- USF College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Research Achievement Award (2014)
- USF Outstanding Faculty Award (2016)
- Cisco Research Award (2015, 2016 & 2017)
- USF Outstanding Research Achievement Award (2017)
- Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuit and Systems 1: Regular Papers, Springer Nature Computer Science, Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, and Microelectronics Journal
Research Experience
- 2012-2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida
- 2018-2019: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida
- 2006: Part-time Engineer, VLSI Design Center, Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK), Ankara, Türkiye
- 2007-2008: Central Technology and Special Circuits Team, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2012
- M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, 2008
- B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 2006
Background
Research interests include hardware security, on-chip power delivery/distribution, cryogenic electronics and quantum computing, emerging technologies such as graphene nanoribbon transistors (GNRFETs), and nature-inspired computing. Currently, a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Rochester.
Miscellany
His research is/was supported by National Science Foundation (NSF), Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), Department of Energy (DoE), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cisco Research, Florida Center for Cybersecurity (FC2) grants, and Florida High Tech Corridor.