Kivanc Avrenli

Professor of Practice
Kivanc
Avrenli earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from Bogaziçi University (formerly Robert College) in Istanbul, Turkey, the first American college established outside of the borders of the U.S. He obtained a second M.S. degree in statistics and his Ph.D. in civil engineering with an emphasis on commercial aviation safety from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
PhD, Civil Engineering, Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana Champsign
Avrenli's teaching interests focus on applied statistical methods, probability theory, statistical modeling and design of experiments. Prior to Whitman, he taught Applied Statistics and Probability at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was included seven consecutive times with an "outstanding" rating in the “List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students.” In 2014, he received the Alumni Award in Teaching Excellence. At Whitman, he will teach courses in managerial statistics.
Commercial Aviation Safety, Adaptive Flight Planning, Empirical Modelling of Aircraft-Bird Strikes, Traffic Flow Modelling, Highway Safety.

Publications

  • Jul 01, 2022

    Best Faculty & Class Marshal

    Whitman School of Management, Defense Comptrollership Program
  • May 01, 2021

    Faculty of the Year

    Whitman School of Management
  • May 01, 2020

    Undergraduate Faculty of the Year

    Whitman School of Management
  • Jul 26, 2019

    Best Faculty & Class Marshal

    Whitman School of Management, Defense Comptrollership Program
  • Apr 12, 2019

    Meredith Teaching Recognition Award

    Syracuse University
  • Jul 27, 2018

    Best Faculty & Class Marshal

    Whitman School of Management, Defense Comptrollership Program
  • May 15, 2018

    Whitman Teaching Fellow Award

    Dean's Office, Whitman School of Management
  • Jul 28, 2017

    Best Faculty & Class Marshal

    Whitman School of Management, Defense Comptrollership Program
  • May 03, 2017

    Faculty Recognition Award

    Office of Disability Services at Syracuse University
  • Jul 01, 2015

    Daniel P. Fambro Student Paper Award

    Institute of Transportation Engineers, Midwestern Section
  • Jan 01, 2015

    Best Graduate Research Paper Award

    Institute of Transportation Engineers, Illinois Section
  • Jan 01, 2015

    Dissertation Completion Grant

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Jan 01, 2015

    "OUTSTANDING” Rating in the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Students

    Center for Innovation in Learning and Teaching
  • Jan 01, 2014

    Dissertation Travel Grant

    Graduate College at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Jan 01, 2014

    Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence

    Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  • Faculty of the Year

    Whitman School of Management