Ismail Sahin

İsmail Şahin

Yildiz Technical University
at Davutpasa Campus

Department of Civil Engineering

Transportation Division

34210 Esenler / İstanbul TURKEY

Tel: +90 (212) 383-5180

Fax: +90 (212) 259-6762

E-mail: sahin (at) yildiz.edu.tr

Current Position

January 2009 Associate Professor, Yildiz Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, Transportation Division.
October 1996 Assistant Professor, Yildiz Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, Transportation Division.

Education

Ph.D., 1987 - 1990 and 1994 - 1996
Transportation Program in Civil Engineering, Institute of Applied Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.
Thesis: A Decision Support System for Railway Traffic Control Based On Inter-Train Conflict Management.

M.Sc., 1985 - 1987
Transportation Program in Civil Engineering, Institute of Applied Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.
Thesis: A Deterministic Method for Railway Line Capacity Analysis.

B.Sc., 1980 - 1985
Department of Civil Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.
Project: Implementation of Railway Traffic Control Systems in Turkish State Railways (TCDD).

Scholarships, Prizes and Honors

Academic Encouragement Award, Yildiz Technical University , 2006.
Invitation to the TUBITAK Science, Technology and Innovation Projects Sharing Conference 2006, Ankara.
Publication Award, Turkish Road Association, Ankara, 2003. Paper: Analysis of the On-Ramps and the Capacity Utilization on Highway Sections Approaching to the Bosporus Bridge.
Academic Encouragement Award, Yildiz Technical University , 2000.
Publication Encouragement Award, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, Publication type: A1, 1999.
Science Encouragement Prize, Yildiz Technical University , 1999.
Graduate Paper Competition, Third Prize, Transportation Research Forum 37th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 1995. Paper: Railway Traffic Control Based On Inter-Train Conflict Management .
Distinguished Student at International Intermodal Expo’92, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 1992.
Four-Year Scholarship for Doctoral Research Abroad, 1990.
Turkish National Productivity Center Award, 1989.

Research Experience

1992 - 1994 Visiting Researcher.
Department of Civil Engineering and School of Business, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

1990 - 1992 Visiting Scholar.
Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

1985 - 1996 Research Assistant.
Transportation Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, Yildiz Technical University , Istanbul.

Courses (Teaching Experience)

2005 - Instructor.
Course: Probability Theory and Statistics in Transportation Engineering, Graduate, Institute of Applied Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.

2005 - Instructor.
Course: Traffic Flow Theory, Graduate, Institute of Applied Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.

2003 - Instructor.
Course: Seminar, Graduate, Institute of Applied Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.

2002 - Instructor.
Course: Systems Analysis in Civil Engineering , Undergraduate elective, Department of Civil Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.

2000 - Instructor.
Course: Railway Planning and Operation, Undergraduate elective, Department of Civil Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.

1999 - Instructor.
Course: Operations Research in Transportation, Graduate, Institute of Applied Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.

1998 - Instructor.
Course: Railway Engineering, Undergraduate mandatory, Department of Civil Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.

1996 - Instructor.
Course: Railway Design, Undergraduate elective, Department of Civil Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.

1993 Fall - Teaching Assistant.
Course: Solid Mechanics instructed by Prof. Dr. P.G. Raymond, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

1989 - Technical Training Seminars for Division Managers of Turkish State Railways, Adapazari.

1988 - 1990 - Instructor.
Course: Introduction to Computers and BASIC Programming, Yildiz Technical University , Istanbul.

1985 - 1996 - Teaching Assistant.
Courses: Various transportation engineering courses, Transportation Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.

Supervisor, 4th Year Civil Engineering Diploma Projects, Yildiz Technical University. Selected project titles (all in Turkish):

Investigation of Train Operating Systems in German Railways, 2005.
Analysis of Traffic Flows Approaching to Bosporus Bridge with Cumulative Vehicle Curves, 2003 (teamwork of 9 students).
A new Method for Analysis of Traffic Flows on Bosporus Bridge and O-1 Freeway (Europe-Asia Direction), 2003 (teamwork of 5 students).
Analysis of Traffic Flows Approaching to the Bosporus Bridge in the Direction of Europe-Asia, 2002 (teamwork of 8 students).
Analysis of Traffic Flows Approaching to the Bosporus Bridge in the Direction of Asia-Europe, 2002 (teamwork of 13 students).
A Survey of Undergraduate Transportation Engineering Education (Academic and Sector Approach), 2002.
Intelligent Transportation Systems and Technologies, 2001.
Analysis of Traffic Flows Approaching to the Bosporus Bridge in the Direction of Asia-Europe, 2001 (teamwork of 11 student).
High-Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems and Technologies, 2000.
An Interactive Decision Support Tool for Train Scheduling, 2000.
Multi-Attribute Decision Making at Railway Traffic Control, 1997.
An Analytical Method to Determine Siding Locations in Single Track Railways, 1990.
A Deterministic Method for Locomotive Scheduling, 1990.
Railway Timetabling, 1990.
Evaluation of Timetable of Arifiye-Eskisehir Railway Section of TCDD, 1989.
Automatic Block Signal Systems in Single Track Railways, 1989.
Developing A Statistical Analysis Package Program for PCs, 1989.
A Lateness Analysis in Commuter Rail Line Between Haydarpasa-Gebze, 1988.
Railway Traffic Control Systems in German Railways (Deutsche Bundesbahn), 1987.

