Preparing the Next Generation of Bridge Engineers
Pinar Okumus
PhD
Associate Professor
Research Topics
Reinforced/Prestressed concrete highway bridges and buildings; Low-damage seismic systems
Honors and Awards
- Received a “Buffalo Blue Sky Gold Coin” from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ (UB). This coin is given as potential seed funding to the “most productive UB faculty and staff to recognize their prolific production of external funding proposals”, 2018.
- Outstanding reviewer, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Bridge Engineering, 2016.
- Best Technical Paper Award, Istanbul Bridge Conference, 2016.
- Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) George D. Nasser Award, 2013 for “most worthy of special commendation for its merit on the design, research, production, or construction of precast/prestressed concrete structures.”