Educational Background

2017 Ph.D. - Ocean Engineering Research Center, Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Dissertation: Advanced Two- and Three-Dimensional Tsunami Models: Benchmarking and Validation.

2012 M.Sc. - Hydromechanics Laboratory, Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Thesis: Effects of Different Bed Roughness on the Characteristics of Hydraulic Jumps.

2009 B.S. - Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey.

Professional Experience

2021-current: Assistant Professor, Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences, Florida Tech, Florida, USA

2019-2021: Postdoctoral Associate, Civil Engineering, SUNY/Stony Brook University, New York, USA

2017–2019: Visiting Scholar, Civil Engineering, SUNY/Stony Brook University, New York, USA

2012–2017: Graduate Research Assistant, Water Resources Laboratory, Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

2009–2012: Graduate Research Assistant, Hydromechanics Laboratory, Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Current Courses

OCE 4525 Coastal Engineering Structures

OCE 4522 Coastal Engineering Processes and Shoreline Design

OCE 5525 Coastal Processes and Engineering

OCE 5903 Theory of Ocean Surface Waves

OCE 5570 Marine Hydrodynamics and Wave Theory

OCE 4563 Port and Harbor Design

OCE 5563 Port and Harbor Engineering

Selected Publications

Barooni, M., Ashuri, T., Velioglu Sogut, D., Wood, S., & Ghaderpour Taleghani, S. (2023). Floating Offshore Wind Turbines: Current Status and Future Prospect. Energies, 16(1), 2.

Sogut, E., Velioglu Sogut, D., & Farhadzadeh, A. (2022). Experimental study of bed evolution around a non-slender square structure under combined solitary wave and steady current actions. Ocean Engineering, 266, 112792.

Barooni, M., Nezhad, S. K., Ali, N. A., Ashuri, T., & Velioglu Sogut, D. (2022). Numerical study of ice-induced loads and dynamic response analysis for floating offshore wind turbines. Marine Structures, 86, 103300.

Sogut, E., Velioglu Sogut, D. & Farhadzadeh, A. (2021). A comparative study of interaction of random waves with a cluster of structures on a berm with RANS and LES models. Coastal Engineering, 103941.

Velioglu Sogut, D., Sogut, E. & Farhadzadeh, A. (2021). Interaction of a solitary wave with an array of macro-roughness elements in the presence of steady currents. Coastal Engineering, 164, 103829.

Sogut, E., Velioglu Sogut, D. & Farhadzadeh, A. (2020). Overland Wave Propagation and Load Distribution among Arrays of Elevated Beachfront Structures. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 146(4), 04020016.

Sogut, E., Velioglu Sogut, D. & Farhadzadeh, A. (2019). Effects of building arrangement on flow and pressure fields generated by a solitary wave interacting with developed coasts. Advances in Water Resources, 134, 103450.

Velioglu Sogut, D., Jensen, R. E. & Farhadzadeh, A. (2019). Characterizing Lake Ontario Marine Renewable Energy Resources. Marine Technology Society Journal, 53(2), 21-37.

Arabi, M. G., Velioglu Sogut, D., Khosronejad, A., Yalciner, A. C. & Farhadzadeh, A. (2019). A numerical and experimental study of local hydrodynamics due to interactions between a solitary wave and an impervious structure. Coastal Engineering, 147, 43-62.

Velioglu Sogut, D. & Yalciner, A. C. (2019). Performance Comparison of NAMI DANCE and FLOW-3D^® Models in Tsunami Propagation, Inundation and Currents using NTHMP Benchmark Problems. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 176(7), 3115-3153.

Velioglu Sogut, D., Farhadzadeh, A. & Jensen, R. E. (2018). Characterizing the Great Lakes marine renewable energy resources: Lake Michigan surge and wave characteristics. Energy, 150, 781-796. 781-796.

Lynett, P. J., Gately, K., ..., Velioglu, D., Yalciner, A. C., Yamazaki, Y., Zaytsev, A. & Zhang, Y. J. (2017). Inter-model analysis of tsunami-induced coastal currents. Ocean Modelling, 114, 14-32.

Kian, R., Velioglu, D., Yalciner, A. C. & Zaytsev, A. (2016). Effects of harbor shape on the induced sedimentation; L-type basin. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 4(3), 55.

Velioglu, D., Kian, R., Yalciner, A. C. & Zaytsev, A. (2016). Performance assessment of NAMI DANCE in tsunami evolution and currents using a benchmark problem. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 4(3), 49.

Recognition & Awards

Research

Dr. Velioglu Sogut's research interests are diverse and they span from dynamics of tsunamis to wave energy. Of the various subjects, she is interested in broad interdisciplinary areas including the coastal risk mitigation, and nature-based solutions. She has invaluable research experience on the safest positioning and elevation of the buildings located in the coastal areas and how to reduce the damage caused by the storm impact. She intends to continue her research on the coastal disaster patterns and developing environmentally friendly solutions for the mitigation strategies.

Past and current projects include:

• Solitary wave induced non-equilibrium scour around non-slender, vertical, emerging structures of square cross-section on a sandy berm: identification of scouring and sediment deposits induced by transient flow via laboratory experiments and high-fidelity numerical modeling

• Safest positioning and elevation of idealized beachfront structures under combined solitary wave and current effect during a possible storm: experimental and numerical approaches to provide an agenda for prospective homeowners, builders, urban planners, and policy makers

• A critical first step in the development of efficient methods to harness the energy sources in the Great Lakes: a method similar to those used in tidal lagoons to harness surge, seiche and wave energy in the Great Lakes that could potentially provide significant amount of electricity

• Shortcomings of 2D depth-averaged nonlinear shallow water (NSW) models and performance evaluation of 3D Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (3D-RANS) models in regards to tsunami motion and flooding parameters through comparisons of model predictions against analytical, experimental and field benchmark data