My students and I have won a number of awards, in research, teaching and extra-curricular activities. Here is a partial list:
- First Place, Biomedical Design Technology Demo Competition, Biomedical Engineering & Sciences Technology, Third Annual Research Symposium, Bethany Hughes, Michelle Luk and Imran Sheikh, June 2014, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada. (role: co-supervisor, with Dr. Victor Yang)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Chair’s Teaching Award, Ryerson University, December 2013 (role: direct recipient, instructor for ELE 604)
- First Place, Sumo Competition, Western Canadian Robot Games 2013 (role: faculty advisor for Ryerson's Hobby Electronics Club)
- Third Place, Sumo Competition, Western Canadian Robot Games 2013 role: faculty advisor for Ryerson's Hobby Electronics Club)
- First Place, Biomedical Technology Demo Competition, Biomedical Engineering & Sciences Technology, Second Annual Research Symposium, Anna Leshchenko, Kathryn Atwell, Abdallah El-Falou, Marcelle-Andree Carneiro and James Andrew Smith, June 2013, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada. (role: research supervisor and principle investigator)
- Capstone Design Open House Award 2013: Haptic Surgical Training System by Sahar Feroz, Angela Ip and Na Li (role: supervisor)
- First Place Sumo Competition, Western Canadian Robot Games 2012 (role: faculty advisor for Ryerson's Hobby Electronics Club)
- Second Place, Design Competition, IEEE EMBS Healthcare Innovation Conference (HIC), November 2012, Houston Texas (role: direct participant)
- Design on Dundas Winner 2012: Nika Zolfaghari and Jung Kim (role: supervisor)
- Capstone Design “Gold” Winner 2012 : Design of a Regenerative Servo for Prosthetic Applications by Nika Zolfaghari, Jung Kim and Fakhreddine Taleb (role: supervisor)
- First Place Sumo Competition, Western Canadian Robot Games 2011 (role: faculty advisor for Ryerson's Hobby Electronics Club)
- IEEE Real World Engineering Projects Winner 2010 (role: direct recipient)
- Winner, Curriculum Design Competition, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept, Ryerson University, 2009 (role: lead author)
- IEEE Real World Engineering Projects Winner 2008 (role: co-recipient)
