Service and Awards

Professional Service

Editorial Service

• 2025–Present | Area Editor of Infrastructure Economics for The Engineering Economist
• 2021–2022 | Editorial Board Member – International Journal of Applied Management Science (IJAMS)

Society Leadership

• 2025–2027 | President – IISE Engineering Economy Division
• 2023–2025 | Director – IISE Logistics and Supply Chain Division
• 2022–2024 | Director – IISE Engineering Economy Division
• 2019–2021 | President – IISE Logistics and Supply Chain Division Student Leadership Board
• 2018–2019 | Vice President – IISE Logistics and Supply Chain Division Student Leadership Board

University and Department Service – Texas A&M University

• 2026–2027 | Member – ESET Faculty Search Committee (FY27), Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution
• 2026–Present | Member – Academic Professional Track Faculty Search Committee (Industrial Distribution, open rank), Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution

Conference Organization

• 2026 | Invited Panelist – “Applications of Engineering Economy in Industry,” IISE Annual Conference & Expo (Engineering Economy track)
• 2026 | Session Chair – “Transportation and Infrastructure Optimization,” IISE Annual Conference & Expo (Engineering Economy track)
• 2026 | Session Chair – INFORMS Annual Meeting (Transportation Science & Logistics Society)
• 2026 | Track Chair – IISE Annual Meeting & Expo (Engineering Economy), EUSPN (Adaptive Systems, Intelligent Computing and Applications)
• 2025 | Track Chair – IISE Annual Meeting & Expo (Engineering Economy, Facilities Design & Planning)
• 2024 | Track Chair – IISE Annual Meeting & Expo (Engineering Economy), Mobi-SPC (Smart Cities and Ubiquitous Climate Change Management)
• 2023 | Track Chair – IISE Annual Meeting & Expo (Engineering Economy), EUSPN (Adaptive Systems, Intelligent Computing and Applications)

Peer Review Activities

• Ad-hoc Reviewer (78 reviews, 2020–2026): Transportation Science, Omega, European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record, IISE Annual Meeting & Expo, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, Computers & Operations Research, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, Transportation Letters

Professional Memberships

• 2018–Present | Member – INFORMS
• 2016–Present | Member – IISE

Honors and Awards

Professional & Academic Honors

• 2024 | Impact Argonne Award (Extraordinary Effort) – Argonne National Laboratory
• 2018 | Best Track Paper Award – IISE (Spare Parts + Additive Manufacturing), Cokyasar et al.
• 2018 | 2nd Best Track Paper Award – IISE Engineering Management Division, Cokyasar et al.
• 2018 | Extraordinary Professional Promise Award – University of Tennessee
• 2017 | Service Recognition Award – University of Tennessee

Fellowships & Scholarships

• 2019–2020 | E.J. Sierleja Memorial Fellowship – IISE
• 2017–2019 | Helen Jubin Fellowship Award – University of Tennessee
• 2013–2020 | Graduate Fellowship Award – Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education
• 2008–2012 | Undergraduate Fellowship – Renaissance Education Foundation