The IEEE Iran section would like to thank all individuals and teams who submitted their applications for the 2018 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 2018 IEEE Iran Section awards went to:
| Award | Name of Recipient | Affiliation |
| Lifetime Teaching Award | Prof. Mohammad Hossein Javidi Dasht Bayaz | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad |
| Lifetime Research Award | Prof. Farokh Alim Marvasti | Sharif University of Technology |
| Prof. Hakkak award | Prof. Mohammad Hassan Ghassemian Yazdi | Tarbiat Modares University |
| Prof. Jabehdar award | Prof. Alimohammad Doost-Hosseini | Isfahan University of Technology |
| Prof. Caro Lucas | Prof. Ali Khaki-Sedigh | K. N. Toosi University of Technology |
| Outstanding Student Branch Counselor | Dr. Mohsen Jannati | Shahreza Higher Education Center |
| Women in Engineering Award | Dr. Saeideh Parsaei Fard | Iran Telecommunication Research Center (ITRC) |
| Young Investigator Award | Dr. Vahid Abolghasemi | Shahrood University of Technology |
| Best Ph.D. Thesis Award | Dr. Milad Gharooni | University of Tehran |
| Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis | Dr. Hamed Rezaee | Amirkabir University of Technology |
| Best M.Sc. Thesis Award | Mohammad Farajollahi | Sharif University of Technology |
| Outstanding M.Sc. Thesis | Meisam Kabiri | Amirkabir University of Technology |
| Somayyeh Asgari | K. N. Toosi University of Technology | |
| Iman Abdali Mashhadi | Isfahan University of Technology | |
| Best B.Sc. Thesis Award | Fateme Zare | Sharif University of Technology |
| Outstanding B.Sc. Thesis | Shahriar Shalileh | University of Tehran |
| Best Student Branch Award | K. N. Toosi University of Technology | – |
| Amirkabir University of Technology | ||
| Student Branch Excellence Award | Shiraz University | – |
| Shahid Beheshti University |
The Award ceremony was held in conjunction with ICEE 2018 Sadjad University of Technology. The awards were handed over to the recipients by representatives from the following sponsoring agencies and family: Iran Telecommunication Research Center (ITRC), Fanni Foundation, and Prof. Hakkak’s family.