Tuncer Edil received his BS and MS degrees from Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University, all in civil engineering. He is a member of the Academy of Geo-Professionals and a licensed Professional Engineer in Wisconsin. Prof. Tuncer B. Edil has been an active researcher and educator for 40 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prof. Edil is currently serving as Director of the new Recycled Materials Resource Center (RMRC-3G) and also Director of the Wisconsin Highway Research Program. He has undertaken several projects relating to highway construction and has been actively involved in use of a large variety of recycled materials, including scrap tires, foundry sands, coal combustion products, recycled pavement materials, recycled concrete aggregate, and recycled asphalt shingles. Recently, he is involved in development of a quantitative rating system for sustainable highway construction named BE2ST in Highways. He has published over 400 papers in the fields of geotechnical, geoenvironmental, geosynthetics, and pavement engineering. He was appointed as founding Chair of newly formed ASTM Subcommittee D18.14 on Geotechnics of Sustainable Construction. He is a member and Research Coordinator of TRB ADC60 Committee on Waste Management and Resource Efficiency. Dr. Edil is a former Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE’s Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and current Editor-in-Chief of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering journal and Editorial Board Member of Transportation Geotechnics. He organized the ASTM symposium and edited Testing and Specification of Recycled Materials for Sustainable Geotechnical Construction, ASTM STP 1540 in 2012. He served as President of the U.S. Universities Council on Geotechnical Education & Research and President of the ASCE Wisconsin Section.
He is recipient of numerous personal and team/project awards from ASCE, ASTM, and other organizations. In 1972 he received the Student Award of the Year from the ASTM, in l977 the Young Civil Engineer of the Year Award, in l988 Merit Award for Individual Achievement as an Engineering Educator, and in 2010 Distinguished Service Award from the ASCE‑Wisconsin Section, in l989 The ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering Award for the Best Paper Published, in 1999 Outstanding Civil Engineer Award in ASCE Wisconsin SW Branch, in 1980 Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award from the American Society of Engineering Education, in 1972 Outstanding Instructor Award from the UW Polygon Engineering Council, and in 1992, 1996 and 2013 Standard Development Awards, in 1997, 2001 and 2013 Special Service Awards, and in 2013 Technical Editors Award from the ASTM, in 2003 Industrial Fabrics Association International, International Achievement Award in geosynthetics projects category, in 2004 Blue Pencil Award in technical report category for the USGS professional paper on Coastal Cliffs from the National Association of Government Communicators, and in 2007 Distinguished Service Award and in 2008 Distinguished Researcher Award from the U.S. Universities Council on Geotechnical Education & Research. He is holder of 2007 Special Science Award from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey and 2010 The Award of Excellence as the Outstanding Geotechnical Engineering Educator in the Great Lakes Region. He received 2013 Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, Terzaghi Award and the rank of Distinguished Member from ASCE. Additionally, he has received six team and project awards and numerous paper awards.
