Mustafa Erdik (born 1948) is a Turkish professor emeritus who is a former faculty member of the Middle East Technical University and Boğaziçi University. He is the president of the Turkish Earthquake Foundation, and his studies are concerned with strong-motion characterization, earthquake hazard and risk assessment.
Erdik was born in Ankara in 1948.[1] He graduated from the Middle East Technical University having a degree in civil engineering in 1970.[1] He received his Master of Science from Rice University.[1] He also obtained his Ph.D. from the same university in 1975.[2]
Following his graduation Erdik started his academic career at the Middle East Technical University where he served as the director of the Earthquake Engineering Research Center from 1980 to 1987.[1][2] In 1988 he began to work at Boğaziçi University and established the Department of Earthquake Engineering in 1989.[2] He also worked as the director of the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute.[2] In addition, Erdik served as the director of the Turkish Earthquake Engineering Research Committee.[2] His current post is the president of the Turkish Earthquake Foundation.[1]
Erdik was the editor-in-chief of the Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering journal.[2]
Erdik has published numerous articles and reports and edited various books on earthquake preparedness and other related topics.[3]
He has involved in many significant activities some of which include the Istanbul Earthquake Rapid Response and Early Warning System[4] and the structural health monitoring arrays in World Heritage Site of the UNESCO such as Hagia Sophia and Süleymaniye Mosque.[2]
Erdik has been the recipient of various awards, including the United Nations's Sasakawa Disaster Prevention Award, NATO’s Science for Peace – Summit Prize, Bruce Bolt Medal by Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (February 2013),[2] Prof. Nicholas Ambraseys Distinguished Lecture Award by the European Association for Earthquake Engineering[5] and Science Award by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (2018).[1]
Erdik's wife, Hilal Erdik, is a construction engineer.[6] They have a son.[6]