Awards and Scholarships

• Research fellowship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, Jan 2008-Jan 2009.

• Best PhD thesis of the year selected by Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers, (ISME), 2010.

• Two Selected papers by Elsevier as the hottest papers in journal of "Engineering Fracture Mechanics", years 2005 and 2009.

• Outstanding researcher in Iran University of Science and Technology (2009)

• Outstanding student in Iran University of Science and Technology for educational and research achievements (years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009)