Every year, Awards and Recognition committee of IEEE Iran Section awards many prizes to individuals. You may find them in the Awards & Recognition’s announcement page.
The IEEE Iran section would like to thank all individuals and teams who submitted their applications for the 2016 IEEE Iran Section award selection. We received many submissions for this year’s awards and the decision, in some categories, was not easy at all. Congratulations to all the winners! And congratulations to all of you for the great enthusiasm you put to make outstanding contributions and impact in the engineering society.
The 2016 IEEE Iran Section awards went to:
| Award | Name of Recipient | Affiliation |
| Lifetime Teaching Award | Prof. Said Nader-Esfahani | University of Tehran |
| Lifetime Research Award | Prof. Mohammad Kazem Moravvej-Farshi | Tarbiat Modares University |
| Prof. Hakkak award | Prof. Homayoon Oraizi | Iran University of Science & Technology |
| Prof. Jabehdar award | Prof. Mehrdad Sharif Bakhtiar | Sharif University of Technology |
| Outstanding Student Branch Counselor | Dr. Farzaneh Abdollahi | AmirKabir University of Technology |
| Women-in-Engineering Award | Dr. Zohreh Azimifar | Shiraz University |
| Young Investigator Award | Dr. Mohammad Abdolahad | University of Tehran |
| Best PhD Thesis Award | Dr. Amir Safdarian | Sharif University of Technology |
| Outstanding PhD Thesis | Dr. Nasiri-Zarandi | AmirKabir University of Technology |
| Best MSc Thesis Award | Morteza Esteki | Isfahan University of Technology |
| Outstanding MSc. Thesis | Vahid Samavatian
Kasra Esfandiari Ashrafi Nia |
K.N.T University of Technology
AmirKabir University of Technology University of Tehran |
| Best BSc Thesis Award | Pouya Mollaebrahim Ghari | Shahid Beheshti University |
| Outstanding BSc. Thesis | Amin Gholami
Mostafa Aminnaji |
Iran University of Science & Technology
Babol Noshirvani University of Technology |
| Best Student Branch Award | University of Tehran | University of Tehran |
| Student Branch Excellence Award | Sharif University of Technology | Sharif University of Technology |
| Student Branch Excellence Award | AmirKabir University of Technology | AmirKabir University of Technology |
| Student Branch Excellence Award | Shahreza Higher Education Center | Shahreza Higher Education Center |
| Student Branch Excellence Award | Technical and Vocational University of Sanandaj | Technical and Vocational University of Sanandaj |
| Student Branch Excellence Award | Alzahra University | Alzahra University |
| Student Branch Excellence website Award | Isfahan University of Technology | Isfahan University of Technology |
| Student Branch Excellence website Award | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad |
| Student Branch Excellence website Award | Islamic Azad University South Tehran | Islamic Azad University South Tehran |
| Student Branch Excellence Clip Award | University of Tabriz | University of Tabriz |
The Award ceremony was held in conjunction with ICEE 2016 at Shiraz University. The awards were handed over to the recipients by representatives from the following sponsoring agencies and family: ITRC, Fanni Foundation, and Prof. Hakkak’s family.