
Velioglu Sogut, Deniz

Deniz Velioglu Sogut
Assistant Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences
Contact Information
Personal Overview
Dr. Deniz Velioglu Sogut is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences (OEMS) at Florida Tech. After receiving her B.S. from the Department of Civil Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey in 2009, Dr. Deniz Velioglu Sogut decided on a career path towards water and water-related hazards. She carried out her M.Sc. study in the Hydraulics Laboratory (HL) in the Department of Civil Engineering at METU and graduated in 2012. She was awarded a scholarship in the scope of Hydropower Engineering Program during her M.Sc. where she investigated ways to optimize the length of stilling basins of concrete dams for cost-efficient and sustainable designs. During her Ph.D. at the Ocean Engineering Research Center (OERC) at METU, she focused on the development and improvement of two- and three-dimensional tsunami inundation models. After earning her Ph.D. in 2017, she moved to the U.S. and began her postdoctoral studies in the Department of Civil Engineering at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY at Stony Brook).
Dr. Deniz Velioglu Sogut's research interests span tsunami generation, amplification and inundation, numerical and physical modeling of wave-structure interactions, nearshore coastal processes, wave energy, and assessment of coastal flood risk in urbanized environments due to storm surge and extreme waves. Her research provides valuable information for prospective homeowners, builders, urban planners, and policy makers by enabling them to ensure the structural integrity of buildings in coastal regions.
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
2021 |
FLOW-3D Free Academic License to Faculty Members |
Flow Sciences Inc., Flow Science Academic Program |
2015 |
General Student Travel Grant | American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
2009 to 2011 |
Hydropower Engineering Masters Research Scholarship | Middle East Technical University Development Foundation |
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
EXPERTISE
Fluid Mechanics |
Tsunami |
Computational Fluid Dynamics |
Storm Surge |
Wave Hydrodynamics |
Wave Energy |
Wave-Structure Interaction |
Coastal Hazard Assessment |
Wave-Current Interaction |
Open Channel Hydraulics |
Coastal Hydrodynamics |
Water Resources |
Coastal Morphodynamics |
Data Analysis and Processing |