Background
Sozen, Mete Avni was born on May 22, 1930 in Turkey.
Sozen, Mete Avni was born on May 22, 1930 in Turkey.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Roberts College, Turkey, 1951. Master of Civil Engineering, University Illinois, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, University Illinois, 1957.
Doctorate (honorary), Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1988. Doctorate (honorary), Janus Pannonius University, Pecs, Hungary, 1998. Doctorate (honorary), Georgian Technology University, Tblisi, 2005.
Junior engineer Kaiser Engineers, Oakland, California, 1952. Structural engineer Hardesty and Hanover, New York City, 1953. Research assistant civil engineering University Illinois, Urbana, 1953-1955, research associate, 1955-1957, assistant professor civil engineering, 1957-1959, associate professor, 1959-1963, professor, 1963-1994, Purdue University, since 1994.
Consultant problems related to earthquake-resistant construction VA, various firms Europe, South America, United States, United Nations Educational, United Nations Development Programs. Consultant criteria for mass housing projects Puerto Rico. Advisory committee structural safety VA, research project National Science Foundation, Applied Technology Council, Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories.
Chief investigator various National Science Foundation contracts and grants.
Member National Academy of Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (honorary, Research prize 1963, Raymond C. Reese award 1971, 94, Moiseiff award 1972, Howard award 1987, Raymond C. Reese Research award 1994), American Concrete Institute (Kelly award 1975, Bloem award 1985, Lindau award 1993), American Arbitration Association (national panel) Seismological Society of America, Swedish Royal Academy Engineering.
Married Joan Bates; children: Timothy, Adria, Ayshe.