Honors and Awards

2014, Karas Award for the Outstanding Dissertation at Iowa State University
2012, Iowa State University Research Excellence Award
2010, Second award in the USA graduate student competition at the Annual Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences, Ames, IA, USA
2010, NSF Grant for Society of Engineering Sciences (SES)
2007, Elite student in MS in Mechanical Engineering at AUT with the GPA of 17.72/20.
2006, The third rank among B.S. students of Mechanical Engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology with the GPA of 17.67/20.
2006, Membership of Mechanical Engineering Olympiad Team at Amirkabir University of Technology
2006, Accepted in M.S. of Solid Mechanics at Amirkabir University of Technology without entrance exam, as an elite student
2001, ranked 886^th among more than 400,000 students competing the university entrance exam for engineering majors

Dr. Mahdi Javanbakht