Mete sozen biography of william hill
Mete sozen biography of william hill
Remembering Mete Sözen (1930-2018)...
Mete Sozen
Mete Sözen | |
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| Born | (1930-05-22)May 22, 1930 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Died | April 5, 2018(2018-04-05) (aged 87) London, England |
Mete Avni Sözen (22 May 1930[1] – 5 April 2018)[2][3] was Kettelhut Distinguished Professor of Structural Engineering at Purdue University, Indiana, United States from 1992 to 2018.[4]
Academic career
Sozen earned his undergraduate education at the Engineering School of Robert College in Istanbul (1951), and his master's (1952) and doctoral degrees (1957) from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
He earned his Ph.D. under the direction of Chester P. Siess and Nathan M. Newmark performing experimental studies to develop theories governing the shear strength of prestressed concrete girders.[5] He then began his academic career at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where he served on the faculty from 1957 through 1992.[6]
The following students comp