Background
Acar, Yalcin Bekir was born on July 7, 1951 in Ankara, Turkey. Son of Mahmut Bedri and Serife Bedriye Acar. arrived in the United States, l980, naturalized.
educator technology executive civil engineer
Acar, Yalcin Bekir was born on July 7, 1951 in Ankara, Turkey. Son of Mahmut Bedri and Serife Bedriye Acar. arrived in the United States, l980, naturalized.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, 1973. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 1980.
Assistant site engineer, Companie Industriel et Travaux Emile Blaton, Brussels, l970, 72; research assistant department сivil engineering, Bogazici U., l973-75; research associate Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Bogazici U., l975-77; research engineer department civil engring-Earthquake Engineering Institute, Bogazici U., l977-80; research engineer, Fugro postdoctoral fellow department сivil engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, l980-8l; assistant professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, l98l-86; associate professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1986-1992; professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, since 1992; senior research scientist, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, 1993. Presenter in field, conductor seminars. Member commission on physiochem. phenomena in soils Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, l989-.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (publications committee 1988, environmental geotechnics committee 1989), American Society for Testing and Materials (committee on soil and rock), American Institute of Chemical Engineers, United States National Society International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (committee on environmental geotechnics), Association Drilled Shaft Contractors, International Geotextile Society, Masons, Sigma Xi.