• Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., IEEE
• Member of Tau Beta Pi Natinal Engineering Honor Society - Wyoming Chapter
• Member of IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES)
• Member of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Member of ASEE Energy Conversion and Conservation Division
• Member of ASEE Engineering Technology Division
• Member of  National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT)

• Member of Multicultural Coordinating Council (MCC): A member of MCC representing College of Natural Sciences. (MCC Objective: "coordinates efforts for the recruitment and retention of African American, Hispanic/Latino American, Asian American and Native American students by providing and promoting a supportive academic, social and cultural environment). Meets monthly.

• Member of Committee on Admission and Retention – UNI CARR (University):  This committee meets three to four times yearly to listen appeals, discuss and decide suspended student cases. Tasks also include continuous case reviews and decisions through the campus mail.

• Member of UNI Carver Scholars Program Committee – Meets four times a year to review applicants and select qualified students for Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust Scholarships.
• Member of UNI Innovative Teaching and Technology Center (ITTC) Planning Committee: This committee task included many meetings and discussions to secure a technically feasible location for the Lecture and Laboratory Facilities for future Digital Information Systems in East Gym, UNI.

• Served on University, Planning and Policy Committee for Information Technology (PPCIT). February – May 2002.

•  College  Senator, 2005-current.

• College of  Natural Sciences, Professional Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee, 2004-05.

• Member of  Ind Tech Graduate Program Committee
• Member of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
• Member of Scholarship & Sci/Math/Tech Symposium Committee
• IEEE-UNI   Chapter Councelor
Electrical and Information Engineering Technology (formerly known as Electromechanical Systems) Program Coordinator (2000-current) which has included a number of ongoing duties in the program assessment and development.

(2004-2005) Serving as a chair of two separate tenure-track faculty search committees,(1) Electrical and Information Engineering Technology (Search Number F2005-021), and (2) Network Information Systems (Search Number F2005-023). 

·The most commercially feasible hull design in 11^th Solar Electric Boat World Championship – June 2004, Buffalo, NY. 

UNI President Koob’s Recognition for the annual Undergraduate Student Survey,12/1999.

·UNI Ind Tech Department waslisted in “Wind and Solar Power Systems” by Patel, CRC Press, pp. 324-325, 2000, as one of the top 15 US universities that conduct valuable research inWind/PV renewable energy systems.

Nominated for 2004 University Book and Supply Outstanding Teaching Award, March 2004.

·Recognized as an Honored Teacher/Researcher in “Who’s Who among America’s Teachers”, March, 3, 2004. Who’s Who ID#1524770-3, and February, 2005.
Design and Construction of Solar Electric Boats for IowaLakes and Rivers, $30,000 from Iowa Energy Center, Iowa Sate University, 2004-2007 for three years, PI: Recayi Pecen. 

·“Design and Construction of a Novel Hydro and Wind Power and Instrumentation Station".$ 30,000 from Mr. Frank Starr, Former President of Association of Academics, and former board member ofIowa Academy of Science. $7,100 UNI Inst. Matching Funds, Total: $37,100. Recayi Pecen (PI), and Fanis Chalkiadakis (Co-PI), Industrial Technology. 

·UNI Graduate School Summer 2005 Fellowship titled “Design and Construction of a 6 kW Wind and Hydro Power Generation Station in HickoryHillsPark to supply Zero Emission Electricity for Park Cabins & RV Outlets”, $2,600,July 2005,UNI.

UNI e-boat: A Novel Fiberglass Solar Boat Design, $15,000 for three years, Iowa EnergyCenter, ISU,January 2002-, July 2004, PI: Recayi Pecen. 

The UNI e-boat Development, $2,000 + Equipment Donation from Square - D Inc. Cedar Rapids, January 2005. 

Recipient of Provost's Mini-Grant for Achieving Educational Excellence, 1999, UNI.

Recipient of Provost's Mini-Grant for Achieving Educational Excellence, 2000, UNI.

Recipient of Provost's Mini-Grant for Achieving Educational Excellence, 2001, UNI.

Fiberglass Solar Electric Boat Design and Implementation in IowaLakes and Rivers for a brighter Iowa, IEEE Cedar Rapids Section, $500, February 2003.
Research advisor for SOAR grants awarded to 6 senior students with a totalof$3,000 fromCNS Dean, Spring 2000.

Research advisor for SOAR grants awarded to 5 senior students with a totalof$2,500 fromCNS Dean, Spring 2001.

Solar-Boat Design Funding from Iowa Energy Center, $12,750.00 with matching,998-1999, UNI.
Submitted Grant Proposals

• Mondialogo – Daimler-Chrysler and UNESCO, Design and Construction of Solar-Wind Power and Instrumentation Station in Mugla, $25,300, submitted December 31, 2004
• Development of Laboratory Facilities for the Electrical and Information Engineering Technology Program at the University of Northern Iowa, NSF- CCLI, Adaptation and Implementation, submitted December 2004, PI: Fanarious Chalkiadakis, Co-PI: Recayi Pecen, NSF 04-565, $334,399, NSF Proposal # 0509109.

• Design and Implementation of a Wind Turbine/Fuel-Cell Station for Undergraduate Education by PI: William Stigliani, Co-PI: Recayi Pecen, submitted to Federal Founding Agency through the State of Iowa, $60,000, November 2004.

• Center for Energy & Environment Education Photovoltaic Display, PI: Patricia Higby, and Co-PI: Recayi Pecen, $7,500, December 2004.
• State and National Service

Served to ASEE Engineering Technology Division (ETD) in Annual ASEE Conferences as paper reviewer, moderator, and co-moderator,since 2002.

Serving as an Advisory Committee Member for HawkeyeCommunity College’s Electronics Eng. Technology Program beginning 2003-2004 Academic year.