Sena TAYFUR
Mühendislik Fakültesi, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü, Yapı Anabilim Dalı
Research areas: Engineering and Technology, Civil Engineering, Structure, Structural Engineering, Repair and Strengthening in Buildings, Performance of Constructed Facilities, Geotechnical Engineering
<p>Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sena Tayfur, affiliated with the Department of Civil Engineering at Ege University, specializes in Structural Engineering and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) of Structures. She developed a novel technique in her PhD thesis that improves the acoustic emission method for damage detection in concrete structures. She also worked as a visiting researcher at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory, USA for a year with the 2219 Postdoctoral Scholarship grant by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK). She has completed research projects as a director and researcher within the scope of TUBİTAK, JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) and University Scientific Projects Office. She has become an Associate Professor in 2025. She is currently focusing on the advancement and implementation of NDT methodologies for damage detection of infrastructure systems. She is also skilled in programming and modelling.</p>
Publications
- Multidimensional assessment of embedded MEMS sensors for acoustic emission–based damage detection in reinforced concrete (2026)
- Shannon Entropy of Corrected AE Data for Damage Assessment in CFRP-Strengthened RC Beams: From Brittle Shear to Distributed Failure (2026)
- Damage Evolution of CFRP-Strengthened Concrete Beams Using Acoustic Emission (2026)
- Probability of Detection Approach for Reliability of Acoustic Emission Method in Structural Health Monitoring (2025)
- Signal Response-Based POD for Reliability of Damage Detection in Reinforced Concrete Structures (2025)
- Usage of Non-Destructive Testing Methods in Determining Earthquake Damage in Structures (2025)
- Deep Learning-Based Acoustic Emission Signal Filtration Model in Reinforced Concrete (2025)
- A Machine Learning Based Damage Estimation Model for Monitoring Reinforced Concrete Structures (2024)
- Deep Learning-Based Acoustic Emission Signal Filtration Model in Reinforced Concrete (2024)
- Signal-Centric Framework Based on Probability of Detection for Real-Time Reliability of Concrete Damage Inspection (2024)
- Crack classification in concrete using parameter- and signal-based acoustic emission analysis (2024)
- Machine Learning-Based Improvement of Crack Localization in Concrete Structures (2024)
- Influences of nano-clay amount on flexure behavior of concrete identified by acoustic emission (2024)
- Effect of Signal Features and Model Variables on Energy-Traced Arrival Time Picking of Acoustic Signals Used for Structural Damage Detection (2024)
- Assessing the Influences of Noise Suppression Filters on Ultrasonic Concrete Images Generated by an Innovative CMU-SAFT Algorithm (2024)
- Machine learning-based improvement of crack localization in concrete structures (2024)
- Frost damage evaluation of concrete irrigation structure by X-ray CT and AE energy release trend at the initial loading stage (2023)
- Cluster-based sensor selection framework for acoustic emission source localization in concrete (2023)
- Feasibility Assessment of Embedding MEMS AE Sensors for Crack Monitoring of Concrete Structures (2023)
- Failure Behavior of CFRP-Strengthened Reinforced Concrete Beam–Column Joints under Reversed-Cyclic Lateral Loading: Mechanical and Acoustic Emission Observations (2023)
- The efficiency of arrival time picking methods for acoustic emission source localization in structures with simultaneous damage mechanisms (2023)
- Machine Learning for Strength Estimation of in Service Damaged Concrete by AE Data (2022)
- Acoustic emission signal filtering based on artificial intelligence (2022)
- Estimation of Concrete Mechanical Properties by Acoustic Emission with Random Forest Algorithm (2022)
- Detection of Concrete Damage by X-ray CT and Related Non-destructive Elastic Wave Monitoring in Core Test (2022)
- Deep learning-based damage estimation in concrete structures using acoustic emission data (2022)
- Visualization and evaluation of concrete damage in-service headworks by X-ray CT and non-destructive inspection methods (2022)
- Identifying efective AE parameters for damage evaluation of concrete in headwork: a combined cluster and random forest analysis of acoustic emission data (2022)
- Attenuation and Frequency Characteristics of Acoustic Waves in Steel and Synthetic Fiber-Reinforced Concrete: 3D-PCT and Unsupervised Pattern Recognition (2022)
- Damage evaluation of in-service concrete head works by acoustic emission and X-ray CT parameters (2022)
- Damage evaluation of concrete by AE energy parameter with double logistic equation in core test (2022)
- Acoustic emission signal filtering based on artificial intelligence (2022)
