Curriculum Vitae

Ahmet Pamuk

March 01, 2022

General Information

University address:	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Panama City Campus
Holley Academic Center A211-I
Florida State University
Panama City, FL 32405 32306
Phone: 850-770-2257; Fax: 850-872-2083

E-mail address:	apamuk@fsu.edu

Web site:	www.pc.fsu.edu

Professional Preparation

2004	Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Major: Civil Engineering. 

1997	M.S., University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. Major: Civil Engineering. 

1994	Graduate Study, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. Major: Civil-Structural Engineering. (all but thesis). 

1991	B.S., Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. Major: Civil Engineering. 

Nondegree Education and Training

2004–2006	Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University, New York, New York. 

Professional Credential(s)

1991–1993	Registered Professional Engineer (Lic# 39492/16004). 

Professional Experience

2015–present	Teaching Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida State University-Panama City. 

2011–2015	Associate Teaching Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida State University-Panama City. 

2006–2011	Assistant Teaching Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida State University-Panama City. 

2004–2006	Assistant Lab Manager, Department of Civil Eng. & Eng. Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, New York. Provided consulting/testing services for private companies, research institutions, and universities using advanced structural testing facilities located at the Robert A.W. Carleton Strength of Materials Laboratory. Assisted and mentored to the graduate students in advanced research techniques.

2004–2006	Manager, Centrifuge Lab, Department of Civil Eng. & Eng. Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, New York. 

2004–2006	Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Department of Civil Eng. & Eng. Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, New York. Duties & research activities: • Impact loadings on marine and offshore structures • Corrosion monitoring of suspension bridge cables • Dynamic material, soil and rock testing • Rainfall-induced 2-D slope and flow failures • Centrifuge testing.

1997–2004	Graduate Research Assistant, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,Troy, New York. 

2000–2004	Teaching Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. 

2001–2003	Co-Advisor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Served as a co-advisor for Rensselaer's Undergraduate Research Program (URP) on a variety of projects for undergraduate students. Responsibilities included sharing knowledge gained from experience in physical modeling in earthquake engineering that provided laboratory expertise for real-world problems and hands-on research experience for undergraduate students.

2000–2003	Consulting Engineer, Civrotech Engineering PC, Troy, New York. 

1995–1997	Graduate Research Assistant, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. 

1993–1994	Consulting Engineer, Barlan Metal Industry & Trade (Nasas Plant), Gebze, Turkey. Designed appropriate structural and foundation systems for in-situ manufactured galvanized steel hangars for industrial buildings. Designed the structural systems for construction of polyurethane-sandwiched aluminum panels in insulating roofs, sidewalls, and ceilings for industrial buildings.

1990	Engineer Trainee, Building Department, Municipality of Simav, Turkey. Structural inspections.

1989	Engineer Trainee, Sinta Construction Co, Bursa, Turkey. 

Language Proficiency

Turkish - fluent in speaking, reading, and writing.

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

Outstanding Ph.D. student award (Thomas Archibald Bedford Prize), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2004). 
Student Paper Competition Award, North American Geosynthetic Society (2001). 
Govermental Achievement Fellow, Ministry of Education, Turkey (1995). 
Graduate Scholarship, General Directorate of Highways, Turkey (1992). 
Graduate & Undergraduate Scholarships, Alarko Group of Companies, Istanbul, Turkey (1989). 
Undergraduate Scholarship, Istanbul Technical University Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey (1989). 

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

Turkish-American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) 

Teaching

Courses Taught

Concrete Design (CES4702)
Engineering Mechanics (EGM3512)
Structural Analysis (CES3100)
Steel Design (CES4605)
Strength of Materials (EGN3331)
First Year Engineering Laboratory (EGN1004L)
Strength of Materials Laboratory (EGN3331-L)
Construction Engineering (CCE4004)
Direct Indiv Study (EGN4906)

Teaching Assistant

Pamuk, A. (2003). Experimental Soil Mechanics (CIVL 4150). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. 

Pamuk, A. (2001–2002). Instrumentation and Sensors in Civil Engineering (CIVL 4120). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. 

Pamuk, A. (2000–2004). Civil Engineering (CIVL 4920). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. 

Pamuk, A. (2000–2004). Introduction to Engineering Analysis (ENGR 1100). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. 

