Name : Mehmet Cemal Acar Date of Birth : Jully 08, 1965 Place of

CURRICULUM VITAE
MEHMET CEMAL ACAR, PH.D.
Name
: Mehmet Cemal Acar
Date of Birth
: Jully 08, 1965
Place of Birth
: Sivas, TURKEY
E-mail
: acarc@erciyes.edu.tr ; cemalacar@gmail.com
GSM ,Office Phone : (533) 381 35 41, (352) 207 66 00 (Dahili) 40715
Fax
: +90-352 437 52 67
Current Address
: Erenköy Mah. Ardıçtepe Cad. Billur Evler Sitesi
No:7/14 38050 Melikgazi/KAYSERİ
Language :English (Fluent in reading, writing and speaking), German (Beginner) and
Turkish (Native) KPDS 79/100 (Examination of Foreign Language Proficiency of State Employees in Turkey; in a way, similar
to TOEFL)
EDUCATION:
Middle East Technical University (METU)
1984-1990-February B.S. in Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering Graduation Project: Seismic Analysis and Design of a 10-story Hotel building
Supervisor: Prof. Dr.Erhan KARAESMEN
Erciyes University (ERU)
1996 – 1998 M.S. in Department of Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering)
• Supervisor: Asst.Prof.Dr. Hacı Bekir KARA
• Thesis: Utilization of Kayseri Zinc-Lead Metal Industry Inc's Waste Materials For Soil
Stabilization
Sakarya University (SAUN)
2004 – 2011 Ph.D. in Civil, Structural and Env. Eng. (Geotechnical Engineering)
• Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Zeki GÜNDÜZ
• Dissertation: Geotechnical Properties of Kayseri Tuffs and Modeled With Artifıcial
Intelligence Technique
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Organization
SİSTEM
PROJE MÜH
LTD ŞTİ
Position
Description
Start
End
Structural
Analysis
Engineer
Making structural analysis of more than 10 residential
projects and also having responsibility for technical
implementation of them
1990
1990
IGL-STFA
JOINT
VENTURE
Site Engineer
KINALI-SAKARYA MOTORWAY (including 2nd
Bosphorus Bridge) Constructions. Sewerage and storm water
drainage plans and details, misc. pipe crossing, box culverts,
over and under passes projects, retaining walls, bridge pier
foundations and anchorage blocks formwork and RC projects.
1990
1991
BOLTON
UNIVERSITY
Guest
Instructor
YOK / World Bank II. Industrial Training Project. Training
Program for Instructors through the Center for International
Education at Bolton University Bolton/United Kingdom. (for
nine months)
1991
1992
ERCİYES
UNIVERSITY
Instructor and
Instructor Dr.
Educational and practical expertise in the construction and
geotechnical Courses and laboratory in Vocational collage.
1992
2011
ERCİYES
UNIVERSITY
Asst. Prof. Dr.
University Management Positions:Head of The Construction
Department of Kayseri Vocational collage. Geotechnical
Engineering courses in the Ms Program of Civil Engineering
2011
2014
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University Courses Developed and Taught at Erciyes University
 INS522 Excavation and support systems,
 INS523 Geotechnical measurements and exploration
 INS MAT101 Mathematic-I and II
 INS ZEM101 Soil Mechanics I and II
 INS MKM 201Strengt of Materials
 INS MYD 201 Professional Technical Foreign language (English)
 INS TPG 201 Surveying
 INS SAT 101 System Analysis and Design
Continuing Education Center at Erciyes University
Occupational health and safety courses about,
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Commercial Building and Plugins (İşyeri Bina ve Eklentileri İSG)
Occupational health and safety During the working in high places (Yüksekte
Çalışmalarda İSG)
Occupational Health and Safety in the Construction Workplaces (İnşaat İşyerlerinde İSG)
RESEARCH AREA OF INTEREST:
Geotechnical Engineering, Retaining Walls and Deep Excavations, In-situ and Laboratory
Testing, Liquefaction behavior, Foundation Engineering, Ground Improvement Techniques,
Dewatering in Deep Excavations, Geotechnical Instrumentations, Computer Applications in
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Ph.D. Research Project (supported by FBD-10-3035 Erciyes University Research Fund)
Title: Geotechnical Properties of Kayseri Tuffs
Important Geoenvironmental Engineering Consultancy
1. Soil Investigation for construction of biological wastewater treatment plant in Kayseri
Organized Industrial Free Zone and Geotechnical Consultancy. (Kayseri Organize sanayi
Serbest bölgesi Biyolojik Atıksu arıtma tesisi)
2. Geotechnical investigation and Geotechnical Consultancy of approximately 50,000 m2
