Awards and funding
- Marie-Curie fellowship program (FP7) - ERCIM Alain Bensoussan FP (2013-2014).
- NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) for 2 years, Canada, 2010.
- NSERC Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Government Laboratories, Canada, 2009.
- NSERC Summer program in Taiwan, held at CCU, Chiya Yi, Taiwan, 2009
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), held at Carleton University, 2008-2009.
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship for Science and Technology (OGSST) twice, held at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2004-2006.
- Dr. Roger Kaye Memorial Award for Ontario Students, 2007 and 2008, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
- The Minister of Higher Education prize, for ranking the 2nd of 73 graduates in a 4 years B.Sc. program, University of Technology, Baghdad, 1991.
- Graduate scholarship – SCE, Carleton University, for 5 years (2005 -2009).
- Dean of Graduate Studies Academic Excellence Scholarship, Carleton University, for 4 years (2006 -2009).
- Best industry oriented project award, Almansour College University, Baghdad, 1996.