Graduate Theses Supervised (in Turkish)

Freeway Incident Management and Their Automatic Detection by Sencer Oktav, 2009 (completed).
Performance Analysis for Highway Transportation and Travel Time Estimation by S. Pınar Karahasan, 2009 (completed).
Capacity Analysis of Urban Rail Systems: Case Study of Istanbul Aksaray-Havalimanı Line by Ertan Toprakal, 2009 (completed).
Train Scheduling Problem by Gökçe Aydın, 2009 (completed).
Feeder Bus Service Planning for Rail Systems by Dinçer Geçer, 2009 (completed).
Railway Track Design Models by Onur Özalp, 2008 (completed).
Examining Traffic Flows at Freeway Bottlenecks by Mehmet Uygun, 2008 (completed).
Metrobus (BRT) Systems as Urban Public Transit System by Gözde Güven, 2008 (completed)
Analysis of Contra-Flow Lane on Istanbul FSM Bridge with a Simulation Model by Fırat A. Aydın, 2008 (completed).
Modeling Bosporus Bridge Toll Plaza with AIMSUN Microsimulation Software by Cengiz Uncu, 2006 (completed).
Operation Techniques for Railway Systems by Selgin Zırhlı, 2005 (completed).
Examining Effects of Bridges over the Bosporus Strait on the City by Demet Erdem, 2005 (completed).
Performance Analyses and Operations Technologies in Urban Bus Transit: İ.E.T.T. Case Study and Uses of AKBİL Records by Y. Batuhan Altun, 2004 (completed).
Artificial Neural Network Model of Dispatchers at Intertrain Conflict Resolutions by Selim Dündar, 2003. (completed).
Obseved Features of Traffic Flows in Bosporus Bridge Toll Plaza by Güzin Akyıldız, 2003 (completed).
Ramp-Metering Simulation: An Application on Bosporus Bridge and 1st Beltway (O-1) by Adnan Zorer, 2003 (completed).

Computer Experience

Programming Languages: C, Visual Basic.

Software Packages: Single Track Simulator (STS), MICROTRIPS, INTEGRATION, LINDO (Linear optimization), CORSIM (Microscopic corridor simulation), Paramics (Microscopic traffic simulation), FREQ12 (Macroscopic traffic simulation), FBS (Timetable construction system), RailSys (Microscopic railway simulation).

Subjects Interested

Research Subjects:
Freeway Management Systems, Urban Transportation Planning, Vehicle Routing and Scheduling, Railway Traffic Control Systems, Empty Wagon Distribution, Locomotive Scheduling, Rail Line Capacity Analysis, Freight Traffic Management, Transportation Engineering Education.

Solution Techniques:
Operations Research, Probability and Statistics, Simulation, System Analysis and System Control.

Memberships

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) , Baltimore, MD, USA, 1996.
Operations Research Society (YAD) , Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 1995.
Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C., USA, 2004.

Presentations

Şahin, İ. (2009) Analysis of Relations Between Transportation Master Plan and 1:100,000 Scale Urban Plan of Istanbul. 8th Congress on Transportation, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (TMMOB), Proceedings pp. 27-36, ISBN 978-9944-89-773-0, September 30-October 1-2, Istanbul (Invited Speech in Turkish).

Geçer, D. and İ. Şahin (2009) Feeder Bus Services and Metrobus (BRT) System in Istanbul. 8th Congress on Transportation, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (TMMOB), Proceedings pp. 289-298, ISBN 978-9944-89-773-0, September 30-October 1-2, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Güven, G. and İ. Şahin (2009) Planning, Design and Operational Features of Metrobus (BRT) Systems. 8th Congress on Transportation, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (TMMOB), Proceedings pp. 299-308, ISBN 978-9944-89-773-0, September 30-October 1-2, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Aydın, F. and İ. Şahin (2009) Investigation of Contra-Flow Lane Operation on the 2nd Expressway in Istanbul. 8th Congress on Transportation, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (TMMOB), Proceedings pp. 321-331, ISBN 978-9944-89-773-0, September 30-October 1-2, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. (2009) Some Observed Features of Freeway Traffic Oscillations. 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Proceedings CD-ROM, January 11 - 15, Washington, D.C.