factory building in the field of Kayseri Organized Industrial Free Zone in Kayseri belongs to
BRN Bed Company (BRN Yataklarına ait, Ankara yolu 15. km Kayseri Serbest Bölge)
3. Geotechnical consulting of the hotel building in Kayseri Province in town of Melikgazi in
district of Keykubat (Otel inşaatın 419 pafta, 3076 ada, 298 parselindeki şahıs arazisi)
4. Soil investigation and Geotechnical Consultancy of Kayseri SS cooperative of Furnisher’s
small industrial site in the area of 1,200,000 m2. (Kayseri S.S. Mobilyacılar Sitesi)
5. Large number of soil analysis and reports of many firms (sieve analysis, the uniaxial
compression test, triaxial compression test, specific gravity test, the field unit weight tests,
Proctor tests, hydrometer tests, direct shear box test, consolidation test) [Çok sayıda firmaya
ait zemin analizler raporlarları]
Important Geotechnical And Ground Improvement Consultancy
1.Soil improvement project of construction of a biological wastewater treatment plant in
Kayseri Organized Industrial Free Zone (Kayseri Org. San. Serbest Bölgesi Biyo. Atıksu arıtma
tesisi)
2. Soil remediation of Approximately 50000 m2 of the factory building area of the
Kayseri Free Zone belongs to BRN-Bed Company (BRN MATTRESS & COMPONENTS CO
LTD Office – Factory Kayseri Serbest Bölgesi Kayseri Ankara Karayolu 15. Km Ambar Mevkii
No:467 KAYSERİ / TÜRKİYE )
3. Improvement Project of the Hotel construction area in Kayseri Province (419 pafta, 3076
ada, 298 parselinde)
4. Remediation of the foundation of Kayseri SS cooperative Furnisher’s factories with
geotextile and jet grouting of belongs to a small industrial site in 1,200,000 m2 area
(Kayseri S.S. Erciyes Küçük sanayi sitesi kooperatifinin yaptıracağı Mobilyacılar Sitesi)
PUBLICATIONS:
Journals: (Journals that are indexed by SCI)
1. New approaches to determine the ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations based
on artificial neural networks ant ant colony optimization. Engineering Geology Vol.117,2011
Issues 1-2., Pages 29-38, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013795210002061
2. Predicting Elastic properties of Low strength Rocks by Using LS-SVM (Under review)
Engineering Geology
International Conference Papers:
1. Utilization Of KayseriZinc-Lead MetalIndustry Inc's. WasteMaterials For SoilStabilization
Advances in Civil Engineering 4th İnternational Congress (ACE2000) Vol1, pp 287,
http://www.emu.edu.tr/~ace2000/Abst.htm, 2000
2. The Effects of Freezing and Thawing Cycles on The P-wave Velocity and The Strength of
Tuffs. MERSEM'2012 8th International Marble and Natural Stone Congress. 2012
http://www.mersem.org/, 2012
3. Modulus of Elasticity Determination of Rocks Using Comressometer, Strain Gauge and Lvdt.
ACE 2014 11th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering. (Under review)
http://www.ace2014.org/en/, 2014
SOFTWARE & COMPUTER SKILLS
- Geotechnical softwares like, Slope, Stable, Geosoft, Geocal, Geopro, Bowles, etc.
- Finite Element Programs like SAP2000, SAFE, PLAXIS, CRISP, GGU-RETAIN etc.
- AutoCAD, Windows, Word-Excel-Powerpoint, Fortran and Visual Basic, etc.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:
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Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers, Turkey (IMO)
Middle East Technical University Alumni Association, Kayseri. Member and the
member of the Executive Board
Member,Turkish National Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS:
 A course of study during the period 8th November 1991 to 10th August 1992 in The
School of Civil Engineering at Bolton University-ENGLAND.
 Certificate of Competence in Computing (AUTOCAD) at at Bolton UniversityENGLAND
 Supervisor license in construction projects and applications authorized by Turkish
Ministry of Environment and Urbanism (T.C. Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı, Proje ve
uygulama Denetçi Belgesi) TURKEY
 Instructor license in Occupational health and safety courses authorized by Turkish
Ministry of labor and social security (T.C Çalışma ve sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı İSG
Eğitici belgesi) TURKEY
 CALCOMP Product Training Certificate
OTHER INTERESTS
Court Tennis, Football, Philosophy, History, playing instruments like the old Turkish saz
(Another Turkish name for this instrument is bağlama) and drums.

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