Uğur Ersoy (born in 1932) is a Turkish civil engineer and academic. Life He was born in Mersin. His father Yakup Ersoy was the local chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP). After graduating from Tarsus American Highschool, he earned his BS degree at the civil engineering department of Boğaziçi University in 1955. Then he travelled to United States for further studies. He received both his Master’s and Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. Academic life Between 1959 and 2006 he served in the academic staff of Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara as an assistant professor, associate professor and then professor. During this period he also served in other universities; as a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin between 1963-1965; as a visiting professor at University of Toronto between 1980-1981; as a visiting professor at Boğaziçi University between 1992-1994. He has been involved in experimental research on the behavior of reinforced and precast concrete structures. In 2006 he moved to Istanbul and became a member of Boğaziçi University staff. In university administration In METU he served three times as the dean of the Civil Engineering Faculty and two times as the vice rector. He also served as the dean of the newly established Mersin campus of METU between 1975-1976. Publications He is the author of a number of books. His technical books are in English and Turkish. An Introduction to Limit Design (Published by the METU Civil Engineering Society), 1962. Betonarme Kesitlerin Taşıma Gücüne Göre Hesabı, (Published by METU), 1971. (co-author) Betonarme - Temel İlkeler ve Hesap Yöntemleri, 1975.(co-author) Betonarmede Burulma, 1975. Taşıma Gücü El Kitabı,(Published by Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning (Turkey)) Introductory Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, (Published by METU), 1983.(co-author) Betonarme - Temel İlkeler ve Taşıma Gücü Hesabı, 1985. Reinforced Concrete, METU, 1986 (Reviewed in Concrete International, American Concrete Institute). Yüksek yapıların Tasarım ve Yapımında İzlenecek Temel İlkeler, (Published by the Chamber of Civil Engineers, İzmir Branch) 1988.(co-author) Betonarme 2 - Döşeme ve Temeller, 1995. Betonarme, 2001.(co-author) He also wrote nontechnical Turkish books such as recollections. "Bir Efsane Bir Demet Insan",("Legend, a bundle of people"), 1995 "Bir Zamanlar Mersin'de", ("Once in Mersin"). "Ustalarimdan Ögrendiklerim", ("What I’ve learned from my masters"),1999. "Sislerin Ardindan Kaybolmayanlar", ("Those who are not lost behind the fog") 1999. "Bozkiri Yesertenler ("People who greened the steppes") 2003. "Erguvan Renkli Yillar,("Purple colored years"),2004 "Gördüklerim, Duyduklarım ve Düşündüklerim ("What I’ve