Awards

 

Alberta Innovates Student Engagement
Alberta Innovates
October 17 – $500

 

  • Selected as one of a limited number of students to be provided financial support towards attendance at the Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Seminar held in Edmonton, Alberta on November 3, 2017

Schulich School Activity Fund (SSAF)
Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary
June 2017 – $500

 

  • Was granted through a competition for extracurricular activities to enhance educational experience and to promote professional development

Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship
Alberta Innovates and Faculty of Graduate Studies
May 2017 – $31,500

 

  • Was awarded by the Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AITF) as one of the students at an Alberta university to succeed in research areas which are strategically important to Alberta

Eyes High International Doctoral Scholarship
Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary
May 2017 – $12,000

 

  • Was awarded as one of the best and brightest doctoral students from around the world in support of the University of Calgary’s Eyes High vision of becoming one of the top five research universities in Canada

Mackenzie King Open Scholarship [Nominated]
Mackenzie King Subcommittee, University of Calgary
May 2017 – $9,000

 

  • Was one of the two University of Calgary’s nominee for the national competition among graduates of Canadian universities who pursue graduate study in any discipline, in any university all around the world

Travel Award
Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary
July 2016 – $500

 

  • Was awarded as a graduate student presenting a novel research work at a major international conference

Best Paper Award
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)
June 2016 – $2,000

 

  • Was chosen as the best student paper among more than seventy papers accepted for the competition from general conference and five featured specialty conferences


Eyes High International Doctoral Scholarship 
Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary
May 2016 – $12,000

 

  • Was awarded as one of the best and brightest doctoral students from around the world in support of the University of Calgary’s Eyes High vision of becoming one of the top five research universities in Canada

Schulich School Activity Fund (SSAF)
Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary
April 2016 – $750

 

• Was granted through a competition for extracurricular activities to enhance educational experience and to promote professional development


Teaching Assistant Excellent Award
Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary
December 2015 – $500

 

  • Was one of the two awardees in the Department of Civil Engineering who demonstrated excellence in the teaching assistance of undergraduate students (ENCI 461: Mechanics of Solids and Structures)


Eyes High International Doctoral Scholarship
Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary
May 2015 – $12,000

 

  • Was awarded as one of the best and brightest doctoral students from around the world in support of the University of Calgary’s Eyes High vision of becoming one of the top five research universities in Canada

Ranked 1st in Graduate Poster Competition
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) – Calgary Chapter
April 2015 – $350

 

  • Was awarded for the poster titled as Static and Fatigue Behaviour of Precast Prestressed Hybrid FRP-Concrete Truss Girders (joint work with my colleague, Mr. Parham Joulani)

Schulich School Activity Fund (SSAF)
Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary
January 2015 – $1,000

 

  • Was granted through a competition for extracurricular activities to enhance educational experience and to promote professional development

Tuition Fee Scholarship (TFS) plus Research Stipend [Declined]
University of New South Wales
June 2014 – $190,000

 

  • Was offered this highly competitive award on the basis of academic merit, research experience, and research potential as a perspective postgraduate candidate

Walter Dilger Scholarship in Structural Engineering
Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary
October 2013 – $1,800

 

  • Was the sole awardee in the Department of Civil Engineering who was selected based on academic merit and demonstrated research ability in the field of bridge engineering

Canadian Precast Concrete Institute Scholarship
Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI) – Alberta Chapter
August 2012 – $1,500

 

  • Was the sole awardee among applicants from all universities in the province of Alberta who performed a quality research in the field of precast pre-stressed concrete structures


Exceptional Talent Student
Sharif University of Technology, Iran
July 2010

 

  • Was awarded based on high GPA and was granted the privilege of entering the MSc program without taking the nationwide entrance exam, which was declined as I had decided to pursue my studies abroad

Ranked 3rd in Spaghetti Bridge Competition
Sharif University of Technology, Iran
July 2008 – $300 (Eq.)

 

  • Was awarded to our one-meter long bridge, named Ista, fabricated from thin spaghetti and hot glue.

Standing Among The Top 0.2%
Nationwide Universities Entrance Exam, Iran
2006

 

  • Stood among the top 0.2% among more than 500,000 participants in the field of Mathematics and Physics in the nationwide universities entrance exam in Iran