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Dr. Renda-Tanali received her Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree from the George Washington University, Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering in Washington, DC.

Irmak Renda-Tanali holds a M.S. in Civil Engineering with a focus on Engineering Economy/Project Management, a B.S. in Civil Engineering and a M.B.A. with a focus on Financial Management.

Irmak is a Collegiate Assistant Professor and Program Director at the Information and Technology Systems (ITS) Department of University of Maryland University College (UMUC), and also holds a long time position as Senior Research Scientist at the George Washington University, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (ICDRM), and as Assistant Professorial Lecturer at the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering of GWU.

Dr. Renda-Tanali also holds faculty positions in Walden University’s School of Management's Ph.D. program in Applied Management and Decision Sciences and Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration.

In addition to the academic duties, Dr. Renda-Tanali holds a consultant position as a Senior Emergency Management Specialist at Dewberry. Dr. Renda-Tanali also serves as an Editor of the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, an online journal that reaches a wide spectrum of audiences across the U.S. and the world.

Since 1998, Dr. Renda-Tanali has served as a consultant and researcher for various government and non-government organizations in investment analysis of engineering design alternatives, and in the broader fields of disaster, emergency and risk management; knowledge management (KM); information technology (IT); and organizational management.

Specific consulting and research initiatives for which Ms. Renda-Tanali provided include:
Project Management of the Assessment of cutting-edge information technologies for NASA Ames Research Center’s Design for Safety Program (KM);
The development of multi-hazard risk reduction decision making framework and strategies for the operations and maintenance of the transportation infrastructure (ports, harbors, navigational waterways, water-wastewater systems, dams) owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in their effort for preparing a National Strategic Plan for Homeland Security (protection of critical infrastructure);
Evaluation of all of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Projects within the National Airspace System Capital Investment Program with respect to Risk Management;
The development of quantitative and qualitative models for the assessment of collision risk and passenger safety on the Washington State Ferries for Washington State Department of Transportation;
The assessment of the best response practices for maritime disasters for the U.S. Coast Guard;
The development of strategies and cost estimating relationships for modeling mass care needs for Bay Area earthquake scenarios for the American Red Cross, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF);
The collecting and synthesizing of human needs planning data for the 1999 Kocaeli and Duzce (Turkey) earthquakes , sponsored by NSF;
Assessment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Geospatial Information Technology Applications during Response to 9/11 Attacks;
The observation and documentation of the complex inter-organizational response to the September 11 attacks by various emergency management agencies, sponsored by NSF;
The analysis of major Terrorism Events and Their U.S. Outcomes sponsored by NSF; and
Syllabus development and textbook preparation for online classes taught by Corinthian Colleges (a CA based school )that is spread across 94 locations nationally and internationally.

In her doctoral dissertation, Ms. Renda-Tanali developed a systems model for identifying and quantifying various mitigation program options for the operations and maintenance of water supply systems against disaster risk. Upon finishing her dissertation, as a post-doctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Renda-Tanali developed a multi-attribute utility model for infrastructure investment decisions to the US Army Corps of Engineers, related to this effort.

Irmak Renda-Tanali was formerly the vice president and co-founder of an engineering design and consulting firm in Turkey. In this capacity she designed numerous large/mid scale infrastructure systems in cities, towns, and dwellings in Turkey and also various residential and commercial buildings in Turkey, Turkic Republics and Russia.

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