​​​​Dr. Isik Ates Kiral​

Short Bio

Dr. Kıral completed his Ph.D. in the Civil Engineering program at Boğaziçi University and has been actively engaged in academic activities for approximately eleven years. He obtained his master’s degree in the Construction Project Management program at the University of Manchester. In his master’s thesis, he evaluated the suitability of risk identification techniques throughout the lifecycle of construction projects at the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Manchester. Subsequently, in his Ph.D. dissertation, he developed a model to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual construction safety training tools, employing innovative data analysis methods such as eye-tracking metrics. In this context, he has specialized in key areas of Construction Project Management, including Risk Management, Project Planning and Control, Organizational Development, Contract Management, and Occupational Health and Safety. He has published five SCI-E, one ESCI, one TR Dizin, and one other indexed journal articles; eleven international and one national conference proceedings; four international books; and one book chapter. In addition to his academic career, he worked as a planning engineer at ENKA, where he enhanced his tacit knowledge in the industry and specialized in planning using Primavera and MS Project. Throughout his twelve-year professional career, he has served as a project assistant in two Scientific Research Projects (BAP), a developer in his own project, a research assistant at Boğaziçi University for five years, a visiting assistant professor at Altınbaş University for one year, and an assistant professor at Istinye University for three and a half years. He also held administrative positions at Istinye University, including Vice Dean and Head of the Civil Engineering Department. Based on his academic and industry experience in the construction sector, he has expertise in analyzing construction risks, developing games, designing occupational health and safety training, developing serious game-based training methods, measuring and evaluating the peripheral vision of construction workers, analyzing critical factors affecting occupational health and safety ergonomics, creating work schedules, analyzing building costs, conducting earned value analysis, preparing construction-specific contracts, and supporting organizational and people-oriented development, among other areas of construction project management. Currently, he serves as an Assistant Professor and Head of the Construction Management Division at Bursa Technical University and as a visiting lecturer at Istanbul Medipol University.

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