Achievements & Honors
Awards & Honors
- Mar 2016: Elevated to IEEE Senior Member Grade.
- Dec 2015: Award of appreciation for Lightening talk, IEEE Globecom 2015, San Diego, USA.
- Aug 2015: Award of appreciation for an Invited talk, 5G ICT Workshop, LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan.
- Jun 2015 - Present: Founder and Chair of IEEE ComSoc Technical sub-Committee on backhaul/fronthaul networking & communication, with Intel, USA, NEC, Germany, 5GIC, KAUST and NSN, USA.
- Apr 2015: Award of appreciation for technical contribution to cognitive radio oriented wireless networking, European Alliance for Innovation, Italy.
- Jun 2015: ECEN Travel award, Texas A&M University at Qatar, circa $2K.
- Mar 2015/16: Industrial support fund for Special Interest Group on Backhaul, NEC Lab, Germany, circa $3K (accumulated).
- Jan 2014: Associate Dean Office funding to Innovate Engineering with Technology 2014, TAMUQ, circa $3K.
- Jul 2013: Research fund award: Co-Lead PI, Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), circa $1M.
- Jan 2012 - Jan 2015: Elected secretary IEEE DySPAN 1900.7 working group (White space radio).
- Apr 2010: Recipient of Collaborative Research Fund Award 2010, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, circa $30K.
- Jan 2006 - Jan 2009: Recipient of University of Strathclyde overseas research scholarship (ORS) circa $45K.
- Jan 2006 - Jul 2009: Recipient of industrial research grant by Picsel Technologies Ltd. to co-sponsor PhD, circa $55K.
- Sep 2005: Distinction holder in MSc. (CCDSP), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
- Mar 2002: Distinction holder in B.E. (Electrical), NED UET Karachi, Pakistan.