AWARDS

National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2017
Project on Bridge Repair selected as High-Value Sweet Sixteen Projects by TRB, 2016
Selected for National Academy of Engineering’s 2016 Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium (FOEE), 2016
Nominated for National Academy of Engineering’s 2016 US Frontiers of Education Symposium (US FOE), 2016
Featured by Prism Magazine of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 2015
The Associated General Contractors of Connecticut, Inc. Educator of the Year Finalist, 2014
C. R. Klewin, Inc. Excellence in Teaching Award, 2014
C. R. Klewin, Inc. Excellence in Teaching Award, 2013
Outstanding Reviewer of Bridge Engineering Journal, ASCE, 2011
Honored Ph.D Graduate, University of Nevada, 2009
Merit based award from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, 2002
Member of The Honor Society of “Phi-Kappa-Phi”

Licensed Professional Engineer (PE), State of California, 2011
Certified Engineer for “Seismic retrofit and strengthening of existing structures”, Iran State Management and Planning Organization, 2006
ACI Examiner for the Following ACI Certification Programs
- Concrete Field Testing Technician – Grade I
- Concrete Strength Testing Technician
- Concrete Laboratory Testing Technician – Level 2
- Aggregate Testing Technician – Level 1 & 2
- Aggregate Base Testing Technician