Şahin, İ. and İ. Altun (2008) Empirical Study of Behavioral Theory of Traffic Flow: Analysis of Recurrent Bottleneck. 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Proceedings CD-ROM, January 13 - 17, Washington, D.C.

Şahin, İ. (2007) Some Thoughts on Urban Transportation Problems in Istanbul. TMMOB, Istanbul Urban Symposium, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, September 13 - 15, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. and S. Zırhlı (2006) Statistical Analyses in Train Operation. 7th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, Proceedings CD-ROM (ISBN 975-461-416-4) and Book of Abstracts, pp. 416 (ISBN: 975-461-415-6), Yildiz Technical University, October 11-13, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. and C. Uncu (2006) Modelling the Bosporus Bridge Toll Plaza with the AIMSUN Microsimulation Package. 7th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, Proceedings CD-ROM (ISBN 975-461-416-4) and Book of Abstracts, pp. 417 (ISBN: 975-461-415-6), Yildiz Technical University, October 11-13, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. (2006) Examining Effects of Electronic Toll Collection Market Penetration at Bosporus Bridge Toll Plaza in İstanbul. 85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Proceedings CD-ROM, January 22 - 26, Washington, D.C.

Şahin, İ. and D. Ersoy (2005) On the Effects of Bridges Crossing the Bosporus Strait in İstanbul. 6th Congress on Transportation, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (TMMOB), Proceedings pp. 189-198, ISBN 97505-3-8, May 23-25, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. (2005) Regulation of Morning Passages Through the Bosporus Bridge: Ramp Management. 6th Congress on Transportation, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (TMMOB), Proceedings pp. 199-213, ISBN 97505-3-8, May 23-25, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. and Y.B. Altun (2005) Potential Uses of Electronic Fare Payment Records for Public Transit Agencies. 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Proceedings CD-ROM, January 8 - 13, Washington, D.C.

Şahin, İ. and G. Akyıldız (2005) Examination of Upstream and Downstream Traffic Features of the Bosporus Bridge Toll Plaza in Istanbul. 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Proceedings CD-ROM, January 8 - 13, Washington, D.C.

Şahin, İ. and Y.B. Altun (2004) Performance Analyses in Urban Bus Transit Operations: İ.E.T.T. Case Study. Advances in Civil Engineering 2004 6th International Conference, Proceedings Book, pp. 1828-1838, ISBN: 975-518-230-6, Boğaziçi University, October 6-8, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. and G. Akyıldız (2004) Examination of Traffic Flows in Bosporus Bridge Toll Plaza in Istanbul. Advances in Civil Engineering 2004 6th International Conference, Proceedings Book, pp. 1839-1849, ISBN: 975-518-230-6, Boğaziçi University, October 6-8, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. and Y.B. Altun (2004) Performance Analyses and Planning in Bus Transit Operations: Using Electronic Fare Collection (AKBİL) Data. Turkish Civil Engineering 17th Technical Congress and Exhibition, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (TMMOB), Summary Book, pp. 521-523, Proceedings in CD-ROM, April 15-17, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. and A. Zorer (2004) Ramp Metering Simulation: An Application on O-1 Freeway Approahing to Bosporus Bridge from Asia to Europa. Turkish Civil Engineering 17th Technical Congress and Exhibition, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (TMMOB), Summary Book, pp. 517-520, Proceedings in CD-ROM, April 15-17, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. (2003) Transportation Engineering Education: Educators' and Practitioners' Approach. Transportation Policy Congress, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (TMMOB), Proceedings, pp. 163-170, ISBN: 975-395-642-8, October 16-17, Ankara (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. and S. Dündar (2003) Analysis of Train Dispatching Process with Artificial Neural Networks. Euro/ INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Abstract Book, pp. 188, July 06-10, Istanbul.

Şahin, İ. and A. Zorer (2001) Analysis of the On-Ramps and the Capacity Utilization on Highway Sections Approaching to the Bosporus Bridge. Istanbul Urban Transportation Symposium, Turkish Chamber of Mechanical Engineers (TMMOB), Proceedings pp. 243-249, ISBN: 975-395-395-445, June 28-30, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. (2001) Analysis of the Capacity Utilization on Highway Sections Approaching to the Istanbul Bosporus Bridge. 5th Congress on Transportation, Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers (TMMOB), Proceedings pp. 223-230, ISBN 975-395-437-9, May 30-31-June 1, Istanbul (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. and Ö. Narin (2000) A Multiple Criteria Decision Support Tool for Train Scheduling. 15th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, June 10-14, Ankara.

Şahin, İ. (2000) Multi-Attribute Decision Analysis of Train Dispatchers at Inter-Train Conflict Resolution. INFORMS Spring 2000 meeting, May 7-10, Salt Lake City, USA.

