SUTA Awards 2018

It is with distinct pleasure to announce the formation of the award committee and the kick off of the SUTA 2018 award program. This bi-annual award program will be held for the fifth time in conjunction with the 2018 SUTA Reunion. These awards will be given in three categories as follows.

1. Dr. Amin’s Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize a scholar with outstanding contribution to the university. The former recipients of this award are Professor S. Shahshahani (2010), Professor S. Sohrabpour (2012), Professor R. Mansori (2014) and Professor M. Ghodsi (2016).
   
2. Alumni Achievement Award to recognize an alumnus with outstanding achievement in industry or academia. The former recipients of this award are Professor B. Khoshnevis (2012), Professor M. Tabiani (2014) and Mr. H. Armandehi (2016).
   
3. Staff and Alumni Service Award to recognize an alumnus or university staff with outstanding service to the university, SUTA, or the society. The former recipients of this award are Professor A. N. Mashayekhi (2012), Mr. A. R. Hamzelou, Mr. M. Hakimpour, Ms. A. Tehrani and Mr. M. Ajoudani (2014), Mr. E. Arzpeyma (2016).
   

We are now inviting the membership for nominating appropriate candidates for any or all of the above categories. The nominations must be submitted electronically by February 19, 2018 to the email address awards@suta.org and should include a short biography of the candidate and an explanation to justify the candidacy.

In a separate activity, we are also working on Dr. Mojtahedi’s Innovation Award to recognize the best research conducted in every department of Sharif University of Technology and the announcements will be made shortly.

For further information about the awards and their past recipients, interested members are encouraged to visit SUTA website and read Dr. Jalil Kamali’s article in SUTA Newsletter No. 77.

Best Regards

SUTA Awards Committee 

(Hossein Akhavan, Jalil Kamali, Farrokh Malihi, Bahram Zahir)