Deniz Velioglu Sogut, Ph.D.

Dr. Deniz Velioglu Sogut is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences (OEMS) at Florida Tech. After receiving her B.S. from the Department of Civil Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey in 2009, Dr. Deniz Velioglu Sogut decided on a career path towards water and water-related hazards. She carried out her M.Sc. study in the Hydraulics Laboratory (HL) in the Department of Civil Engineering at METU and graduated in 2012. She was awarded a scholarship in the scope of Hydropower Engineering Program during her M.Sc. where she investigated ways to optimize the length of stilling basins of concrete dams for cost-efficient and sustainable designs. During her Ph.D. at the Ocean Engineering Research Center (OERC) at METU, she focused on the development and improvement of two- and three-dimensional tsunami inundation models. After earning her Ph.D. in 2017, she moved to the U.S. and began her postdoctoral studies in the Department of Civil Engineering at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY at Stony Brook).

Dr. Deniz Velioglu Sogut's research interests span tsunami generation, amplification and inundation, numerical and physical modeling of wave-structure interactions, nearshore coastal processes, wave energy, and assessment of coastal flood risk in urbanized environments due to storm surge and extreme waves. Her research provides valuable information for prospective homeowners, builders, urban planners, and policy makers by enabling them to ensure the structural integrity of buildings in coastal regions.