- Outstanding University Service Award, Koc University, Office of Learning and Teaching, 2018
- Editor’s Top Reviewer Award, Journal of Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2015
- Outstanding Teaching Award (university wide, when it was organized for the first time in the university history), 2012
- Outstanding Technical Paper Award, the Composites Manufacturing Association (CMA) of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) in recognition of outstanding contribution to the composites manufacturing body of knowledge for the technical paper; Composites Manufacturing and Tooling 2000 Conference and Tabletop Exhibits, Newport Beach, California, February 23-25, 2000
- Excellence in Teaching Award, the Committee on Student and Faculty Honors, University of Delaware, 1994
- Fellowship by Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Delaware, 1993-1994
- Competitive and Tuition Fellowship by Graduate Office, University of Delaware, 1992-1993
- Ranked 2nd out of 190 Mechanical Engineering B.S. graduates, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1986
- Education Scholarship from Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) during B.S. and M.S., 1981-1989
- Ranked 2nd in the competitions of TUBITAK High School Mathematics, Marmara region, 1980
- Ranked 3rd in the competitions of TUBITAK High School Physics, Marmara region, 1979