- Deep learning-based damage estimation in concrete structures using acoustic emission data (2022)
- Detection of Concrete Damage by X-ray CT and Related Non-destructive Elastic Wave Monitoring in Core Test (2022)
- Estimation of Concrete Mechanical Properties by Acoustic Emission with Random Forest Algorithm (2022)
- Acoustic Emission-Based Damage Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (2021)
- Evaluation of alkali–silica reaction damage in concrete by using acoustic emission signal features and damage rating index: damage monitoring on concrete prisms (2021)
- Use of Random Forest for Estimating Mechanical Properties of Agro- infrastructure’s Concrete (2021)
- Contributions of externally-bonded CFRP strips as shear reinforcement on the damage behavior of the reinforced concrete beam identified by acoustic emission (2021)
- Sensor Frequency Dependence of AE Signal Characteristics (2021)
- Consideration of Heterogeneity in Three Dimensional Source Localization Algorithm in AE (2020)
- 3D Parameter Correction Technique for Identifying Effects of Inclusions on Attenuation Properties of Concrete (2020)
- Damage processes in fiber reinforced concrete based on acoustic emission technique (2020)
- An Experimental Investigation on CFRP Strengthening of RC Beam-Column Joints (2019)
- Fracture Characteristics of Cold Jointed Concrete Identified by Acoustic Emission Technique (2019)
- Clustering acoustic emission activities in concrete using unsupervised pattern recognition methods (2019)
- Clustering acoustic emission activities in concrete using unsupervised pattern recognition methods (2019)
- Clustering acoustic emission activities in concrete using unsupervised pattern recognition methods (2019)
- Clustering acoustic emission activities in concrete using unsupervised pattern recognition methods (2019)
- Clustering acoustic emission activities in concrete using unsupervised pattern recognition methods (2019)
- Flexural Performance of Synthetic Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (2019)
- Influence of UHPC Laminate Application Type on Fracture Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams strengthened in Flexure (2019)
- A 3D parameter correction technique for damage assessment of structural reinforced concrete beams by acoustic emission (2019)
- Fracture Monitoring of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Beam under Four-Point-Bending by Acoustic Emission (2018)
- Influence of Nano Clay on Acoustic Emission Behavior of Concrete under Flexure (2018)
- Determination of P-Wave Velocity in Concrete (2018)
- Acoustic emission for monitoring of strengthened RC beam-column joints (2018)
- Correction of Acoustic Emission Parameters for Damage Detection in Concrete (2018)
- Mechanical Behavior of Shear Deficient RC Beams Strengthened with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (2018)
- Assessment of Damage Processes in Reinforced Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) Beams by Acoustic Emission Procedure (2018)
- Determination of the behavior of steel fiber reinforced concrete beams without stirrups under bending by nonlinear finite element analysis (2018)
- Identifying CFRP strip width influence on fracture of RC beams by acoustic emission (2018)
- Çelik fiberli betonarme kirişte akustik emisyon aktivitelerinin Ib değeri analizi ile değerlendirilmesi (2018)
- Betondaki boşlukların darbe-eko ve ultrasonik-eko yöntemleri ile görüntülenmesi (2018)
- Characterization of concrete matrix/steel fiber de-bonding in an SFRC beam: Principal component analysis and k -mean algorithm for clustering AE data (2018)
- Monitoring Fracture Processes of CFRP-Strengthened RC Beam by Acoustic Emission (2017)
- Identifying the Effect of CFRP Application Type on Behavior of CFRP-Strengthened Beams by Acoustic Emission (2017)
- Clarifying Distinctive Acoustic Emission Signal Features of a Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beam by Parameter Analysis (2017)
- Crack Localization in Reinforced Concrete Beam by Acoustic Emission Technique (2017)
- Monitoring Fracture Processes of CFRP Strengthened RC Beam by Acoustic Emission (2017)
- Çelik Fiber İlaveli Etriyesiz Betonarme Kirişlerin Eğilme Etkisi Altındaki Davranışlarının Doğrusal Olmayan Sonlu Elemanlar Analizi ile Belirlenmesi (2017)
- AE Monitoring of CFRP Strengthened RC Beam under Cyclic Loading (2015)
- Depremde Hasar Görmüş Betonarme Yapı Elemanlarının Hasar Durumlarının Akustik Emisyon Oran İşleme Analizi İle Belirlenmesi (2015)
- Prefabrike Beton Elemanlarda Ard Çekme Kanalındaki Boşluğun Ultrasonik-Eko Yöntemi ile Belirlenmesi (2015)
- Prefabrike Betonarme Elemanlarda Tahribatsız Hasar Tespiti (2015)
- Imaging of Defects in Concrete Structures by Elastic Wave Methods (2014)
- Acoustic emission for monitoring of strengthened RC beam-column joints
- A Machine Learning–Based Damage Estimation Model for Monitoring Reinforced Concrete Structures
- Crack classification in concrete using parameter- and signal-based acoustic emission analysis