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6.3 Suspended Ceiling Design Process - Bilkent University

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

Foremost, I would like to thank my supervisor, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Pultar<br />

for his invaluable support and tutorship. He always encouraged me to<br />

take an interdisciplinary approach in both design and research which<br />

shaped the evolution of this dissertation. Secondly, I would like to thank<br />

my dissertation committee members, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halime Demirkan<br />

and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali İhsan Ünay who made valuable comments on<br />

this study in the supervisory committee meetings.<br />

The design professionals who provided input for the case studies were<br />

Kutsi Şamlı (architect), Zafer Kınacı (structural engineer), İhsan Taşeli<br />

(mechanical engineer), Nihat Akay (electrical engineer), and Atakan<br />

Ogan (OTIS). I thank them very much for their time and support.<br />

Besides information on the design processes they undertake, these<br />

professionals provided valuable comments on the application of the<br />

method in the construction industry which guided me in developing<br />

application proposals.<br />

Finally, I would like to thank my family for their love, encouragement,<br />

and support. My husband Sait Emre Pektaş always helped and<br />

encouraged me. I am also grateful to my mother Şükran Taşlı and my<br />

father Mustafa Taşlı for their continuous support during my education.<br />

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