2026
TRL Advancement Award
Labs4 · National · Business
Recognition for advancing the technology readiness level of a doctoral-research-derived venture through a national commercialization program.
Awards
Honours & recognition.
Scholarships, best-paper awards, pitch-competition wins, and other forms of recognition earned across research, academic, and entrepreneurial work — from undergraduate fellowships through current doctoral milestones.
11
Total awards
4
Categories
13+ yrs
Span
2025
Lab2Market Validate
Mitacs Canada · National · Business
Selected for Mitacs's Lab2Market Validate cohort — a national entrepreneurship program supporting graduate researchers in testing product–market fit and advancing commercialization of their doctoral work.
2024
Lab2Market Oceans Award
Mitacs Canada · National · Business
Awarded a place in the Lab2Market Oceans cohort — a national accelerator run by Mitacs that helps researcher-entrepreneurs turn deep-tech research into market-ready ventures.
2024
Ocean Idea Challenge Award
Mitacs Canada · National · Business
Selected in a competitive national call for venture concepts derived from academic research, with recognition for commercial potential and technical merit.
2024
Fort Capital Partners Scholarship
Simon Fraser University · Invention to Innovation (i2I) · National · Academic
Merit scholarship awarded through SFU Beedie's Invention to Innovation program — a graduate certificate that trains researcher-entrepreneurs to commercialize science-based innovation.
2024
Pitch Venture Finalist — Mitacs i2I Skills Finale
Simon Fraser University · Beedie School of Business · National · Business
Named a finalist at SFU Beedie's Mitacs i2I Skills Finale pitch event, recognized among top graduate-researcher ventures demonstrating an entrepreneurial mindset and clear commercialization pathway.
Read SFU Beedie feature2024
Best Paper Award — CSCE Annual Conference
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering · National · Research
Recognized by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) with the Best Paper Award at the 2024 Annual Conference — a peer-reviewed recognition from a national professional society.
View announcement2023
Best Presentation Award
York University · Institutional · Communication
Institutional recognition for outstanding delivery of graduate research at York University.
2022
Hydro-Environment Challenge
IAHR Young Professionals · International · Research
Internationally recognized by the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering & Research (IAHR) Young Professionals network — a global community of early-career researchers.
View IAHR feature2017
Graduate Merit Fellowship
Ministry of Science & Technology, Iran · National · Academic
Full-tuition graduate fellowship awarded through Iran's national merit-based admissions process, granting entrance to a top-ranked M.Sc. program in Mechanical Engineering.
2013
Undergraduate Merit Fellowship
Ministry of Science & Technology, Iran · National · Academic
Full-tuition undergraduate fellowship awarded through Iran's competitive national university entrance examination for placement in a top-ranked B.Sc. program in Mechanical Engineering.
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