IEEE Iran Section Award Announcement for the Year 2019
The IEEE Iran section would like to thank all individuals and teams who submitted their applications for the 2019 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 2019 IEEE Iran Section awards went to:
| Award | Name of Recipient | Affiliation |
| Lifetime Teaching Award | Prof. S. Abdullah Mirtaheri | K. N. Toosi University of Technology |
| Lifetime Research Award | Prof. Faramarz Hossein-Babaei | K. N. Toosi University of Technology |
| Prof. Hakkak award | Prof. Mohammad Sadegh Abrishamian | K. N. Toosi University of Technology |
| Prof. Jabehdar award | Prof. Mahmoud Shahabadi | University of Tehran |
| Prof. Caro Lucas | Prof. Babak Nadjar Araabi | University of Tehran |
| Outstanding Student Branch Counselor | Dr. Mohammad Reza Yousefi | Islamic Azad University – Najaf Abad Branch |
| Women in Engineering Award | Eng.Azadeh Dannandeh | |
| Young Investigator Award | Dr. Amir Safdarian | Sharif University of Technology |
| Best Ph.D. Thesis Award | Dr. Hamid Reza Baghaee | Amirkabir University of Technology |
| Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis | Dr. Mozhgan Amiri Dr. Mohammad Hadi | Isfahan University of Technology Sharif University of Technology |
| Best M.Sc. Thesis Award | Sedigheh Kouhpayeh-Zadeh-Esfahani | Amirkabir University of Technology |
| Outstanding M.Sc. Thesis | Hamed Mirsaeedi Mohammad Naderi | University of Tehran Islamic Azad University – Science and Research Branch |
| Best B.Sc. Thesis Award | – | – |
| Outstanding B.Sc. Thesis | Seyed bardia baraeinejad Pouya Khademian Reza Asadi | Sharif University of Technology Shahreza University K. N. Toosi University of Technology |
| Best Student Branch Award | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad |
| Student Branch Excellence Award | University of Kurdistan Buein Zahra Technical University | University of Kurdistan Buein Zahra Technical University |
The Award ceremony was held in conjunction with ICEE 2019 Yazd 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.