The 7th International Conference on Advances in Civil and Ecological Engineering Research (ACEER 2025)

Biography: Dr. Atilla Ansal received his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Northwestern University, USA in 1977. He was promoted to full Professorship in 1988 in Istanbul Technical University, moved to Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute of Bogaziçi University in 2002. Since March 2012, he is professor in the Civil Engineering Department of Ozyegin University.
He served as the Secretary General of European Association for Earthquake Engineering during 1994-2014 and President during 2014-2018, Vice President during 2018-2022 and currently Honorary Member of EAEE. He also served as Co-Chairman of ISSMFE Technical Committee TC4 on “Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering between 2005 – 2009.
He has been the Editor in Chief of the Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering and the book series on “Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering” by Springer since 2002. He worked as visiting scholar in Tokyo University, Japan, in LNEC, Portugal, in University College, UK, University of Napoli, Italy, and USGS Menlo Park, USA.
He served as the President of the Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers during 1998-2000 and Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 2014 Second European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology held in Istanbul.
He was selected for the Prof. Ambraseys Lecture Award by EAEE for the year of 2024, 15th Nonveiller Lecture Award for the year of 2017 by Croatian Geotechnical Society, Zagrep, Croatia, Third Prof.Dr. Rıfat Yarar Lecture Award for 2015 by Chamber of Turkish Civil Engineers and Earthquake Engineering Committee of Turkish Earthquake Foundation, and Third Ord.Prof.Dr. Hamdi Peynircioglu Lecture Award for 1988 by the Turkish National Committee on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
His main areas of interest are microzonation methodologies, site response analysis, effects of geotechnical factors on earthquake damage, liquefaction, cyclic behaviour of clays and sands, constitutive soil models. He published large number of papers in conferences and engineering journals.