Selected Recognitions
- President's Distinguished Teaching Award by University of Houston - Clear Lake, 2022.
- Outstanding Engineering Educator Award by IEEE Region 5, 2021.
- Recognition of United States Congress, 2020.
- Recognition of Texas House of Representatives, 2020.
- Advisor of the Year Award, University of Houston - Clear Lake, 2020.
- Piper Award Nominee ("Best Teacher" Award) of University of Houston - Clear Lake, 2017.
- Outstanding Student Branch Counselor Award by IEEE Region 5, (3 times) 2016, 2015, 2012.
- IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award by IEEE-USA, 2015.
- ABET Program Evaluator for Engineering Accreditation Commission, 2018.
- Outstanding Small Student Branch Award by IEEE Region 5, (4 times) 2020, 2016, 2015, 2012.
- Track Best Paper Award, IEEE CCWC 2017 Conference.
- Paper ranked #3 in Most Popular Papers Category in ACM Digital Library, Title: “Reducing Off-Chip Memory Access Costs Using Data Recomputation in Embedded Chip Multi-Processors”, Koc et al., September 2007.
- Piper Award Nominee Finalist, University of Houston - Clear Lake, (6 times) 2016. 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011.
- Outstanding Small Section Award by IEEE MGA to IEEE Galveston Bay Section, 2012. (The best IEEE Small Section worldwide).
- Outstanding Small Section Award by IEEE Region 5 to IEEE Galveston Bay Section, 2012, 2011.
- Student mentor award by SIGDA-Young Student Support Program, 2007 and 2002.
- Ranked #1 student in the department upon graduation, Electronics Engineering, Ankara University, 1997.