In 1995-1997 he was the Director of International Development, College of Extended Studies, at San Diego State University.

[5] He served as vice-president for two terms (1988, 1989) and as president (1993) at Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), San Diego Chapter.

[7] During Prof. Güven's tenure as a rector, EMU gained acceptance into UNESCO's “International Handbook of World Universities”, became a full member of European Universities Association (EUA), completed EUA's Institutional Evaluation Program, and received ABET (US) accreditation for its engineering programs.

[8] In addition, at EMU, Dr. Güven established Centers of Excellence in Conflict Resolution, Peace Journalism and Woman Studies.

[11] Currently, in a capacity as the Dean of SDSU Georgia, Dr. Güven oversees successful management of the project, completion of the planned activities, essential commitments and pursues a wide range of new initiatives.

He is also responsible for directing efforts to support the achievement of relevant partner university program accreditation (ABET, ACS, WASC, etc.).

He has also received numerous Project Awards, including the most recent - Energy Innovation in Technology Transfer.

He has served as a consultant to: San Diego Gas & Electric, General Dynamics, Computer Sciences Corporation, Government of Turkey, Turkish Electricity Authority, California Energy Commission, TEKTRA (Technology Transfer Corporation).