Şahin, İ. (1999) Analysis of Graduate Theses on Transportation Studied in Turkish Universities. XVth Technical Congress and Exhibition of Civil Engineering, Turkish Chambers of Civil Engineers (TMMOB), Proceedings pp. 505-521, November 24-26, Ankara (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. (1997) A Decision Support System for Train Dispatchers at Railway Traffic Control. The 2nd National Railway Congress, December 15-17, 1997, Istanbul.

Şahin, İ. (1996) Vehicle Routing and Scheduling for Transportation of Disabled Persons. First National Transportation Symposium and Exhibition, May 6-7, Istanbul (Poster).

Şahin, İ. (1995a) Railway Traffic Control Based On Inter-Train Conflict Management. Transportation Research Forum, 37th Annual Meeting, October 19-21, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Şahin, İ. (1995b) A Decision Support System for Traffic Control Based On Inter-Train Conflict Management. Developments in Civil Engineering, Second Technical Congress, September 18-20, Bosporus University, Istanbul.

Şahin, İ., F.S. Söğütlü and A. Erel (1995) Multi-Attribute Decision Making in Railway Traffic Control. XVIIth National Congress on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, July 10-11, Ankara.

Şahin, İ. (1989) An Approach to Determine Railway Line Capacity and Application. RAYTAS’89, Symposium on Rail Vehicles, March 9-10, Sapanca, Adapazari, Turkey (Poster).

Şahin, İ. and E. Kahveci (1989) A Method to Control Delay Transfer at Railways. RAYTAS’89, Symposium on Rail Vehicles, March 9-10, Adapazari (Poster).

Erel, A. and İ. Şahin (1989) Locomotive Scheduling. RAYTAS’89, Symposium on Rail Vehicles, March 9-10, Adapazari.

Journal Articles

Şahin, İ. (2009) Some Observed Features of Freeway Traffic Oscillations. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. xxxx, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. xxx–xxx (Accepted for publication).

Şahin, İ. and İ. Altun (2008) Empirical Study of Behavioral Theory of Traffic Flow: Analysis of Recurrent Bottleneck. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2088, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. 109–116.

Şahin, İ. and Y.B. Altun (2007) Potential Uses of Electronic Fare Payment Records for Public Transit Agencies. ITE Journal, Vol. 77, No. 12, pp. 22-27.

Şahin, İ. and G. Akyıldız (2005) Bosporus Bridge Toll Plaza in Istanbul, Turkey: Upstream and Downstream Traffic Features. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1910, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. 99–107.

Şahin, İ. (2005) Transportation Ordeal of İstanbul. Bulletin of Chamber of Civil Engineers (İstanbul Branch), July-August 2005, No. 79, pp. 10-14 (not peer reviewed, in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. (2001) Place of the Railway Mode in Transportation System. Bulletin of Chamber of Civil Engineers (Bursa Branch), August 2001, No. 27, pp. 29 (not peer reviewed, in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. (2001) High-Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems and Technologies. Journal of Yildiz Technical University, 2001/2, pp. 48-57 (in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. (1999) Railway Traffic Control and Train Scheduling Based On Inter-Train Conflict Management. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Vol. 33, No. 7, pp. 511-534.

Şahin, İ. (1988a) Determination of Minimum Headway at Railways. Railway, No. 748, pp. 18-22 (not reviewed, in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. (1988b) Cab Signaling and Speed Control at Mainline Railways. Railway, No. 753, pp. 10-12 (Translation, in Turkish).

Şahin, İ. (1988c) Cab Signaling and Speed Control at Mainline Railways II. Railway, No. 754, pp. 23-24 (Translation, in Turkish).

Reports and Projects

Şahin, İ. and S. Dündar (2008) Examining the Effects of Running Speed Differences and Delay Propagation in Railway Operation on the Level of Capacity Utilization. Yıldız Technical University Research Grant, Project No: 26-05-01-01.

Şahin, İ. and İ. Altun (2008) Investigation of Effective Parameters in Freeway Ramp Metering: Field and Simulation Study. Yıldız Technical University Research Grant, Project No: 26-05-01-02.

Şahin, İ., G. Akyıldız, A. Zorer and E. Gedizlioğlu (2004) Analysis of Long Freeway Queues and Exploring the Strategies for Improvement. Research Project No. İÇTAG-I920, granted by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Yıldız Technical University Research Grant (completed, in Turkish).

English, G.W., H. Boumeester, I. Sahin and C. Schwier (1993) Safety Interlocking and Automation Potential of the Railway Operations at INCO’s Ontario Division, CIGGT Report No. 93-3.

Position in a Project Group (1990) Rules and Regulations for Highway Project Preparation, Prepared for Turkish State Highways Authority (TCK), Prepared by Transportation Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, Yildiz Technical University .

Last updated on March 03, 2008.