- Recipient of the Distinguished Award for Activities of the Center of Excellence in Design,
Robotics & Automation, By the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, 12/2009
- Recipient of ″DAAAM International Oral Presentation Award″ at the "17th DAAAM
International Conference and Symposium" Vienna, Austria. 11/2006
- Recipient of ″the 40th Anniversary Silver Coin and Award of Appreciation of the Sharif
University of Technology″ as an Exemplary Researcher, Tehran, Iran. 3/2005
- Recipient of the Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering Award, By the Iranian
Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), Isfahan, Iran. 4/2004
- Recipient of 2nd Place Award at the ″Real Resque Robot League″of the 7th International
RoboCup Competitions & Conferences, RoboCup2003, Award Winning Paper,
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7129518/Cedra-Awardee-Paper ,Padova, Italy. 7/2003
- Recipient of the MIT′s Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) Travel Award
to present a speech on Sharif Virtual University at the Center for Advanced Educational
Services, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA. (Travel Award: $2000). 2/2003
- Recipient of the TIT Centennial Commemorative International Academic Grant to visit the
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. (Travel Award: 301,500 Yen). 3/2003
- Recipient of the Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering Award, By the Ministry
of Science, Research and Technology, Iran. 2002
- Prize Recipient as an Exemplary Researcher, Sharif University of Technology, Iran. 2001
- Recipient of the 1997 ISESCO Prize in Technology ($5000 + Travel Award) for Outstanding
Achievements in Research & Education in Technology; among nominees from Islamic Nations.
ISESCO: Islamic Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization, Rabat, Morocco. 1998
- Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers(ISME) Award for Supervising the best M.Sc. Thesis
in Mech. Engr. during 1997-98 academic year in Iran; entitled ″Design and Fabrication of a
Series of Modular Robotics Grippers Equipped with a Quick-Change System″, Iran. 1998
- Listed in: Who is Who in the World, 15th Ed., USA. 1998
- Listed in: Who is Who in America; Finance & Industry, 31st Ed., USA. 2000
- Mechanical Engineering Exemplary Professorship Award, S.U.T., Iran. 1996
- Research Prize recipient from Sharif University of Technology, Iran. 1995
- Prize recipient from the Supreme Council on Scientific Research, Iran. 1991
- Prize Recipient as an Exemplary Researcher, Sharif University of Technology, Iran. 1990
- Y.C. HSU Memorial Award ($750) for Excellence in Graduate Work, USA. 1987
- Universal Oil Scholarship ($1200), USA. 1980
- International Work Scholarship ($500), USA. 1980
- Reader's Digest Scholarship($1000), USA. 1979
- ″Geometric Adaptability in Artificial & Cybernetic Hands″, Iranian Patent Office, Patent
Invention Book No. 24220, Iran. 12/23/1990
- ″Dual-Arm Cam-Lock Manipulators",US Patent pending,UC#93-353-1, USA. 11/9/1993
- ″Design and Fabrication of a Knotting Mechanism to Duplicate Traditional Persian Carpet
Weaving″, Iranian Patent Office (pending), Iran. 2/10/1995
- ″A Novel Design in Quick-Change Systems″, Iranian Patent Office (pending). 1/12/1997
- ″Design, Fabrication, and Calibration of a Robotic Device for Lumbar Muscles Power
Measurement″, Owners: Mr. Azghani; Dr. Farahmand; Dr. Parnianpour; Dr. Meghdari; Mr.
Farzampour. Iranian Patent Office, Patent Invention Book No. 59668, Iran.