Pamuk, A. (2000). Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering (CIVL 2630). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. 

Research and Original Creative Work

Publications

Invited Journal Articles

Pamuk, A., Kalkan, E., & Ling,, H. (2005). Structural and Geotechnical Impacts of Surface Rupture on Highway Structures. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 25(7~11), 581-589.

Refereed Journal Articles

Pamuk, A., Gallagher, P. M., & Adalier, K. (2014). Soil Grouting as Seismic Liquefaction Countermeasure. Advanced Material Research, 1025-1026, 1035-1040. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1025-1026

Pamuk, A., Zimmie, T. F., & Adalier, K. (2014). Ocean Rise Instability in Coastal Clay Slopes and Possible Countermeasures: A Centrifuge Modeling Study. Journal of Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 33, 58-66. doi:10.1080/1064119X.2013.784835

Adalier, K., & Pamuk, A. (2013). On the Important Mechanical Properties of Rubber-Sand. Advanced Material Research, 685, 8-14. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.685.8

Pamuk, A., Gallagher, P. M., & Zimmie, T. F. (2007). Remediation of Pile Foundations against Lateral Spreading by Passive Site Stabilization Technique. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal, 27(9), 864-874.

Gallagher, P. M., Pamuk, A., & Abdoun, T. (2007). Stabilization of Liquefiable Soils Using Colloidal Silica Grout. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 19(1), 33-40.

Zimmie, T. F., Pamuk, A., Adalier, K., & Mahmud, M. (2005). Retrofit-Reinforcement of Cohesive Soil Slopes using High Strength Geotextiles with Drainage Capability. Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 23, 581-589.

Pamuk, A., Kalkan, E., & Ling, H. I. (2005). Structural and Geotechnical Impacts of Surface Rupture on Highway Structures. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal, 25(7~10), 581-589.

Adalier, K., Pamuk, A., & Zimmie, T. F. (2004). Earthquake Retrofit of Highway/Railway Embankments by Sheet Pile Walls. Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 22(1), 73-88.

Pamuk, A., & Adalier, K. (2003). Seismic Retrofit of Coastal Dikes. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 13(3), 175-181.

Ling, H., Pamuk, A., Dechasakulsom, M., Mohri, Y., & Burke, C. (2001). Interaction of PVC Geomembranes with Cohesive Soils. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 127(11), 950-954.

Invited Book Chapters

Pamuk, A., & Adalier, K. (2007). Alternative Remedial Techniques for Sheet-Piled Earth Embankments. In Geomechanics: Laboratory Testing, Modeling and Applications (pp. 921-930). Springer, NY. 

Pamuk, A., Ling, H. I., Won, Y-S, & Kawabata, T. (2006). Effects of Geosynthetic Reinforcements on Soil-Pipe Interactions. In Geosynthetics and Geosynthetic-Engineered Soil Structures (pp. 109-124). Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY. 

Refereed Proceedings

Pamuk, A., Zimmie, T. F., & Adalier, K. (submitted). Increasing the factor of safety of marginally stable coastal slopes with geotextile strips. Manuscript submitted for publication, 9 pages.

Adalier, K., & Pamuk, A. (2013). On the Important Mechanical Properties of Rubber-Sand. In the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Materials Research (ICAMR 2013)., January 19-20, Dubai, UAE (pp. 6). ICAMR. 

Pamuk, A., & Zimmie, T. F. (2007). Behavior of Floating Piles in Liquefiable Soils. In 4th Int. Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (pp. 25-28). Thessaloniki, Greece. 

Pamuk, A., & Adalier, K. (2006). Alternative Remedial Techniques for Sheet-Piled Embankments. In Ling, H.I. (Ed.), Soil Stress-Strain Behavior: Measurement, Modeling and Analysis, Geotechnical Symposium in Roma (pp. 921-930). Rome, Italy. 

Wu, M-H., Ling, H. I., Pamuk, A., & Leshchinsky, D. (2006). Two-Dimensional Slope Failures in the Centrifugal Field. In Ling, H.I. (Ed.), Soil Stress-Strain Behavior: Measurement, Modeling and Analysis, Geotechnical Symposium in Roma (pp. 957-968). Rome, Italy. 

