Bio & Expertise

Dr. Kocak's research covers a wide range of areas within the Civil & Environmental Engineering discipline. His research mainly focuses on geotechnical, structural, transportation, and material science. He has been actively working on research projects with colleagues from industry, academia, and government. He recently secured over a million dollars in funding for the development of extraterrestrial construction materials and methods with NASA-KSC. Some of his research interests are;


  • Material modification and characterization
  • Analytical and numerical modeling
  • Extraterrestrial construction materials and methods
  • Additive manufacturing in construction
  • Sustainable construction materials and methods (RAP, RAS, RC, CR, GTR, DVR, etc.)
  • Pavement design, analysis, and modeling
  • Destructive and non-destructive material evaluation techniques
  • Statistical techniques in modeling material performance
  • Spatio-Temporal clustering analysis
  • Waste management techniques

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Organizational Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Education

Civil Engineering
2013–2016, Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University (United States, East Lansing) - MSU

Focus: Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering

Civil Engineering
2009–2011, Master of Science (MSc, MSc, MSci, MSi, ScM, MS, MSHS, MS, Mag, Mg, Mgr, SM, or SM), Michigan State University (United States, East Lansing) - MSU

Focus: Geotechnical and Materials Engineering