Prof. Dr. Mustafa M. Aral
About the Speaker: Dr. Aral received his BS degree in 1967 from Civil Eng. Dept. at Middle East Tech. Univ. (METU), Ankara, Türkiye, His MS (1969) and PhD. degrees (1971) are from Civil and Env. Eng. Dept. at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Upon completion of his graduate studies, he joined the faculty of Mathematics Dept. at METU as an Assistant Professor. During his tenure at METU he established the Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis division at the department; he was the Assistant Chairman of the Department for four years and served as Adjunct faculty at Marine Sciences (Mersin, METU) and Computer Sciences Departments. In 1977 he received his Doçent appointment from the Central University System of Türkiye in the field of Applied Mathematics and was appointed as Associate Professor at the Mathematics Department. In 1979 he was invited back to Georgia Institute of Technology where he served until 2018 as Professor and the Director of MESL Research Center which he established in 1993. In 2018 he was appointed as Professor Emeritus at Georgia Tech. During his career Dr. Aral has published over 200 technical publications in peer reviewed journals, five books, ten book chapters, over 300 hundred conference papers and numerous technical reports. He served as the Chair of several International Conferences. Among these the most noteworthy activities are the NATO Advanced Study Institute that he organized in Antalya, Türkiye in 1995; Env. Exposure and Health Conf. that was held in Atlanta, GA, USA in 2005; and he was the Tech. Chair of the ASCE/EWRI IPWE 2013 Int. Conf. that was held in Izmir, Türkiye in January 7‐9, 2013. During 2009 he established the International Journal on “Water Quality, Exposure and Health” published by Springer Publishers. He was the Editor‐in‐ Chief of this journal during 2009 ‐ 2014. He is also on the Editorial Board of several technical journals and serves as a consultant and reviewer to European Framework programs. During his career he received twenty‐eight honor citations from scientific organizations. Among these the most noteworthy national (USA) and international recognitions are Cuming Medal (2000); American Academy of Environmental Engineers Best Env. Health Research Awards (2003 and 2006); CDC Excellence in Applied Env. Health Research (2006); ASCE/EWRI James R. Croes Medal (2011); Dr. Aral is a Past‐President of the American Institute of Hydrology, a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Dr. Aral served as the PhD advisor to 25 students who are now in academic and consulting fields in several countries around the world including Türkiye.
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