Second prize winner of the 2008 Anna Valicek Medal for original and innovative research in the application
of operations research to civil airline problems
- Airline Group of the International Federation of Operations Research Societies (AGIFORS), Fall 2008

Received the 2007-08 IOE Graduate Distinguished Achievement Award
- University of Michigan, IOE department, Winter 2008

Received the Alpha Pi Mu Outstanding GSI of the Year Award
- University of Michigan, Winter 2007

Received the Outstanding Research Mentor Award
- University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Winter 2006

Recognized as one of the top 10% graduate student instructor by students’ evaluations
for three consecutive semesters
- University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Winter 2005, Fall and Winter 2006

Valedictorian for master’s degree
- Sharif University of Technology, 1999