Education, Honors and Awards

Education:

  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1967.
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1969/
  • PhD., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1974.

Honors and Awards:

  • Phi Kappa Phi, University of Michigan, 1969
  • University of Michigan Rackham Fellowship, 1968-69
  • Dow Chemical Company Scholarship, 1969-70
  • Barbour Fellowship Award, University of Michigan, 1970-72
  • ASME Fellow, 1995
  • ASME ETCE 1994-95 Service Award
  • AIAA 1996 Best Student co-authored Thermophysics Paper Award
  • The Frank Walk Service Award, Energy Week in 1996, and in 1997
  • H.S. Cameron Endowed Chair Professor at Rice University, 1996-pres.
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE) National Distinguished Educator Award, 1997
  • Shell Research Center (Houston), AERA Energy President’s Award, 1998
  • George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, Rice, 1999
  • The Hershel M. Rich Outstanding Invention Award, Rice, 2002
  • Outstanding Will Rice College Associate Award, Rice, 2002
  • Superior Will Rice College Associate Awards each year, Rice, 2002-2005
  • Graduate Student Association Faculty Teaching/Mentoring Award, Rice, 2002
  • Julia Mile Chance Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Rice, 2003
  • 2004 Heat Transfer Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • Rice University Impact Award, 2005.
  • Rice University Presidential Mentoring Award, 2005.
  • ATA Houston Technical Achievement Award, 2006.
  • Daughters of Ataturk Award, 2006.
  • Fellow of American Association of Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009.
  • Elected member of the Executive Committee of the ICHMT 2011-2015.
  • Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of the ICHMT, 2011.
  • Chair of the Executive Committee of the ICHMT, 2012-2014
  • SWE Achievement Award, 2012.
  • ASME Honorary Member, 2012.
  • ICHMT RAD-13 Conference Dedicated to Bayazitoglu, Kusadasi, Turkey, Jun 2ndASME Heat Transfer Division 75th Anniversary Medal, 2013 Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 15, 2013.
  • University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award, Oct 4, 2013.
  • ICHMT 2012 Fellowship Award (presented during HTFFM-V Marseille, France Meeting, April 21-26, 2014).
  • ASME HTD Dedication Award (Presented during IMECE Montreal Meeting in November 18, 2014).
  • Honorary Lifetime Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences, 20th of December 2014.
  • Re-Elected member of the Executive Committee of the ICHMT 2015-2019.
  • Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of the ICHMT, 2015-2016.
  • President of the ICHMT, 2023-2027.

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