Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2011
  • M.A., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2008
  • B.S.E., Civil Engineering, Duke University, 2006
Licenses & Certifications
  • 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Operation and Emergency Response Certification (HAZWOPER) (CA)
  • Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI) (CA)
  • Fire Investigation 1A (Cause and Origin), California Office of State Fire Marshal (CA)
Academic Appointments
  • Adjunct Lecturer (Current), Stanford University
  • UPS Foundation Visiting Faculty, 2023, Stanford University
  • Visiting Faculty, 2016-2017, University of Manchester, UK
  • Visiting Research Scholar, 2014, UC Berkeley
  • Associate Professor, 2012-2023, Bogazici University, Turkey
Professional Honors
  • Newton Research Collaboration Fellow, 2016-2017
  • Marie Curie Fellow, 2013-2015
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Prize, Princeton University, 2006
  • International Honors Program, Duke University, 2006
  • Pratt Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2005-2006
Professional Affiliations
  • Principal Member, NFPA 557 Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings Technical Committee
  • Professional Member, Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)
  • National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
  • National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)

Dr. Selamet is a Manager in Exponent's Thermal Sciences practice. He specializes in fire protection engineering with focus on buildings and structures. His areas of expertise include heat transfer analysis, stability and critical temperature assessment of structural members, passive fire protection, building envelope (i.e. façade) fires, performance-based structural analysis under fire conditions and house fires in wildland urban interface. He specializes in providing origin and cause determinations for fires and explosions.

Dr. Selamet has specialized experience in solving complex fire-structure related problems by developing finite element modeling solutions. He has substantial experience in thermo-mechanical modeling and response using finite element software Abaqus and OpenSees Fire. In addition, he has gained experience using computer zone models such as OZone and Consolidated Model of Fire and Smoke Transport (CFAST) to simulate compartment fire dynamics.

Dr. Selamet holds an appointment as an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Stanford University where he teaches the course Fire Engineering Design for Buildings. He is currently Principal Member of the NFPA Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings Technical Committee (NFPA 555, NFPA 556, NFPA 557). He also serves on the SFPE Research, Tools and Methods Committee Working Groups for NFPA and International Code Council. He previously served on international technical committees including ASCE/SEI Fire Protection and European Convention of Constructional Steelwork TC3 Fire. Dr. Selamet is currently on the editorial board of Fire Safety Journal and reviewer of civil and fire engineering journals including Fire Technology, Engineering Structures, Journal of Structural Engineering, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Journal of Building Engineering and Turkish Journal of Civil Engineering.

Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Selamet was an Associate Professor at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. He held the faculty position for over 10 years doing research and consulting on structural fire engineering, fire protection optimization, finite element modeling of steel connections, multi-hazard risk (earthquake and fire) evaluation of buildings. Dr. Selamet taught various courses including Strength of Materials, Structural Analysis, Steel Structures and Fire Engineering Design. He is the author of the first Fire Engineering Textbook published in Turkey.