Invited Lectures
“Advances
in Construction Management.” Series of
lectures at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago,
Chicago, IL, November 30 – December 2 and December 7-9, 2009.
“Problems, Search
for Solutions and Recent Developments in Civil Engineering Education in the
U.S.” Invited keynote lecture, First Civil Engineering Education Symposium,
Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (IMO), Antalya, Turkey, November 6-7, 2009.
“The Risk of
Contractor Default.” Invited keynote lecture, Fifth
Conference of Construction Industry in the Twenty First Century (CITC-V),
Istanbul, Turkey, May 20-22, 2009.
“Universal Prediction
System in Construction Management.” Invited keynote lecture, Eighth
International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering, Gazi Magusa,
Northern Cyprus, September 15-17, 2008.
“Lessons Learned
in Construction Management.” Invited
lecture at Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 24, 2008.
“4D
Management of Construction Projects.” Invited lecture at Middle East Technical
University, Ankara, Turkey, July 10, 2008.
“Economic Decision of Bridge
Rehabilitation.” Invited keynote lecture at the 11th International Conference
on Inspection, Appraisal, Repairs and Maintenance of Structures, Kyrenia, North
Cyprus, November 14-17, 2007.
“4D Management of
Construction Works.” Invited lecture at
the Informatics Institute and Project Management Center, ITU, Istanbul, Turkey,
May 22, 2007.
Avoiding
Construction Litigation.” Invited
lecture at the Informatics Institute and Project Management Center, ITU,
Istanbul, Turkey, May 21, 2007.
“Achieving a
Litigation-Free Construction Process.“
Invited lecture at Izmir Institute of Technology, Urla, Turkey, May 18,
2007.
“Managing
the Risk of Contractor Default.” Invited
keynote lecture at the Eighth National Project Management
Congress, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, April 13-14, 2007.
“Synchronized Visualization
of Construction Operations and Work Schedules.”
Invited lecture at the Chamber of Architects, Izmir, Turkey, March 28,
2007.
“Business Failures
in the Construction Industry.” Invited
lecture at Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey, March 14, 2007.
“Dispute
Resolution Methods.” Invited lecture at
Istanbul Technical Univertsity, Istanbul, Turkey, March 6, 2007.
“Predicting the
Outcome of Construction Litigation”.
Invited lecture at Kyungpook University, DaeGu, Korea, January 11, 2007.
“Predicting the
Outcome of Construction Litigation”. Invited
lecture at the Korean Institute of Construction Engineering and Management also
sponsored by Chung Ang University, Seoul, Korea, January 9, 2007.
“Artificial Intelligence in Predicting the
Outcome of Construction Litigation”. Invited keynote lecture at the Tenth East Asia-Pacific Conference
on Structural Engineering and Construction, Bangkok, Thailand, 3-5 August 2006.
“Graduate Education in Construction Engineering
and Management”. Presentation at the
“Predicting the Outcome of Construction
Litigation,” Invited keynote lecture at the Fifth International Conference on
Advances in Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, September 26, 2002.
"Professional Construction
Management," Presentation at Bradley and Bradley, Rockford, IL, October
23, 2001.
"Recent Research in Construction
Management," Presentation at Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Chicago, IL,
January 11, 2001.
"Construction Engineering and Management
in the US". Lecture delivered at
"Infrastructure Engineering and Management".
Lecture delivered at Consoer Townsend Envirodyne, Chicago, IL, December 9,
1997.
"Infrastructure Engineering and
Management". Lecture delivered at the Civil Infrastructure Repair and
Rehabilitation Symposium at IIT, Chicago, IL, October 27, 1997.
"The Construction Management Project
Delivery System", "Incentive/Disincentive Clauses in Construction
Contracts", "Expert System Applications in Construction Management".
A series of three lectures as part of a full-day seminar on "Recent
Developments in Construction Management" at Petra Christian University,
Surabaya, Indonesia, November 28, 1996.
