Education

University of Miami, RSMAS, Key Biscayne, FL

Ph.D. Student Current GPA:3.88/4.00

Determining surface subsidence characteristics in urban areas by means of Persistent Scatterer Interferometry

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey GPA: 3.38/4.00

Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Engineering, 06/2005

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Exchange Student Exchange year GPA: 3.97/4.00

Work Experience

01/05 – 06/05 UNIDO – International Center for Hydrogen Energy Technologies, Istanbul, Turkey

· Network Administration and Computer Support

08/04 – 09/04 VESTELKOM, Izmir, Turkey

• Component Engineering

06/04 – 08/04 Istanbul Technical University CSCRS

• Development of Radiometric Correction Algorithms on Optical Satellite Images

03/04 - University of Miami CSTARS

• Altimetry of Everglades Project with Dr. Tim Dixon and Dr. Shimon Wdowinski

Awards and Research Grants

• NASA 2007-2010 NESSF Fellowship
• ESA CAT-1 Data Proposal

Memberships and Activities

Language and Technical Abilities

Publications

Osmanoglu B., T.H. Dixon, S. Wdowinski, E. Cabral-Cano, Y. Jiang, Mexico City Subsidence Observed with Persistent Scatterer InSAR, Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, in press doi:10.1016/j.jag.2010.05.009.

Abstracts List

B. Osmanoglu, T. Dixon, S. Wdowinski, J. Biggs, InSAR phase unwrapping based on Extended Kalman Filtering, POSTER, Radarcon09, Pasadena, CA, 2009

B. Osmanoglu, T. Dixon, S. Wdowinski, E. Cabral-Cano, Mexico City Subsidence, POSTER, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2008

Osmanoglu B., Cabral-Cano E., Dixon T., Wdowinski S., “Time Series Analysis of Mexico Surface Deformation”, ESA Fringe 2007, Frascati

Cohen A., Wdowinski S., Osmanoglu B., Kim S.W., “The Everglades Speak Up: Hydrologic Monitoring Using Synthetic Aperture Radar”, April 23-27 2007, National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration

Osmanoglu, B., Gourmelen N., Calais E., Amelung F., Long-term post-seismic deformation over Mongolia, a look from InSAR, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G13A-0918, 2007.

Dixon, T., F. Amelung, N. Gourmelen, S. Kim, B. Osmanoglu, and s. Coastal and wetlands applications for an InSAR mission, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G51A-08, 2006.

Osmanoglu, B., Kartal M., Wdowinski S., Dixon T., “Backscattered Waveform Analysis By Using A New Radar Altimeter Simulator For Envisat”, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G41A-0346, 2005

Osmanoglu B., Kartal M., Wdowinski S., Dixon T., “Altitude Accuracy Improvement By Using A New Radar Altimeter Simulator For Envisat Data”, ESA Cryosat 2005, Frascati.