• Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Award, 2021

• National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2020 

• Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award, 2020 

• Early Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2022 

• Chairholder of Texas Instruments Early Career Award,  The University of Texas at Dallas, 2022-2028

• Steven O. Lane Junior Faculty Fellow,  Virginia Tech, 2021-2022 [Link]

• College of Engineering (COE) Faculty Fellow ,  Virginia Tech, 2021-2022 [Link]

• The Graduate Teaching Excellence Award in the ECE Department, UTD, 2024  

• Among the World's Top 2% Scientists (2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations), 2023 [Link] 

• Among the World's Top 2% Scientists, 2022 [Link] 

• Among the World's Top 2% Scientists, 2021 [Link] 

• IEEE Senior Member, 2016-Present. 

• P.Eng., Registered Professional Engineer, 2015-Present. 

• Contribution Award from High Voltage  journal, 2020 (The award recognizes members on the journal's editorial board for their outstanding contributions to the journal)

• Best Paper Award, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting  (PES GM), Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 2-6, 2020

• Best Paper Award, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo. (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2019 

• Best Paper Award, The 26th International Power System Conference, 2011.

• Best Paper Award, The 25th International Power System Conference, 2010.

• New Faculty Mentoring Project Award, Virginia Tech, 2017

Honors and Awards of Students

• Bhuban Dhamala: Research Excellence Award Grant, ECE UTD, 2024 

• Moein Borghei: Paul E. Torgersen Graduate Student Research Excellence Award, Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, 2021 

• Maryam Tousi: IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) Graduate Student Fellowship ($5,000), 2020