CURRICULUM VITAE

Assist. Prof. Dr. Gözen Elkıran

Date of birth             : 15 January 1966

Academic Rank        : Assist. Prof. Dr.

Degrees                    : Ph.D.

Years of Service in the Faculty: 12

1.      Lecturer,  Department of Civil Engineering, FAE, EUL, North Cyprus 1996 – 1997

2.      Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, FAE, EUL, North Cyprus 1997 - 2006

3.      Asst. Prof. Dr., Dept. of Civil Engineering, FAE, EUL, North Cyprus  2006 - Present

Professional Duties:

1. REFEREE-1; Reviewer for a SCI- indexed Journal (first) (Confidential)

2. REFEREE-2; Reviewer for a SCI- indexed Journal (second) (Confidential)

Main Experience:

1. Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management, Analysis of water budget of TRNC, Water gap in the aquifers and water wasted in all fields historically and in present time and future evaluation of water supply.

2. Water hammers in pipelines due to sudden closure of valves, power failure of pumps.

3. Rainfall analysis of TRNC, as overall and regionally, applying probability and Distribution methods and the test statistics for consistency of the results.

4. Experienced in pumps and pump selection, suitable pumps for a satisfactory water conveyance systems and buildings.

5. Experienced Structural Engineer, active Engineer in the Field for problematic and   complicated structures.

Advanced Courses Joined in Related Field:

1.      3^rd International Advanced Course on Water Resources Data Analysis: data processing, interpreting and design (July 11-20, 2005)

2.      Engineering Education, LAU member, Organized by Kadir Has University and IGIP (International Society for Engineering Education), Kadir Has University, Istanbul, November 2007.

Meetings Joined as an Expert:

1.      Round Table: Discussions on how to control the water deficiencies of water budget of TRNC. The need of Desalination Plant as an alternative and more reliable resource (Ministry of Interior - 2005).

2.      AB Çevre mevzuatına uyumlaştırma çalışmaları Paneli (EU Coordiation Center- Prime Ministry-June 19, 2006)

3.      AB Çevre mevzuatına uyumlaştırma çalışmaları- Su Stratejisi  ( EU Coordiation Center- Prime Ministry-June 20, 2006)

4.      AB Çevre mevzuatına uyumlaştırma çalışmaları- Doğa Koruma Stratejisi  ( EU Coordiation Center- Prime Ministry-June 21, 2006)

5.      AB Çevre mevzuatına uyumlaştırma çalışmaları- Yatay Sektör Stratejisi  ( EU Coordiation Center- Prime Ministry-June 27, 2006)

6.      AB Çevre mevzuatına uyumlaştırma çalışmaları- Atık Sektörü Stratejisi  ( EU Coordiation Center- Prime Ministry-June 28, 2006)

1. Active member of Union of Chambers of the Cyprus Turkish Engineers and Architects, CHAMBER OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, TRNC.

2. Member of Committee of Clearance of CMC Existing wastes. Minisry of Health and Environment of State of TRNC.

3. Member of Traffic Improvement Committee. Prime Ministry of TRNC (old).

4. Head of Civil Engineering Department of EUL

5. The coordinator for establishment of the Civil engineering department laboratories of  EUL

6. Reestablishment of the Civil Engineering Bachelor Degree program and Construction management Master program

7. Program Coordinator of Construction Management Master Program

8. The committee member for the preparation of the Construction Management Master Program

9. Vise Chairman of Disciplinary Committee of EUL

10. Department coordinator of the FAE, EUL, NC.

11. Organization Member of the first FAE 10^th year International Symposium, “Creating the Future”, 16-18 November, 2000, Gemikanagi, NC.

12. Member of Senate of European University of Lefke for the reestablishment of the Departments and Development of the University.

13. University coordinator of the continuous course education, EUL, NC.

14. Civil Engineer ( Site Engineer ), M.H. Ali Con. Co., Nicosia, NC

15. Scientific and Organization committee member of European University of Lefke 5^th ARCHENG, 5th International Architecture and Engineering Symposiums FAE International Symposium, “Creating the Future” CENG’08 5^th International Symposium on Civil and Environmental Engineering, 27-28 November, NC, 2008

16. Bilim Kurulu Üyesi, İstanbul’un Su Politikalrı Sempozyumu, CHP İstanbul İl Başkanlığı, 2-28 Haziran 2008, Türkiye

Total number of publications: 15

Principal Publications: 2000-2007

1. Elkiran and Camur (2000),Computational Analysis of Water Hammer Caused by Sudden Power Failure in the Pumps, Proceedings of the first International Symposium of FAE, EUL, Guzelyurt, TRNC, 2000.

