Awards & Honors

• $6,250 President's PhD Research Stipend from Simon Fraser University (2011)
• $700 The Gordon, Monica, and Sonia Eppich Graduate Scholarship from Simon Fraser University (2011)
• $6,250 Graduate Fellowship from Simon Fraser University (2010)
• $700 Cy and Emerald Keyes Graduate Student Scholarship from Simon Fraser University (2009)
• $8,000 MoCCSy Graduate Student Scholarship from IRMACS at Simon Fraser University (2008)
• $700 Ralph M. Howatt Family Graduate Scholarship from Simon Fraser University (2008)
• $10,000 Pacific Century Scholarship from Simon Fraser University (2007)
• 6,500,000 Iranian Rials Grant from Iran Telecommunication Research Center for M.S. Thesis (2006)
• 2nd place in Universities Entrance Exam (M.S.) among more than 7,500 participants (2005)
• 2nd place among B.Sc. students in Computer Engineering Department of Sharif University of Technology (2005)
• Gold medal of Kharazmi International Competition for Inventing an Electromechanical device for blinds (1999)
• 3rd place in International Swimming Competition (1995)
• Selected for National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET) among 10,000 participants (1993)