Honors & Awards
- Outstanding Teacher Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2013
- Finalist, Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC) Supply Chain and Logistics Track Best Paper Award, “Integrated blood collection and appointment scheduling”, May 2012
- Finalist, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Society Student Paper Competition, “Modeling influenza pandemic, intervention strategies, and food distribution”, October 2009
- Best Graduate Research Paper Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Society for Health Systems, “Modelling influenza pandemic, intervention strategies, and food distribution”, April 2009
- Third Place, INFORMS Health Applications Section William Pierskalla Best Paper Award, “Pandemic influenza response: food distribution logistics”, October 2008
- Best Research Poster Award, Mayo Clinic Conference on Systems Engineering & Operations Research in Health Care, “Pandemic influenza response: food distribution logistics”, September 2008
- INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium, November 2007
- Ranked 18th among 150,000 students in Nationwide Graduate Education Exam, Turkey, 2002
- President High Honor Student, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1999-2003
- Mathematics Success Scholarship, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1998-2003
- Ranked 305th among 1,500,000 students in Nationwide University Entrance Exam, Turkey, 1998
- Gold Medal, Middle East Technical University Mathematics Competition, Ankara, Turkey, 1997
- Gold Medal, International Mathematics Competition, Konya, Turkey, 1997
- Gold Medal, National Mathematics Competition, Ankara, Turkey, 1997
- Silver Medal, International Mathematics Competition, Ankara, Turkey, 1996
- Gold Medal, National Mathematics Competition, Ankara, Turkey, 1996
- Third Place in the Interior Anatolia Region, 4th National Science Olympiad in Mathematics, Ankara, Turkey, 1996