Awards & Honors

2018 Dimitris N. Chorafas Award

The Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation awards scientific prizes for outstanding work in selected fields in the engineering sciences, medicine and the natural sciences. It rewards research characterized by its high potential for practical application and by the special significance attached to its aftermath. The spintronics research from my PhD dissertation received this prestigious award in 2018.

See the news for details: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECE/News/2018/sayed-chorafas-award

See the list of award winners in 2018: https://folk.ntnu.no/jorgeen/Awards/Prizewinners_2018.pdf

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Best Poster Award, ASCENT 2018 Annual Review.

ASCENT is a center of Joint University Microelectronics Program (JUMP), sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and DARPA.

See the list of award winners in 2018: https://ascent.nd.edu/news/ascent-year-1-annual-review-meeting/

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IEEE Senior Membership

I have been elevated to the Senior Member grade in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) on June 26, 2021. Senior member is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply for. IEEE Senior Membership is an honor bestowed only to those who have made significant contributions to the profession.

Other awards and honors:

  • Dean's List Prize 2006-2007, awarded by department of EEE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.

  • Bangladesh Government Scholarship 2005-2009 (Based on higher secondary school certificate examination in 2005).