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DUYGU ERTEN
Country: United States of America
Profession: Project Manager, Engineering
Dr. Erten works as a project manager on Program Management teams managing large, complex projects for
AECOM’s DMJM+HARRIS- world’s #1 firm in Transportation, Mass Transit, Highways, Bridges and Airports
(ENR-2001 Source Book). DMJM+HARRIS is known in Turkey as being the program manager firm for projects
like Ataturk Airport Extension and Ankara Metro.
Dr. Erten was recently appointed as a Project Manager for the Del Mar Bluffs Stabilization Project in Del
Mar California for the North County Transit District (NCTD). She is responsible for planning, controlling
and reporting the progress of the entire program, schedule, budget and managing subconsultants.
She has worked as a Project Manager for the Capital Improvement Projects in the City of Santa Monica. She
had oversight of the design and implementation of over $7 million transportation/civil engineering
projects.
Prior to working for Capital Improvement Programs, she was a project manager for several North End
projects on the $2 billion Alameda Rail Corridor Project. She was responsible from the daily activities
of the construction management teams by overseeing their work.
She has also worked in San Juan, Porto Rico for Tren Urbano Rail project involving the design of
trackwork, maintenance facilities, stations, and signal and communications systems for a new urban
railroad. Tren Urbano is the first subway of Caribbean’s 12 mile inverted L-shaped alignment serving the
most congested areas of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Prior to working for DMJM, Dr. Erten worked at Earth Tech Inc. a Long Beach based
Environmental/Geotechnical Consulting firm for Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s, Metro Red Line
Project-Eastside Extension Segment. She was the responsible engineer for the preliminary geotechnical
investigation for Union-Little Tokyo Tunnels and Little Tokyo Station.
Dr. Erten has been in the industry for over ten years managing city, regional and federal projects. She
has authored several papers on transportation/geotechnical engineering. Some awards and honors include:
· Appointment in 1999 to Transportation Research Board (TRB)-National
Academy of Sciences in Washington DC.
· National Science Foundation (NSF) Earthquake Reconnaissance Team
Member-1999
· Who is who in American Woman-Marquis-2000-2001
As the only female faculty at USC’s Civil Engineering Department and as the only woman Ph.D. student at
Rutgers University in Geotechnical Engineering Program, she became a role model for young women in a
male dominated field like Civil Engineering. She taught graduate level courses like “Design of
Transportation Facilities” and “Geometric Design of Roadways” at USC to graduate students in
Transportation Planning and Civil Engineering. She inspired both men and women to achieve graduate
degrees in transportation related fields.
Dr. Erten has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering, from Bogazici University in
Istanbul-Turkey. She received her masters and Ph.D. degrees in Civil & Environmental Engineering from
Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Dr. Erten served as the Adopt-A-School Chairwoman for Women’s Transportation Seminar’s-Los Angeles Board
and is also active member of several organizations like American Society of Civil Engineers,
Transportation Research Board, United States Committee on Large Dams and KA-DER (Organization to Educate
and Support Woman Nominees for Legislator Positions in Turkey).
After August 17th Earthquake in Turkey, Dr. Erten traveled to Turkey on a mission sponsored by the
National Science Foundation (NSF) to help study the earthquake. She had published articles related to
August 17th earthquake including one recommending to register the Engineers and Architects practicing in
Turkey.
Dr. Erten advocated strongly for advancing the careers of women and students in engineering. In fact,
in a recent Engineering News Record (ENR) editorial, Editor-in-Chief Howard Stussman profiled Erten and
Adopt-A-School Program. Several magazines like Woman In Engineering, The California Builder & Engineer
and The California Engineer profiled Dr. Erten as a role model for high school students to achieve
transportation/construction related fields. She has mentored several high school, college students and
professional women in her field.
Dr. Erten is highly accomplished professional especially as a woman who came to this country at an age
of 22. She has attained career growth through persistence on equality in the work place. She supports
women especially students through personal assistance, education, and participation in events for the
cause. Her success, encouragement and support are representative of strong leadership and motivation
from which all women in the industry will surely benefit.
Daughters of Ataturk is pleased to nominate Dr. Erten for Elizabeth Dole Glass Ceiling award since she
has been a successful female engineer in construction industry and became a role model for attracting
more women to this field by breaking the glass ceiling.
Sema Karaoglu |
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