Academic Honors and Awards

2021

Best Abstract Poster Presentation Award (2nd place): Using Virtual Reality to allow paramedics to familiarize themselves with a new ambulance patient compartment design, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar, Jan 21, 2021.

Senior Design Contest Award (3rd place): Tactile Footwear Interface to Create the Illusion of Walking on Different Surfaces, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, May 10, 2020.

Elsevier Recognized Reviewer: In recognition of the reviews contributed to the Display Journal and Informatics in Medicine Unlocked journal.

Best paper award: 2018 IEEE Conference on e-Learning, e-Management and e-Service (IC3e 2018): A Virtual Reality Nutrition Awareness Learning System for Children, Malaysia, November 21-22, 2018.
Senior Design Contest Award (1st place): Tactile Footwear Interface to Create the Illusion of Walking on Different Surfaces, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, June 25, 2018.
Outstanding Research Project: Driver Activity Recognition from Sitting Posture and Vibrotactile-based Warning System for Making Driving More Safe, Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), April 5, 2018.

Excellence in Services award for recognition of exceptional service, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, June 5, 2017.
Finals Winner, Microsoft Imagine Cup Middle East and Africa Final: Self-Powered Smart Water Monitoring System using IoT and Cloud Computing, Lebanon, May 18-20, 2017.
Qatar National Winner, 1st Place, Microsoft Imagine Cup Qatar Final: Self-Powered Smart Water Monitoring System using IoT and Cloud Computing, April 17, 2017.
Best Research Paper Award; Driver Activity Recognition in Virtual Reality Driving Simulation, The 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (iCICS 2017), April 4, 2017.

Best service award for recognition of exceptional service, department of computer science and engineering, Qatar University, May 30, 2016.
Best Faculty Poster Award for Science & Engineering, Qatar University Annual Research Forum 2016, May 3, 2016.

1st Prize for Course Project Award: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Qatar University, June 4, 2015.
Senior Design Contest Award (third place): IMVIRISM: Immersive Virtual Reality in Improving Communication Skills in Children with Autism, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, June 4, 2015.

Senior Design Contest Award (1st place): Investigation of Haptic Seat and High-Fidelity Driving Simulator in Making Driving Safer, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, 18 June, 2014.
Appreciation Award for invaluable contribution to the Stars of Science TV program, May, 2014.
Outstanding Research Project: Incorporating Haptic and Olfactory into Surgical Simulation (iHOOS), Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), March 20, 2014.

Qatar National Winner, 1st Place, Microsoft Imagine Cup, Innovation Category: ARTOUCH: Interactive Digital Haptic Artifacts System, March 25, 2013.

Service Excellence Award: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Qatar University June 21, 2012.
Teaching Excellence Award: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Qatar University June 21, 2012.
Qatar National Winner, 1st Place, Microsoft Imagine Cup, Software Design Category: 3D-Kindio: Navigation Aid for Blind and Visually Impaired, April 26, 2012. [World top 20]
Runner Up award: Platform Expos, Create an App competition: Find my shadow April 18, 2012.

Best award: Competition for Art & Technology Tohoku 2011: Different games to test your memory, July 16, 2011.

Best paper award (1st Place): The 26^th NICOGRAPH Paper Contest: Enhancing 3D Scenes Using a Laser Projector in Real-time, September 24, 2010.
Best paper award (2nd Place): The 26^thNICOGRAPH Paper Contest: Real-time shape restoration method from multiple view camera image using texture projection, September 24, 2010.

Best award: Competition for Art & Technology Tohoku 2009: Interactive High-contrast Visual Generation Using Hybrid Laser-raster Projection.
The FUNAI foundation for Information Technology: The Development of Five-Fingered Haptic Interface HIRO.

The Best Paper Prize: IEEE Sendai Section, Tohoku-Section Joint Convention of Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers: Automatic calibration of laser projector arrays.
Best award: Competition for Art & Technology Tohoku 2008: Laser Graphics VJ: Dream Machine.

Best paper award: The 23^thNICOGRAPH Paper Contest: An efficient image-based rendering method for visual hull using LDI, November 16, 2007.

Outstanding Service Award: for serving as a Committee Member in The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Application and Technologies (PDCAT’02).