Honors and Awards

 

· IIE Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, 1st Place, May 2008

· INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Award, Finalist, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov 2006

· Nominated for INFORMS Future Academician Colloquium, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov 2006

· Member of Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society, since April 2006

· Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, since Mar 2005

· Research Assistantship Award, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, May 2004 – Present

· Teaching Assistantship Award, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Aug 2003 – May 2004

· First Place in PhD Qualification Exam (High Pass grade in all areas), Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Aug 2004

· First Place in PhD Entrance Exam, Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran (among about 70 applicants),  Jul 2000

· Outstanding Master of Science Graduate Award, Sharif University of Technology, Iran (first place among all Industrial Engineering MS graduates), Sep 2000

· First place in National Entrance Exam of Industrial Engineering Master's Program, Iran (among about 1000 applicants), Mar 1998

· Outstanding Bachelor of Science Graduate Award, Sharif University of Technology, Iran (first place among all Industrial Engineering BS graduates), Jul 1998

· 32nd Place in National Entrance Exam of Bachelor's Program, Iran (among more than 200000 applicants), May 1994

· One of the 40 Students Selected in National Chemistry Olympiad, Iran (among all applicants in the country), Jul 1993.