Dr. Serhan Kirlangic is an expert in non-destructive evaluation technologies for civil infrastructure. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering with a specialisation in NDT from the University of Waterloo, Canada, an MSc in Earthquake Engineering from Bogazici University, Turkey, and a BSc in Civil Engineering from Istanbul Technical University. Since 2022, he has been a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at Teesside University. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at Bahcesehir University, Turkey, and a Postdoctoral Researcher at Cranfield University, UK.

His research centres on non-destructive testing and structural health monitoring, supported by a cross-disciplinary background in structures, geotechnics, and earthquake engineering. His work focuses on ultrasonic and vibration testing, instrumentation, and digital signal processing. During his PhD, he adapted geophysical subsurface investigation techniques into the ultrasonic range to develop a condition assessment methodology for concrete. At Cranfield, he contributed to the EU FP7 PILEINSPECT project, co-developing vibration-based techniques for the assessment of deep foundation piles. Later, he extended his research to corrosion assessment, crack depth estimation in steel-fibre reinforced concrete, and characterisation of asphalt pavement.

Dr. Kirlangic’s was awarded EPSRC Overseas Travel Grant (2025) as Project Lead for the project “A Data-driven NDT-based Estimation of In-situ Concrete Strength of Existing Residential Buildings for Rapid Seismic Risk Assessment”. His earlier awards include the TUBITAK Reintegration Grant and the ProVention Consortium Disaster Risk Reduction Grant. He has multiple journal papers published in SCIE-indexed journals, including Structural Control & Health Monitoring and Civil Structural Health Monitoring.

He contributes actively to the academic community as a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College and the British Council’s ISPF College of Reviewers, and as a reviewer for journals such as NDT & E International and Construction & Building Materials. In addition to his academic career, he has professional experience in seismic evaluation of residential buildings, bridge design, and the concrete industry.