Ergin Ulutaş

Prof. Dr. Ergin Ulutaş

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Kocaeli University, Department of Geophysical Engineering, S...

Biography

He is currently working in the Seismology Section as a lecturer (Prof.Dr) in Department of Geophysics, Kocaeli University, Turkey. In his PhD thesis, he has used Geographical Information Systems in order to evaluate and query the Seismic Hazard of Northwestern part of Turkey. He proposed an attenuation relationship for Peak Ground Accelerations and Spectral Accelerations in Turkey accepted in the literature. He worked in European Commission Joint Research Center, Ispra (Italy) and INGV (Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia), Rome (Italy) and as a post-doctoral researcher in 2008 and 2013 respectively. He has thoroughly studied in International projects related to potentially active faults, source mechanisms of earthquakes, the stress field orientations, pre-defined source models, web based tsunami early warning strategies and filtering of tide gauge records. After big earthquakes and tsunamis in Turkey, he has joined national and international teams for field surveys. As a part of joint project with GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosiciences and Kocaeli University, it contributed to the installation of the seismic network in Armutlu Peninsula. Since 2004, He has been developing projects with UNICO Insurance Company at a detailed, point specific seismic hazard level and providing consultancy services related to earthquake and flood risks.

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