Awards and Certificates

Twice nominated for the Virginia Tech “Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award” (a university-level competition), 2016 and 2015;

Received “Graduate Instructor of the Year 2014-2015” award from the Virginia Tech Department of Economics, 2015;

Recognized by Virginia Tech Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research (CIDER) “Thank a Teacher” program for teaching excellence and effectiveness, 2013;

Ad hoc reviewer for the Middle East Development Journal, Economic Development Quarterly, And International Journal of Emerging Markets;

Ranked 2nd among peers in the MS. program (based on the GPA) in Socio-Economic Systems Engineering at Institute for Management and Planning Studies, Tehran, Iran, 2006;

Ranked 37th among more than 6000 entrants in the Iranian National Comprehensive University Entrance Exam, 2003;

Ranked 2nd among peers in the BS. program (based on the GPA) in Industrial and Systems Engineering at K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2003;

Finalist in Iran’s “National Best Student Selection Festival”, 2003.

Executive Management, Issued by Industrial Management Institute, Tehran, Iran, 2010;

Technology Foresight (Road mapping), Issued by WAITRO-ISESCO International Org., Tehran, Iran, 2010;

Negotiation Methods, Issued by Industrial Management Institute, Tehran, Iran, 2010;

Value Engineering, Issued by Society of Iranian Value Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 2009.