Awards and Recognitions

  • Life Member, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Eng.), 2023.
  • NATO Science and Technology Organization-SCI Panel Excellence Award , “SCI-298 Task Group: Analysis of Identification and Neutralization Methods and Technologies for Countering Improvised Explosive Devices, C-IED,” by Mark Cumo (Chair-USA), Kevin Hong (AUS), Simon Reindl (DEU), Eric Kroon (NLD), Ryszard Waclawik (POL), Gözde Akar (TUR), Fatih Doğrudur (TUR), Gönül Turhan Sayan (TUR), Mike Pocratsky (USA), June 2022.
  • Performance Award for the period 2015-2017 (top ten percent), Faculty of Engineering, METU, July 2018.
  •  Advisor of the PhD Dissertation winning the IEEE-2017 Best PhD Theses of Turkey Award in December 2017. The award was given for the dissertation entitled “Metamaterial Based Wideband Infrared Absorbers”, August 2017 by Kadir Üstün.
  • URSI L. Felsen-Best Student Paper Award-3rd Place for the paper: Kızılötesi Bantlarda İnce Metamalzeme Sönümleyici Tasarımı Kadir Üstün , Gönül Turhan-Sayan (Danışman) URSI-TÜRKİYE’2016 VIII. Bilimsel Kongresi, Ankara, 1-3 Eylül 2016. 
  • Performance Award for the period 2013-2015, Faculty of Engineering, METU, July 2016.
  • Advisor of the Best PhD Dissertation, METU in 2013-2014 Academic Year
    METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa N. Parlar Foundation of Education and Research
    (ODTÜ Prof. Dr. Mustafa N. Parlar Eğitim ve Araştırma Vakfı),
    December 19, 2014 awarded for the dissertation: “Novel Multi-Band Metamaterials in Microwave Region with Applications in Antennas,” July, 2014 by Öznur Türkmen Küçüksarı
  • Performance Award for the period 2011-2013, Faculty of Engineering, METU, June 2014.
  • Advisor of the Best PhD Dissertation, METU in 2010-2011 Academic Year
    METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa N. Parlar Foundation of Education and Research
    (ODTÜ Prof. Dr. Mustafa N. Parlar Eğitim ve Araştırma Vakfı),
    December 19, 2011 awarded for the dissertation: “Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Novel Metamaterials in Microwave and Terahertz Regions: Multi-Band, Frequency-Tunable and Miniaturized Structures,” December, 2010 by Evren Ekmekçi
  • Performance Award for the period 2008-2010, Faculty of Engineering, METU, June 2011.
  • Performance Award for the period 2002-2004, Faculty of Engineering, METU, June 2005.
  • Senior Member, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Eng.), elected in 2004.
  • Outstanding Research Paper Award in Engineering, for the paper “Target Identification Using the K-Pulse Technique”, 1988 CGS Forum, The Ohio State University, April 16, 1988
  • FULBRIGHT Scholarship for Ph.D. studies (Sept., 1983 – May 1984)
  • TUBİTAK Scholarship for studies at
  • High school (1972 – 1974)
  • Undergraduate program (1974 – 1979)
  • Graduate program (1979 – 1984)
  • High Honor Graduate, B.S. in Electrical Engineering at METU, 1979.
  • Valedictorian, Ankara Kız Lisesi (high school), 1974.

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