Kalkan Okur completed her undergraduate studies in 2014, her master's degree in 2017, and her doctoral studies in 2024 at Karadeniz Technical University. Since 2025, she has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Of Faculty of Technology, Karadeniz Technical University, and also at the Earthquake and Structural Health Application and Research Center. She has 40 publications indexed in international databases and two registered patents. Kalkan Okur, who has 4 completed and ongoing scientific projects, won a Gold Medal at ISIF'24 and a Silver Medal at ISIF'25 with his two registered patents in the field of Structural Health Monitoring. She also received the "Successful Student of the Year" award in 2018 and the Tekla Global Student BIM Awards in the same year, achieving national and international recognition.
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, USA
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
Karadeniz Technical University
Trabzon, Turkey (Türkiye)
Of Faculty of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering
Karadeniz Technical University
Trabzon, Turkey (Türkiye)
Earthquake and Structural Health Monitoring Research Center,
Tekla Global BIM Awards-2018, Student Category, World 1st place, 2018.
Trimble Company
The Successful Student Award of Year, 2019
Karadeniz Technical University
7th Teknofest 9th ISIF International Invention Fair, Patent Competition, Gold Medal, 2024, Türkiye
Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Industry and Technology & Turkish Technology Team Foundation (T3)
8th Teknofest 10th ISIF International Invention Fair, Patent Competition, Silver Medal, 2025, Türkiy
Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Industry and Technology & Turkish Technology Team Foundation (T3)