2. Camur and Elkiran (2000), Determination of the Velocity, Pressure Distribution and Stream Lines of 2-D Cavity Problem., Proceedings of the first International Symposium of FAE, EUL, Guzelyurt, TRNC, 2000.

3. Elkıran and Ergil, 2002, “A general outlook of the aquifers in TRNC”, creating the future (ed. Balasubramanian), proc. 2^nd FAE international symposium, European University of Lefke, Gemikonagi, TRNC, pp. 101-104, Nov. 2002.

4. Elkiran and Ergil, “The water budget analysis of Girne region, North Cyprus”, Advances in Civil Engineering, proc. 6^th international conference, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1238-1247, Oct. 2004.

5. Elkıran and Ergil, “ The assessment of a water budget of North Cyprus”, Building and Environment, Journal of Building and Environment, Volume 41, Issue 12 , December 2006, Pages 1671-1677

6. Elkıran and Ergil, “Integrated water resources planning and management of North Cyprus”, Where waters meet (ed. Acworth, Macky and Merrick), proc. NZHS-IAH-NZSSS 2005 conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 29 Nov.-1 Dec. 2005. (annual conference)

7. Elkıran and Ergil, “ Integrated water resources planning and management of North Cyprus: Case study on Water supply and demand including drought conditions”, Water observation and information system for decision support, BALWOIS 2006, Ohrid, Macedonia, 23-26 May 2006.

8. Elkıran G., ”Clarification of annual water extractions and consequent deficiencies in the aquifers of TRNC in 2003, Creating the Future, 4^th International Conference, EUL, NC, 2006, Pages 269-275

9. Elkıran G., ” Sustainability of agricultural irrigation, an alternative approach for the future evaluation: a case study-TRNC ”, Creating the Future, 4^th International Conference, EUL, NC, 2006, Pages 277-280

10. Elkiran G.,Türkman A.,” Impacts of water scarcity in Northern Cyprus”, Environmental problems of central Asia and their economic, social and security impacts, NATO advanced researched workshop, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, October 2007.

11. Elkiran G., Öngül Z., “Implications of excessive water withdrawals to the environment of Northern Cyprus”, Journal of Water and Environment, waiting for publication.

12. Elkiran G., and Turman F., “KKTC’de su kaynakları ve Planlaması”, 2. Su politikaları Kongresi, Ankara, Mart 2008.

13. Elkiran G., Türkan A., “Salinity problems in Northern Cyprus and Desalination Applications”, Conf. water observation and information system for decision support, ed. Morell M., Popovska C., Morell O., Balwois 2008, Ohrid Republic of Macedonia, 27-31 May, 2008

14. Elkiran G., “The Urgency of Land Reclamation in Agricultural Sector in Northern Cyprus”, Conf. water observation and information system for decision support, ed. Morell M., Popovska C., Morell O., Balwois 2008, Ohrid Republic of Macedonia, 27-31 May, 2008

15. Elkiran G., Ergil M., “Sustainability of Agriculture in TRNC: A Case Study”, 8^th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus,15-17 September 2008.

Projects directed and participated

Cesspools: Investigations of the measures that can be taken in order to reduce the water consumption and benefiting more from rainfall under water shortage conditions, 2008, funded by Ministry of Education

Software Experience

1. AutoCAD (all versions) the preparation of structural design files as it needed in the sector and more detail. Preparation of other drawings related to other fields.

2. Idestatik, STA4CAD, Probina, SAP 2000, Structural analysis and behavior of Civil engineering structures, including the most complicated ones.

3. SPSS, SYSTAT, for statistical analysis of water resources data and inference; robustness, goodness of fit, etc.

4. Dplot, Datafit, for the plot of the statistical distributions and analysis of linear and multi-linear regression and inference.

5. SMADA, for hydrologic and statistical analysis of the water resources data and conclusion.

6. Surfer, 2D and 3D plot of the of the survey contours, water quality issues like; salinization of fresh water (NaCL concentration), contamination of fresh water by agricultural pesticide, insecticide, herbicide, fungicide and for further analysis.

Honors and Awards

1. The Highest Honor of graduates of Erenkoy High School (1984)

2. Senior Lecturer, appointed in Civil Engineering Department at EUL, owing to long experience in the related field.

3. Scholar by BoT of EUL for PhD studies and researches at Eastern Mediterranean University, Magosa, TRNC.

4. High honor in PhD program with a CGPA of 3.86