He received his degrees in Industrial Engineering, B.S. from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul-Turkey, M.S. from Bradley University, and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. His current research interest is in the application of Operations Research techniques to complex problems, including such topics as telecommunication network design, network reliability analysis/optimization, facilities design, and data mining. He has published papers in IIE Transactions, Operations Research Letters, Informs Journal on Computing, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, International Journal of Modeling and Simulation, International Journal of Production Research, Engineering Optimization, and Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. He is a member of IIE and INFORMS.