Serhan Guner

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Serhan Guner

serhan.guner@utoledo.edu

White/ caucasian

Dr. Guner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Toledo, Ohio, and an Adjunct Professor at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Toronto, Canada. Subsequent five years, he worked as a consulting engineer in Toronto with a focus on industrial, energy and telecommunication structures and their foundations. During this time, he was awarded the Carson Innovation Award for his retrofit design of a foundation system supporting a dynamic equipment. Subsequent two years, Dr. Guner worked as an Assistant Professor at Ryerson University. During this time, he was awarded a five-year Discovery Grant by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for his research program on structural response under extreme loads. Since 2015, Dr. Guner is a faculty member at the University of Toledo. His current research program focuses on characterizing the response of structures, structure-foundation connections, deep members, anchors, bridge components, and disturbed regions for extreme load resilience. In 2018, he received the ASCE ExCellence in Civil Engineering EDucation (ExCEEd) Fellowship. He has published more than 35 technical papers and advised more than 25 research students. He is currently serving in five national committees including ACI-ASCE Committee 447 (Finite Element Analysis), Committee 370 (Impact and Blast Load Effects), Committee 123 (Research and Current Developments), DFI Helical Piles and Tiebacks Committee. Dr. Guner is a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada.