Ismail Haltas, Ph.D.
Biography
Ismail Haltas, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, graduated from Middle East Technical University Ankara with a B.S. degree in civil engineering. He graduated from the University of California Davis with M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil and environmental engineering in 2004 and 2006, respectively. After working as a Water Resources Engineer in Sacramento, California, for four years, he started teaching in the Civil Engineering Department of Zirve University in Turkey. During his five-year tenure at Zirve University, he conducted several research projects funded by National Research Agencies, as well as taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses.
Before joining King’s College, Dr. Haltas held a Senior Research Fellow post at Cranfield University, England, for two years. He has had a Professional Engineer License in Civil Engineering in California since 2010. His expertise and research focus are flood hazard and risk modeling, scaling in hydraulic and hydrologic processes, and agent-based modeling of complex systems. He mainly teaches courses such as fluid mechanics, dynamics, hydraulics and hydrology, probability and statistics, and water resources engineering.
Education
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B.S., Civil Engineering, METU
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M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis
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Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis
Publications and Presentations
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Estimating Extreme High Still Water Levels in North San Francisco Bay: Comparison of Annual Maxima Method with Direct and Indirect Methods, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, Vol 148. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000679, 2021
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A Comprehensive Flood Event Specification and Inventory: 1930-2020 Turkey Case Study, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 56, 102086. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102086, 2021
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Anaerobic Digestion of food waste: Eliciting sustainable water-energy-food nexus practices with Agent Based Modelling and visual analytics, Journal of Cleaner Production 255, 120060, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120060, 2020
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Modelling the diffusion and operation of anaerobic digestions in Great Britain under future scenarios within the scope of water-energy-food nexus., Journal of Cleaner Production 253, 119897, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119897, 2020
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Reducing industrial energy demand in the UK: A review of energy efficiency technologies and energy saving potential in the selected sectors, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.06.040., 2018
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Engaging stakeholders in research to address water-energy-food (WEF) nexus challenges.” Sustainability Science, DOI: 10.1007/s11625-018-0552-7, 2018
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Numerical Simulation of Flood Wave Propagation in Two-Dimensions in Densely Populated Urban Areas due to Dam Break.” Water Resources Management, DOI: 10.1007/s11269-016-1344-4, 2016
Awards and Designations
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Associate Fellow UK HEA, 2018