Editorial Work:
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Editor for the Middle East

Honors and Awards:
Koç University Outstanding Faculty Award, 2020.
Best Reviewer Award, Journal of Material Processing Technology, 2020.
The first implantable artificial heart pump of Turkey (Istanbul Heart Ventricular Assist Device and Support System, "iHeart VAD") received the Best Medical Industry R&D and Innovation Award of 2018 from Doktorclub-Medical Awards of Turkey.
Turkey’s first indigenous artificial heart pump (LVAD) and cardiac support system was successfully implemented and tested on animals on November 17, 2017.
The Third Best Presentation Award in the 14th International Congress of Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, April 2018.
Elected as the Fellow of CIRP (College International pour la Recherche en Productique - The International Academy for Production Engineering),8/2017.
Head of the Technology Advisory Board of the Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc., 2017-2018.
The Second Best Novel Research Award in the 14th Congress of the Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery for the presentation titled as “In-vitro Analysis of the Hemolysis on the Newly Developed Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) for the Last-Stage Heart Failures” by C.Ozturk, I.B. Aka, I. Lazoglu and D. S. Kucukaksu in 2016.
Gold Medal Award for the “Adjustable Bone Plate Patent” from the World Intellectual Property Organization, 2016.
The Best Academic Patent Award for the “Adjustable Bone Plate Patent” from the International Federation of Inventor Association (IFIA), 2016.
Technology Advisory Board Member of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), Inc., 2015-present.
Koc University College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty Award, 2014.