Gokhan Pekcan

Gokhan Pekcan is a Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, serving as Graduate Program Director and Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs. His research focuses on earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, seismic hazard mitigation, and structural health monitoring.

Key research areas include:

• Seismic response of bridges and buildings under torsional ground motions
• Development of active and adaptive control systems for seismic resilience
• Integration of machine learning and compressive sensing for structural health monitoring
• Experimental validation of seismic retrofit techniques
• Analysis of structural and nonstructural systems' vulnerability
• Design of energy dissipation systems for civil infrastructure

Recent publications highlight his work on torsional ground motion effects, hybrid simulation methodologies, and smart material applications in bridge systems. He employs deep learning for damage detection and data compression in monitoring frameworks.