Honors and Awards

Merit Scholarship for Foreign Students (PBEEE), awarded by the Quebec Research Fund - Nature and Technology (FRQNT), Canada, 2024

The Sustainable Development Scholarship, awarded by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) - Canada chapter in Quebec & East Ontario, Montreal, Canada, 2023

Recognized by Wiley publisher in 2022 as a Top Cited Article titled "Experimental studies on rheological, mechanical, and microstructure properties of self‐compacting concrete containing perovskite nanomaterial" published in the journal Structural Concrete

Recognized by Wiley publisher in 2021 as a Top Cited Article titled "Experimental studies on rheological, mechanical, and microstructure properties of self‐compacting concrete containing perovskite nanomaterial" published in the journal Structural Concrete

Recognized Reviewer Award in May 2020 for the Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier publisher

The Top Researcher Award in Young Researchers and Elite Club (YREC), Sari Branch, among all departments of Islamic Azad University (IAU), Sari, Iran, 2019

The Top Student Award, among all departments of Tabari Institute of Higher Education, Iran, 2017

Recognized Reviewer Award in September 2016 for the International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment, Elsevier publisher

Selected as top researcher student in 2015, Tabari Institute of Higher Education, Iran

Recognized Reviewer Award in October 2015 for the Construction and Building Materials journal, Elsevier publisher

Recognized Reviewer Award in June 2015 for the Ultrasonics Journal, Elsevier publisher

The Top Researcher Award in YREC, Jouybar Branch, among all departments of IAU, Jouybar, Iran, in 2012 and 2014

A. S. Nik: 1st national ranking Principal Investigator in a project titled "The Role of Nano-particles in Strengthening of Building Materials," receiving the Student Research Projects Award in the Engineering Departments in the First National Festival of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2011

Ranked 3rd in regional Concrete Cube Competition, Sari, Iran, 2010

Head member of a selected Creative Team in regional Concrete Cube Competition, Sari, Iran, 2010