- 2006 IEEE – Electron Devices Society, Distinguished Lecturer Appreciation Award
- 2006 UTA Outstanding Research Achievement Award
- 2003 IEEE – Electron Devices Society, Service Recognition Award for 2002.
- 2001 SMU Graduate Student Council Outstanding EE Faculty Award for 2000-2001
- 1998- present IEEE-Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecturer
- 1997 Sigma Xi Research Award for SMU Chapter
- 1997 SMU Graduate Student Council Outstanding EE Faculty Award for 1996-1997
- 1997 IEEE-Electron Devices Society, Dallas Section Outstanding Service Award
- 1996 SMU Graduate Student Council Outstanding EE Faculty Award for 1995-1996
- 1996-1997 Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in American Education, 5th Edition
- 1996 IEEE – Electron Devices Society, Service Recognition Award for 1994 – 1996.
- 1995 IEEE-Electron Devices Society, Dallas Section Outstanding Service Award
- 1990-1993 J. Lindsay Embrey Trustee Professorship in Engineering
- 1985-1987 Eastman Kodak Predoctoral Fellowship
- 1983-1984 IBM Predoctoral Fellowship
- Jun-82 Ranked 3rd in Graduation College of Arts and Sciences Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Jun-82 Graduated with Honors in Electrical Engineering and Physics, Bogazici