Adalier, K., & Pamuk, A. (2005). Geotechnical Issues of the Recent Turkish Earthquakes. In Chu, Phoon, and Yong (Ed.), 1st Int. Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (pp. 100-110). Singapore. 

Pamuk, A., Ling, H. I., Leshchinsky, D., & Kalkan, E. (2004). Behavior of Reinforced wall System during the 1999 Kocaeli (Izmit) Earthquake. In 5th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering (pp. 1~6; paper No. 3.45). New York, NY, USA. 

Kalkan, E., Adalier, K., & Pamuk, A. (2004). Near source Effects and Engineering Implications of Recent Earthquakes in Turkey. In 5th Int. Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering (pp. 1~6; paper No. 3.30). New York, NY, USA. 

Pamuk, A., Zimmie, T. F., Abdoun, T., & Dobry, R. (2004). Retrofitting of Pile Foundation Systems against Liquefaction. In 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (pp. Paper No. 784). Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 

Pamuk, A., Kalkan, E., & Ling, H. I. (2004). Structural and Geotechnical Impacts of Surface Rupture on Highway Structures. In Doolin, D. et al. (Ed.), 3rd International Conf. on Earthquake Engineering (pp. 294-301). Berkeley, CA, USA. 

Pamuk, A., Zimmie, T. F., & Abdoun, T. (2003). Group Foundations Subjected to Seismically Induced Lateral Spreading. In Newson, T.A. (Ed.), the BGA International Conference on Foundations: Innovations, Observations, Design and Practice (pp. 715-722). Dundee, Scotland, Thomas Telford Press. 

Abdoun, T., Pamuk, A., Zimmie, T. F., & Gallagher, M. P. (2003). Performance of Passive Site Remediation and Pile Group Subjected to Seismically Induced Lateral Spreading. In Vanicek et al. (Ed.), 13th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (pp. 521-526). Prague, Czech Republic. 

Adalier, K., Pamuk, A., & Zimmie, T. F. (2003). Rehabilitation of Coastal Dikes by Sheet-Pile Enclosures. In 13th International Conference Offshore and Polar Engineering (pp. 474-480). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 

Zimmie, T. F., Pamuk, A., Adalier, K., & Mahmud, M. B. (2003). Reinforcement of Existing Slopes using High Strengths Geotextile with Drainage Capability. In International Conference on New Developments in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (pp. 9p). Lefkosa, Cyprus. 

Adalier, K., Pamuk, A., & Zimmie, T. F. (2003). Seismic Retrofit of Coastal Dikes. In 22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (pp. 1~9; paper No.37312). ISOPE, Cancun, Mexico. 

Gallagher, P. M., Pamuk, A., Koch, A. J., & Abdoun, T. (2002). Centrifuge Modeling of Passive Site Remediation. In U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Urban Earthquake Risk (pp. 12p). Boston, MA, USA. 

Adalier, K., & Pamuk, A. (2002). Centrifuge Modeling of Sheet-Pile Walls for Mitigating Liquefaction Induced Deformations in Highway Embankments. In Int. Conference on Protection of Structures against Hazards (pp. 113-120). Singapore. 

Adalier, K., Zimmie, T. F., & Pamuk, A. (2002). Seismic Behavior of Rubble-Mound Moles on Sandy Marine Sediments. In 21st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (pp. 1~8; Paper No.28379). Oslo, Norway. 

Pamuk, A. (2001). Effects of Sustained and Cyclic Tensile Loads on Geogrid Embedded in Clay. In the Geosynthetics 2001 Conference (pp. 609-618). Portland, OR, USA. 

Pamuk, A. (2001). Laboratory Testing of Long-Term Performance of Clay-Geogrid Interaction. In Ochiai,H., Yasufuku, N. and Omine, K (Ed.), 4th International Symposium on Earth Reinforcement (pp. 121-126). Fukuoka, Japan. 

Pamuk, A., Leshchinsky, D., Ling, H. I., & Kaliakin, V. N. (2001). Laboratory Testing of Long-Term Performance of Clay-Geogrid Interaction. In Ochiai,H., Yasufuku, N. and Omine, K (Ed.), 4th International Symposium on Earth Reinforcement (pp. 121-126). Fukuoka, Japan. 

