Honors and Awards

A. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) Honors

A.1   IEEE Professional and Academic Awards

Recipient of the 2015 IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Individual Achievement Award, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

Recipient of the IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS) Electrical Safety through Design Student Education Initiative Award, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Recipient of the IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Outstanding Young Professional Award (formerly known as IEEE Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award), New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. (Additional link)

Recipient of the 2014 IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Individual Achievement Award, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Recipient of the IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS) Myron Zucker Award on Electrical Safety through Design Student Education Initiative, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Recipient of the IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS) Myron Zucker Award on Electrical Safety through Design Student Education Initiative, San Diego, California, USA.

Recipient of the Nation-Wide Distinguished M.Sc. Thesis Award of the Year in Electrical Engineering, IEEE Iran Section, IRAN.

A.2   Other IEEE Awards

Recipient of the Outstanding Student Chapter Award, IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS) [serving as the chair and student leader].

Recipient of the World 4th and North America’s 1st High Performing Student Chapter Award, IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) [serving as the chair and student leader].

Selected among the 2016 IEEE-USA Future Leaders, IEEE Region 5, 28-30 July 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Recipient of the 2nd Best Poster Award, IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Conference and Exposition, 2-5 May 2016, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Recipient of the Best Poster and Presentation Award, IEEE Metrocon Conference, 22 October 2015, Fort Worth, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Recipient of the 2nd Best Poster Award, IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS) Annual Meeting, 17-22 Oct. 2015, Addison, Dallas, Texas, USA.

B. Texas A&M University Honors and Awards

B.1   Texas A&M University Teaching Honors

Associate Fellow, Center for Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), Academy of Future Faculties (AFF), Texas A&M University.

Graduate Teaching Fellow, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University.

2016-2017 Teaching as Research (TAR) Fellow, Center for Integration of Research in Teaching and Learning (CIRTL), Texas A&M University.

Graduate Teaching Fellow, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University.

B.2   Texas A&M University Academic Excellence Awards

Recipient of the 2017 Montgomery Award, Office of Graduate and Professional Studies (OGAPS), Texas A&M University.

Recipient of the 2016-2017 Aggies Commit Fellowship Award, Graduate and Professional Student Council, Texas A&M University.

Recipient of the 2016-2017 Texas A&M Academic Excellence Scholarship Award: Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University.

Recipient of the 2016-2017 Texas A&M University Roland and Margaret Prove Southerland Aggie Leader Scholarship Award, Texas A&.M University

Recipient of the 2016-2017 D.P. ’86 & J. Montgomery Endowed Aggie Ring Scholarship Award, Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University.

Recipient of the 2016 International Education Fee Scholarship Award, International Student Services (ISS), Texas A&M University.

Selected among the Top Graduate Finalists for the Excellence in Research Award, Vice-President for Research, Student Research Week (SRW), Texas A&M University.

Recipient of the Best Ph.D. Student Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University.

Recipient of the 2015-2016 Aggies Commit Fellowship Award, Graduate and Professional Student Council, Texas A&M University.

Recipient of the Texas A&M Academic Excellence Award: Herman F. Heep Scholarship and Achievement Fund, Texas A&M University.

Recipient of the Texas A&M Energy Institute Fellowship Award Sponsored by ConocoPhillips, Texas A&M University.

C. Awards from Professional and Academic Societies

Recipient of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) International Scholarship.

Selected among the World Top 20 Best Young Scholars for Next Generation of Research in Power Systems, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Recipient of the 2016 Jimmy H. Smith, Ph.D., P.E. Graduate Scholarship Award (Best Engineering Graduate Student in the State of Texas in all Engineering Disciplines), Texas Engineering Foundation Board of Trustees, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Selected among the World Top 20 Best Young Scholars for Next Generation of Research in Power Systems, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

Recipient of the 2016 Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) Foundation Scholarship Award.

Recipient of the 2016 Higher Standard Scholarship Award, National Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP).

Recipient of the 2016 American Public Power Association Research Grant Scholarship Award, Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED), American Public Power Association.

Recipient of the Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Scholarship Award.

Recipient of the 2016 Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) Lone Star Chapter Scholarship Award, Houston, Texas, USA.

Recipient of the Houston Chapter of the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (HCSMRP) Scholarship Award, Texas, USA.

Competitive admission award to participate in the 2016 Prognostic and Health Management (PHM) Society’s 8th Annual Doctoral Consortium, 2-5 October 2016, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Recipient of the Emerging Leader Scholarship Award, Honorsociety.

Recipient of the Best Project Poster Award, Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) Advisory Board Meeting, 2-4 Dec. 2015, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.

Recipient of the Love of Learning Award, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Recipient of the Research Grant Scholarship Award, Golden Key International Honor Society.

Recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award, Elsevier Journal of Energy.

D. Other Honors

Recipient of an Exceptional Talent recognition by the “National Organization for Exceptional Talents”, IRAN.

Ranked 9th among nearly 12000 participants in the Nation Wide Universities Entrance Exam for MSc. Degree in Power Engineering Branch of Electrical Engineering, IRAN.

Ranked 15th among nearly 23000 participants in the Nation Wide Universities Entrance Exam for MSc. Degree in All the Branches of Electrical Engineering, IRAN.

Ranked 109th among nearly 400000 participants in Nation Wide University Entrance Exam for BSc. Degree, IRAN.