Conference Activities
Member of the
Scientific Committee, 5th International Conference on Innovation in
Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Antalya, Turkey, 23-25 June 2008.
Member of the Conference Advisory Committee, 11th
International Conference on Inspection, Appraisal, repairs and Maintenance of
Structures, Kyrenia, North Cyprus, 14-17 November, 2007.
Member
of the International Scientific and Technical Committee. 4th International Structural Engineering and
Construction Conference ISEC-4, Melbourne, Australia, September 26-28, 2007.
Member of the Program Committee, 2007 ASCE
Construction Research Congress, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, May 6-8, 2007.
Member of the Scientific Committee, First
International Congress on Engineering Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey, October
25-27, 2007.
Member of
the Advisory Committee, Workshop on Reforming Civil and Environmental
Engineering Education Given the Societal Changes Related to Infrastructures,
eduCEE’06, sponsored by NSF and TUBITAK, Istanbul, Turkey, October 4-7,
2006.
Member of
the Scientific Committee, Third Construction Management Congress, Izmir,
Turkey, September 29 – October 1, 2005.
Member of
the International Scientific and Technical Committee, Third International
Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, Tokuyama, Shunan, Japan,
September 20-23, 2005.
Panel
Moderator, Meeting of the Chicago Chapter of the Construction Management
Association of America on Graduate Construction Education, Chicago, IL, April
20, 2004.
Member of the Scientific Committee, Fifth International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, Istanbul,
Turkey, September 25-27, 2002.
Session
Chair at the Fifth International
Congress on Advances in Civil
Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, September 25-27, 2002.
International Advisor, International
Conference on Advancement in Design, Construction, Construction Management and
Maintenance of Building Structures, Bali, Indonesia, March 27-28, 2002.
Member of the International Technical
Committee for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference – New
Frontiers and Challenges, Bangkok, Thailand, November 8-12, 1999.
Conference Chair of the Third Semi-Annual
Graduate Research Conference, Department of Civil and Architectural
Engineering, IIT, Chicago, IL, April 9, 1999.
Member of the Technical Committee for the CIB
W92 Procurement Systems Symposium, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 25-28, 1999.
Conference Chair of the Second Semi-Annual
Graduate Research Conference, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering,
IIT, Chicago, IL, November 20, 1998.
Conference Chair of the First Semi-Annual
Graduate Research Conference, Department of Civil and Architectural
Engineering, IIT, Chicago, IL, April 10, 1998.
Member of the International Advisory Committee
for the International Conference on Urban Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand,
November 1996.
Member of the International Advisory Committee
for the Fourth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and
Construction to be held in Seoul, South Korea, September 1993.
Conference Chair of the Construction
Management Seminar Series No. 1 on Construction Claims Management - Avoidance
and Resolution, sponsored by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA), the Engineering Institute of Thailand,
the Consulting Engineers Association of Thailand, and the Thai Contractors
Association, Bangkok, Thailand, September 1991.
Conference Chair of the Mini Conference of
Expert System Applications in Construction Contract Law, sponsored by AIT and
CIDA,
Conference Chair of the Construction
Management Seminar Series No. 2 on Selecting Software for Construction
Scheduling and Construction Cost Estimating, sponsored by the Asian Institute
of Technology (AIT), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the
Engineering Institute of Thailand, the Consulting Engineers Association of
Thailand, and the Thai Contractors Association, Bangkok, Thailand, May 1991.
Session Chairman at the third East
Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, Shanghai,
China, April 23-26, 1991.
Member of the Technical Program Committee of
the PMI '87 Seminar/Symposium on Reaching Goals with Project Management,
Milwaukee, WI, October 2-7, 1987.
Conference Chairman of the Third Annual
Construction Management Forum sponsored by CMAA and IIT, and organized in
association with A/E Systems' Computer Hardware and Software Exhibit at
Coordinator and Chairman of the panel on
"Computer Assisted Construction Management" at the Fourth Annual
Conference of CMAA,
Member
of the Organizing Committee for the First Annual Construction Management Forum
sponsored by CMAA and University of Wisconsin-Extension, Madison, WI, 1984.
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Coordinator of Case Study Sessions
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Chairman of the panel on "How to Make Scheduling Work"
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Chairman of the session on "Research Work on CM"
Member of the Organizing Committee for the
Education Sessions in the Second Annual Convention of CMAA, New-Orleans, LA,
1983.
Member of the Organizing Committee for a short
course on "Managing the Construction Process" sponsored by IIT,
Member of the Organizing Committee for the
National Housing Conference sponsored by the Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers,
Ankara, Turkey, 1981.
Chairman of a session on "Scheduling"
at the Fifth INTERNET Congress,
Co-chairman of the session on "Project
Management" at the Second National OR Congress,