Ling, H. I., Liu, H., Burje, C., & Pamuk, A. (2001). Modeling of Flotation for Large-Diameter Pipe Buried in Saturated Soil Deposit. In International Symposium on Geotechnical Centrifuge Modeling and Networking. Hong Kong. 

Pamuk, A., Leshchinsky, D., Ling, H. I., & Kaliakin, V. N. (2001). Pullout Resistance of Geogrids Embedded in Cohesive Soil Subjected to Sustained and Repeated Tensile Loads. In 15th International Conference on Foundation Eng (pp. 1621-1624). Istanbul, Turkey. 

Nonrefereed Proceedings

Pamuk, A., Abdoun, T., & Gallagher, P. M. (2002). Evaluation of Passive Site Remediation against Earthquake Induced Liquefaction and its Hazards Effect on Deep Foundations. In Hamada, M, O'Rourke, T and Bardet, J-P. (Ed.), 8th US-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Resistant Design of Lifeline Facilities and Countermeasures against Liquefaction (MCEER) (pp. 519-528). Tokyo, Japan. 

Nonrefereed Reports

Pamuk, A. (2004). Disaster Investigation following the Mindulle (July 2, 2004) Typhoon in Taiwan. Center for Hazards & Risk Research, The Earth Institute, Columbia University. 

Pamuk, A., Dobry, R., Abdoun, T., & Martin, G. R. (2003). Centrifuge Modeling of Pile Group Response to Lateral Spreading Including Effects of Shallow Nonliquefiable Soil Layer and Superstructural Mass (Highway Project 094, Task C2-4). FHWA. 

Pamuk, A., Leshchinsky, D., Ling, H. I., & Kaliakin, V. N. (1997). Interaction Behavior of Geogrids in Clay Subjected to Static and Repeated Loads (Research Report, DTI 105). Delaware Transportation Institute. 

Presentations

Invited Presentations at Conferences

Pamuk, A. (presented 2001). Effects of Sustained and Cyclic Tensile Loads on Geogrid Embedded in Clay,". Presentation at Geosynthetics 2001 Conference, IFAI, Portland, OR, USA. (International)

Refereed Presentations at Conferences

Pamuk, A., Ling, H. I., Won, Y-S, & Kawabata, T. (presented 2005). Effects of Geosynthetic Reinforcements on Soil-Pipe Interactions. Presentation at Joint ASCE/ASME/ASEE Mechanics and Materials Conference, McMat 2005, ASCE/ASME/ASEE, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. (International)

Pamuk, A., Zimmie, T. F., Abdoun, T., & Dobry, R. (presented 2005). Retrofitting of Pile Foundation Systems against Liquefaction. Presentation at 13th World Conf. on Earthquake Eng, International Association for Earthquake Engineering. (International)

Refereed Workshops

Pamuk, A., Abdoun, T., & Gallagher, P. M. (2002). 8th US-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Resistant Design of Lifeline Facilities and Countermeasures against Liquefaction. Workshop delivered at MCEER, Tokyo, Japan. (International)

Service

Florida State University

FSU University Service

Member, Web Committee (2018–2019).

Trainee, MTS Laboratory Training (2018).

FSU Program Service

Advisor, Civil Engineering Association FSU-PC (2013–present).

The Profession

Guest Reviewer for Refereed Journals

Scientific Research and Essays (2012–present).

Geosynthetic International (2010–present).

Engineering Geology Journal (2005–present).

Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE (2004–present).

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (2004–present).

Soil Dynamics & Eartquake Engineering (2004–present).

Reviewer for Textbooks

Structural Concrete - Theory and Design (2008–2012).

Judge for an Exhibition

Symposium on Natural Disasters for the First Lego League. Panama City, FL: Science & Discovery Center of NWF (2014).

Service to Other Universities

Advisory Board Member, Gulf Cost State College, Civil Engineering Technology (2021–present). 

Advisory Committee Member, University of Bologna, University of Delaware, ASCE Geo-Institute (2013). 

The Community

Regional representative, Istanbul Technical University Alumni Association for USA & Canada (2019–present).

Board member, Istanbul Technical University Alumni Association for USA & Canada (2007–2019).

Program Representative, STEM presentation on Mosley High School, FSU STEM Institute (2014).

Advisor, Summer Camp, FSU Panama City STEM Institure (2009).