Uğur Ersoy


Uğur Ersoy is a Turkish engineer and academic.

Life

He was born in Mersin. His father Yakup Ersoy was the local chairman of the Republican People’s Party. After graduating from Tarsus American Highschool, he earned his BS degree at the civil engineering department of Boğaziçi University in 1955. Then he travelled to United States for further studies. He received both his Master’s and Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin.

Academic life

Between 1959 and 2006 he served in the academic staff of Middle East Technical University in Ankara as an assistant professor, associate professor and then professor. During this period he also served in other universities; as a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin between 1963-1965; as a visiting professor at Toronto University between 1980-1981; as a visiting professor at Boğaziçi University between 1992-1994. He has been involved in experimental research on the behavior of reinforced and precast concrete structures. In 2006 he moved to İstanbul and became a member of Boğaziçi University staff.

In university administration

In METU he served three times as the dean of the Civil Engineering Faculty and two times as the vice rector. He also served as the dean of the newly established Mersin campus of METU between 1975-1976.

Publications

He is the author of a number of books. His technical books are in English and Turkish.
  1. An Introduction to Limit Design, 1962.
  2. Betonarme Kesitlerin Taşıma Gücüne Göre Hesabı,, 1971.
  3. Betonarme - Temel İlkeler ve Hesap Yöntemleri, 1975.
  4. Betonarmede Burulma, 1975.
  5. Taşıma Gücü El Kitabı,
  6. Introductory Mechanics of Deformable Bodies,, 1983.
  7. Betonarme - Temel İlkeler ve Taşıma Gücü Hesabı, 1985.
  8. Reinforced Concrete, METU, 1986.
  9. Yüksek yapıların Tasarım ve Yapımında İzlenecek Temel İlkeler, 1988.
  10. Betonarme 2 - Döşeme ve Temeller, 1995.
  11. Betonarme, 2001.
He also wrote nontechnical Turkish books such as recollections.
  1. "Bir Efsane Bir Demet Insan",, 1995
  2. "Bir Zamanlar Mersin'de",.
  3. "Ustalarimdan Ögrendiklerim",,1999.
  4. "Sislerin Ardindan Kaybolmayanlar", 1999.
  5. "Bozkiri Yesertenler 2003.
  6. "Erguvan Renkli Yillar,,2004
  7. "Gördüklerim, Duyduklarım ve Düşündüklerim, 2008

    Awards

  8. American Concrete Institute, Wason Medal for Research, 1969
  9. METU Parlar Foundation Science Award, 1985
  10. Turkish Prefabricate Union Award, 1992
  11. Turkish Education Association Rüştü Yüce Success in Profession Award, 2001
  12. University of Texas at Austin Academy of Distinguished Graduates Membership 2005
  13. Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers Honorary Distinguished Engineer Award 2006
His name appeared in Honour Book of Engineers of Distinction published in the United States.