Assoc. Prof. ONUR PEKCAN

Academic Positions

2020 - Continues Associate Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
2018 - 2020 Assistant Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
2013 - 2018 Assistant Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
2011 - 2013 Lecturer

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

Managerial Experience

2012 - 2018 Bölüm Başkan Danışmanı

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

Supervised Theses

Detection of Tilted Electricity Poles Using Image Processing and Computer Vision Techniques

Pekcan O. (Advisor)

E.KARAALİ(Student), Postgraduate, 2023
Automated earthwork progress monitoring for construction projects

Pekcan O. (Advisor)

A.BAHADDİN(Student), Doctorate, 2023
Development of a marker-based displacement tracking technique for tensile testing of geosynthetics using computer vision

Pekcan O. (Advisor)

M.TÜRKEZER(Student), Postgraduate, 2023
Performance evaluation of a ground motion model applicable to hard rock site conditions for Turkey

Pekcan O., Gülerce Z. (Co-Advisor)

O.KANUN(Student), Postgraduate, 2023
Rigid pavement crack detection utilizing generative adversarial networks

Pekcan O. (Advisor)

T.WAMBUI(Student), Postgraduate, 2023
INVESTIGATING STRENGTH AND DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF MICROBIALLY INDUCED CALCITE PRECIPITATION TREATED LOOSE SAND

Pekcan O. (Advisor)

E.DUMAN(Student), Postgraduate, 2020
Prediction of Water Retention Curves Using Neural Networks

Pekcan O. (Co-Advisor), Toker N. K.

M.TÜRKMEN(Student), Postgraduate, 2020
REAL-TIME SIMULATION OF SOIL–TOOL INTERACTION USING ADVANCED SOIL MODELS

Pekcan O. (Advisor)

M.GÜRBÜZ(Student), Postgraduate, 2019
Performance of Short Anchors Inside the Failure Wedge

Pekcan O. (Advisor)

B.DEMİR(Student), Postgraduate, 2019
Improving Deformation Characteristics of Sand Soils Using Bio-improvement Methods

Pekcan O. (Advisor)

M.TUNALI(Student), Postgraduate, 2019
Metaheuristic Based Soil Parameter Identification In Deep Excavations

Pekcan O. (Advisor)

A.AKGÜL(Student), Postgraduate, 2019
Metaheuristic based backcalculation of rock mass parameters around tunnels

PEKCAN O. (Advisor)

G.GEDİK(Student), Postgraduate, 2018
Integrated limit equilibrium method for slope stability analysis

PEKCAN O. (Advisor)

Y.YALÇIN(Student), Postgraduate, 2018
Application of recent optimization algorithms on slope stability problems

PEKCAN O. (Advisor)

S.AZIZI(Student), Postgraduate, 2018
An experimental investigation for improvement of sands using microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation

PEKCAN O. (Advisor)

Y.EMRE(Student), Postgraduate, 2016
Unmanned aerial vehicle based visualization of deep excavations using game engines

PEKCAN O. (Advisor)

T.TEKE(Student), Postgraduate, 2016
Development of UAV-based pavement crack identification system using artificial intelligence

PEKCAN O. (Advisor)

A.BAHADDİN(Student), Postgraduate, 2016
Estimating swelling characteristics of clays using methylene blue test: A machine learning approach

ÇOKÇA E. (Co-Advisor), PEKCAN O. (Co-Advisor)

G.DİDEM(Student), Postgraduate, 2014
Backcalculation of pavement layer properties using artificial neural network based gravitational search algorithm /

PEKCAN O. (Advisor)

A.ÖCAL(Student), Postgraduate, 2014
Estimating swelling characteristics of clays using methylene blue test - a machine learning approach /

PEKCAN O. (Co-Advisor), ÇOKÇA E. (Co-Advisor)

G.Didem(Student), Postgraduate, 2014

Academic and Administrative Experience

2020 - Continues Associate Professor

2018 - 2020 Assistant Professor

2013 - 2018 Assistant Professor

2011 - 2013 Lecturer

2012 - 2018 Bölüm Başkan Danışmanı