamza, M. Shahien, Y. El-Mossallamy, 5-9 October 2009, Alexandria, Egypt, v.1, p.131-134.

7. Huvaj-Sarihan, N. (2009)
Creep movements of reactivated landslides, Proc. 4th Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 2-4 October 2009, Alexandria, Egypt, (Representing Turkish Society on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering ZMTM).

6. Huvaj-Sarihan, N. (2008)
Evaluation of the rate of movement of a reactivated landslide, Proc. 61st Canadian Geotechnical Conference Geo-Edmonton 2008, September 21-24 2008

5. Huvaj-Sarihan, N. and Stark, T.D. (2008)
Back-analyses of landfill slope failures, Proc. 6th Intl. Conf. on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering and Symposium in Honor of Prof. James K. Mitchell, August 11-16, 2008, Arlington, Virginia, Paper No.2-34

4. Sadrekarimi, A., Huvaj-Sarihan, N., and Olson, S.M. (2008)
Invigorating geotechnical engineering education at the University of Illinois, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No.178, GeoCongress 2008: Geosustainability and Geohazard Mitigation, Proc. Geo-Congress 2008, March 9-12, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, p.789-796.

3. Mesri, G. and Huvaj, N. (2007)
Shear strength mobilized in undrained failure of soft clay and silt deposits, Advances in Measurement and Modeling of Soil Behavior, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No.173, Proc. of Geo-Denver 2007 Conference, February 18-21, 2007, Denver, Colorado, p.1-22.

2. Mesri, G., Huvaj, N., Vardhanabhuti B. and Ho, Y-H. (2005)
Excess porewater pressures during secondary compression, Proc. 16th Intl. Conf. Soil Mech. Geotech. Eng., Osaka, Japan, v.2., p.1087-1090.

1. Mesri, G. and Huvaj, N. (2004)
Residual shear strength mobilized in Red River slope  failures, Proc. 9th Intl. Conf. on Landslides, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, v.2, p. 925-931.

INTERNATIONAL ABSTRACTS

5. Maghsoudloo, A. and Huvaj, N. (2012)
Prediction of landslide movements and its relation to damage in structures, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 14, EGU2012-1013, European Geosciences Union, EGU General Assembly 2012, 22-27 April 2012, Vienna, Austria

4. Ahmadiadli, M., Huvaj, N. and Toker, K. (2012)
Rainfall triggered landslides in unsaturated soils: a numerical sensitivity analysis for rainfall threshold, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 14, EGU2012-5378, European Geosciences Union, EGU General Assembly 2012, 22-27 April 2012, Vienna, Austria

3. Gulerce, Z., Çetin, K.Ö., Yılmaz, M.T., Huvaj, N., Ünsever, Y.S., Ünsal, S., Sağlam, S., Sandıkkaya, A. (2012)
Geotechnical Field Observations from 23 October 2011 Van Earthquake (Mw=7.1), Seismological Society of America 2012 Annual Meeting, 17-19 April, 2012, San Diego, California, USA,

2. Huvaj-Sarihan, N., Gündoğdu, B. (2010)
Relation between pore water pressures and movements in reactivated landslides: A case study from Turkey, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU2010-7238-1, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria

1. Huvaj-Sarihan, N. (2010)
Experimental investigation of failure time prediction in landslides, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU2010-7861, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. Ergin, S. ve Huvaj, N. (2012)
Yumuşak Zeminlerde Düşey Drenli Konsolidasyon Oturmaları: Bir Vaka Çalışması, 5. Ulusal Geosentetikler Konferansı Bildiri Kitabı, 24-25 Mayıs 2012, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, İstanbul.


  • Ralph B. Peck Fellowship for outstanding performance at graduate level in geotechnical engineering, 2004
  • Excellent Teachers List, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall 2005 through Fall 2008
  • Scholarship of Higher Education Council of Turkey (YÖK), 2001-2005
  • Scholarship of Society of Women Engineers Illinois Section, 2007
  • Outstanding Student Involvement Award, Engineering Council, UIUC College of Engineering, 2008
  • Travel grant to 9th International Symposium on Landslides, Rio de Janeiro-Brazil, UIUC College of Engineering, 2004
  • Travel grant by ASCE Geo-Institute to compete in Geo-challenge 2007 (Denver, Colorado) Reinforced Earth Wall design and construction competition, University of Illinois Team member.
  • 2nd Place, UIUC Engineering Open House 2007, Theme Exhibit Award: Inspiring Innovation. Team member in Geotechnical Engineering Liquefaction demonstration.
  • Recipient of Graduate Teacher Certificate from UIUC Center for Teaching Excellence, April 2006
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONOURS
  • Paper reviewer for ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (2007), Environmental Earth Sciences (2008-present), Turkish Journal of Engineering & Environmental Sciences (2009), Journal of the Faculty of Engineering and Arhcitecture of Gazi University (2009-present)
  • Member, Intl. Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), 2008-present
  • Member, U.S. Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER) 2007-present
  • Member, Turkish National Committee of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ZMTM), 2009-present
  • Member, European Geosciences Union (EGU), 2010-present
  • Member, IMO Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers, 2011-present
  • Selected Mentor, at the International Teaching Assistant Orientation Program at UIUC, January 2007
  • President of EERI Student Chapter at UIUC (2004-2005), Secretary (2003-2004)
  • Treasurer and webmaster of Geo-Institute Student Chapter at UIUC (GESO) (2006-2008)
  • STUDENT MEMBER OF: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE, 2001-2009); ASCE Geo-Institute (2003-2009); Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI, 2003-2009); American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM, 2007-2009); International Geosynthetics Society (IGS, 2007-2009); Intl. Assoc. for Computer Method and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG, 2006-2009); United States Society on Dams (USSD, 2004-2006).
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
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NEJAN HUVAJ SARIHAN
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