"Expert Systems in Construction
Management". Half-day Seminar, Tarumanagara University, Jakarta, Indonesia,
November 25, 1996.
"Time-Related Claims Assessment Using
Network Analysis". One-day short course, University of Hong Kong, School
of Professional and Continuing Education, Hong Kong, December 16, 1994.
"Construction Management and Property Development".
Tutorial, University of Hong Kong, Department of Surveying, Hong Kong, December
20, 1994.
"Productivity Improvement in the
Construction Industry - Results of a Recent Survey". Seminar, University
of Hong Kong, Department of Surveying, December 17, 1994.
"An Integrated System for Evaluating
Time-Based Construction Disputes". Lecture delivered at the
Chicago-Midwest Section meeting of the American Association of Cost Engineers, Chicago,
IL, November 1993.
"The PCM Project Delivery System",
"Estimating System Selection Expert". A series of two lectures
delivered at University of Tokyo, Japan, August 1, 1991.
"Recent Developments in Contracting
Practices - The Emergence of the 'Professional Construction Management' Project
Delivery System", "Recent Developments in Expert System Applications
in Construction Management - ESSEX, CASSEX, and MODA". A series of two
lectures delivered at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, April 17-21, 1991.
"The 'Professional Construction
Management' Project Delivery System". Lecture delivered at Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment and Faculty of Civil
Engineering, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, April 2, 1991.
"Computerized Project Management".
Lecture delivered at Asian Institute of Technology, School of Management and
Division of Industrial Engineering and Management, Bangkok, Thailand, March 8,
1991.
"Construction Management in Civil
Engineering Education", "Modern Methods in Construction
Management", "State-of-the-art Project Management Software
Packages", "A New Project Delivery System - Professional Construction
Management", "Construction Management - Contractual Relationships
Functions, Liabilities, and Education", "The Construction Management
Project Delivery System - Its Potential Application in the Turkish Construction
Industry". A series of six lectures delivered at Bosporus, Middle East
Technical, Gazi, 9th September, and Istanbul Technical Universities as part of
a UN assignment, May-June 1988.
"State-of-the-art in Construction
Management Research", "Management of Projects with Repetitive
Activities", "Network Analysis in Construction Projects",
"Project Management with Modern Techniques". A series of four
lectures delivered at Black Sea University and the Construction Research
Institute of the Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council, as part of
a UN assignment, June-July 1987.
"Education in Construction
Management". Lecture delivered at the Chicago-Midwest Section of the
American Association of Cost Engineers, Chicago, IL, March 1987.
"Construction Management - A New Project
Delivery System". Lecture delivered at the Northern Illinois Chapter of the
Construction Specifications Institute, Chicago, IL, January 1987.
"Computer Assisted Construction
Management". Opening and closing lectures at the Third Annual Construction
Forum of the Construction Management Association of America, Chicago IL, June
1986.
"Diffusion of Network Techniques in the
Construction Industry". Lecture delivered at the Chicago-Midwest Section
meeting of the American Association of Cost Engineers, Chicago, IL, March 1984.
"Improving Construction
Productivity". Lecture delivered at the Center for Building Studies,
Montreal, Canada, December 1983.
"Network Planning in the Construction Industry".
Lecture delivered at the Chicago Met Chapter meeting of the International
Association of Project Planners and Schedulers, Chicago, IL, November 1983.
"Planning and Scheduling with Network
Analysis - Technical, Organizational, and Behavioral Problems in Network
Applications". Lecture delivered at a short course on Managing the Construction
Process, Chicago, IL, March 1982.
"Safety Performance in the Construction
Industry". Lecture delivered at the Academy of Engineering and
Architecture, Eskisehir, Turkey, June 1981.
"Factors that Affect Success in Network
Applications in the Construction Industry". Lecture delivered at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, October 1980.
"Network Planning and Scheduling in
Construction". Lecture delivered at the Turkish Chamber of Civil
Engineers, Ankara, Turkey, 1979.
