Idil Akin, Ph.D.

Contact Information

4731H Boelter Hall
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095-1593
idilakin@g.ucla.edu
Lab news: Instagram @akin.lab

Education

B.S., (2012), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
M.S., (2014), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., (2017), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, UCLA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2024-present)
Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2023-2024)
Associate Professor, North Carolina State University Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (2022-2023)
Assistant Professor and Colf Distinguished Professor in Geotechnical Engineering, Washington State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2017-2022)

Professional Service

Associate Editor, Environmental Geotechnics (2021-present)
Chair, GI Geoenvironmental Engineering Awards Subcommittee (2022-present)
Secretary, NHERI User Forum (2023-present)

Awards and Honors

2026 ASCE Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award
2025 ASCE Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award
2022 WSU CEE Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award
2021 NSF CAREER Award
2018 ASCE Teaching Fellow
2017 Named as a "Rising Star" by MIT Dept. of Civil Eng.
2017 Norman H. Severs Geotechnical Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2012 High Honor Graduate, Middle East Technical University