Grants & Funding
- 2026 - SJSU Research Grant Academy: Two grants on multi-agent decision-making under uncertainty and reinforcement learning-based control for autonomous systems (Summer 2026).
- 2026 - NSF ACCESS/NAIRR “AI Unlocked” Travel Award (Denver, CO): NSF-funded travel support and access to national AI/HPC resources (PSC Bridges-2, NCSA DeltaAI).
- 2025-2026 - Department of Education Grant: Engineering Success initiative (SJSU & Gavilan College). Served as internship mentor in machine learning and data analysis (mentoring 8 students).
- 2024-2025 - WITH-Cyber Grant (Senior Personnel): Workforce training in cybersecurity and AI; funded by the State of California (~$1M, 3 years).
- 2025 - Rapid Plus Bridge Funding Grant (SJSU).
- 2026-2027 - RSCA Assigned Time Award, San José State University.
Honors & Awards
- San Jose State University Emerging Leaders Seed Grant Program
- Outstanding Teaching Award, University of California, Merced
- EECS Spring 2023 Travel Award (2×), UC Merced
- Best Presentation Award, ICMRE, France
- CETL Teaching Fellow Program, UC Merced
- Graduate Division NRST Fellowship (Teaching Assistantship Scholarship), UC Merced
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Teaching Fellowship, University of Colorado Denver
- Outstanding and Academic Excellence Award — ranked 2nd among undergraduates in Applied Mathematics, Iran University of Science & Technology