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Annual Students Awards
2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award Taima Khairalla Alhazaimeh (CHE)
Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award     Anas Sami Ba Ragaa (CMP)
Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award     Dana Osama Mohamed (COE)
Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award     Chahed Abdulsatir Alhomsi (CVE)
Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award     Abdulrazak M.Bichr Alghabra (ELE)
Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award     Haneen Zain Abdelrhman (INE)
Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award     Ahmed Muhammad Azmeer (MCE)
Graduate Academic Excellence Award Rateb Majd Katmah (MSBME)
Graduate Academic Excellence Award Mohammed Abdullah Al-Murisi (MSChE)
Graduate Academic Excellence Award Yazan Khaled Jian (MSCoE)
Graduate Academic Excellence Award Fayiz Mohammad Juem (MSCM)
Graduate Academic Excellence Award Doha Hesham Elshazly (MSCE)
Graduate Academic Excellence Award Mohammad Wasef Abulaila (MSEE)
Graduate Academic Excellence Award Lubna Syeda Mahmood (ESM)
Graduate Academic Excellence Award Parham Dadash Pour (MSME)
Graduate Academic Excellence Award Ammar Ahmed Kiftaro (MSMTR)
Undergraduate Research Excellence Award Hafsah Khan (CHE)
Graduate Research Excellence Award (MSc) Ali Reza Sajun (MSCoE)
Graduate Research Excellence Award (PhD) Alia Al Sadawi (PhD-ESM)
Outstanding CEN Student Leadership Award Sherif Khaled Ismail (MCE)
Outstanding CEN Student Community Service Award Hadj Babouhoun Kerrouchi (MCE)
Outstanding CEN Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Sara Saboor (PhD-ESM)
Outstanding CEN Student Talent Award Rafal Habib (CVE)
Most Engaged CEN Alumni Award Dr. Ghanim Kashwani (CVE)
Graduate Students Research Awards
Award  Awardee Program  Year 
Graduate Student Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Excellence Award Sara Saboor PhD in Engineering Systems Management 2022
Graduate Student Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Excellence Award Ali R. Sajun Master of Science in Computer Engineering 2022
Graduate Student Academic and Leadership Excellence Award Nada Abdalgawad Master of Science in Computer Engineering 2022
Graduate Student Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Excellence Award Sakib Shahriar  Master of Science in Computer Engineering 2020
Graduate Student Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Excellence Award Mohammed Elnawawy Master of Science in Computer Engineering 2019
Graduate Student Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Excellence Award Nouran ElMesalami Master of Science in Civil Engineering 2018
Graduate Student Academic and Leadership Excellence Award  Mohammed Alhusin  Master of Science in Computer Engineering 2018
Graduate Student Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Excellence Award Ragini Gupta Master of Science in Computer Engineering 2017
Graduate Student Academic and Leadership Excellence Award  Haidar Alhaidary Master of Science in Civil Engineering  2017
Capstone Projects Awards

The top 3 capstone projects are identified annually in each of the 6 engineering departments.

External Student Awards
  • October 2022: CSE | 1st Place in Sibaq Lahja.
    Student(s): Mohammed Tamim

  • September 2022: CSE | Runner-Up position for the Gitex Youth X Unipreneur Tech4Sustainability Hackathon.
    Student(s): Jowaria Khan, Eyad Hussein and Mahira Pathan

  • August 2022: CSE | 2nd Place in the Dell Technologies Envision the Future Annual Graduation Project Competition 2022.
    Student(s): Ashith Farhan, Farooq Mirza, Joel D' Souza and Sabbir Alam
    Advisor(s): Ra'afat Abu-Rukba
    Project Title: Multi-Sensor System to Predict Early Signs of Spine Disease.

  • August 2022: CSE | 1st Place in the Advanced Engineering Category at the 15th UOWD Innovation Fair 2022 at the University of Wollongong in Dubai.
    Student(s): Ashith Farhan, Farooq Mirza, Joel D' Souza and Sabbir Alam
    Advisor(s): Ra'afat Abu-Rukba
    Project Title: Multi-Sensor System to Predict Early Signs of Spine Disease.

  • August 2022: CEN | The Founder Institute Scholarship Award at the IEEE Region 8 Pitch Competition, Tunasia.
    Student(s): Mahira Pathan (CSE), Muhammad Kumail (CSE) and Fareha Khan (MCE)
    Project Title: Efert.

  • June 2022: AUS | The Product of the Year award at the Injaz Company Program 2021–2022.
    Student(s): Adam Aliasgar Burhanpurwala (CSE), Khaled Bashar Khawaja (CAAD) and Amaan Shad (MIS)
    Project Title: Brains 2 Business Solutions (B2B).

  • May 2022: CSE | Recipient of Sheikh Khalifa Scholarship from the College of Engineering (CEN)
    Student(s): Eyad Abdelazim Hussein

  • April 2022: CSE | 2nd Place at the Annual NYUAD International Hackathon 2022.
    Student(s): Ashith Farhan
    Project Title: QS Pirates, a virus detection model.

  • April 2022: CSE | Best Presentation Award at the Annual NYUAD International Hackathon 2022.
    Student(s): Ali Reza Sajun and Donthi Sankalpa
    Project Title: NurseQ, web-based application for optimal scheduling for nurses.

  • April 2022: CSE | Best Social Good Applied to the Region Award at the Annual NYUAD International Hackathon 2022.
    Student(s): Ansah Juned Siddiqui
    Project Title: qSa’id, Quantum-ML-Assisted diagnostic treatment access platform for autism.

  • March 2022: CSE | First Place in the COVID 19 Detection Using X_RAY Images Challenge during the Artificial intelligence (AI) Week at the University of Sharjah.
    Student(s): Ali Reza Sajun, Donthi Sankalpa and Nadeen Tarek

  • March 2022: CSE | Second Place (Tie) in the COVID 19 Detection Using X_RAY Images Challenge during the Artificial intelligence (AI) Week at the University of Sharjah.
    Student(s): Radi Aman Riyas

  • March 2022: CSE | Second Place (Tie) in the COVID 19 Detection Using X_RAY Images Challenge during the Artificial intelligence (AI) Week at the University of Sharjah.
    Student(s): Akchunya Chanchal

  • March 2022: CSE | Third Place in the COVID 19 Detection Using Symptoms Challenge during the Artificial intelligence (AI) Week at the University of Sharjah.
    Student(s): Rohan Mitra

  • November 2021: CSE | 1st Place at the Emirates Mars Mission’s Planet X Challenge hosted by Mohamed Bin Rashid Space Center and Fun Robotics.
    Student(s): Dana Mohamed, Youssef Awad and Wisam Orabi

  • November 2021: CEN | 2nd Place at the Emirates Mars Mission’s Planet X Challenge hosted by Mohamed Bin Rashid Space Center and Fun Robotics.
    Student(s): Samarth Rai (CSE), Rohan Mitra (CSE), Dara Varam (CSE) and Mohammad Kharoub (ELE)

  • November 2021: CSE | 2nd Place at the IEEE UAE Student Day (Senior Design) Competition Under the Computing and Robotic category.
    Student(s): Rawan Suwwan, Yara Rashed, Seba Alkafri and Mariam Reda
    Advisor(s): Dr. Tamer Shanableh
    Project Title: Classifying Plant Diseases Using Deep Learning.

  • November 2021: CSE | 3rd Place at the IEEE UAE Student Day (Senior Design) Competition Under the Computing and Robotic category.
    Student(s): Maya Hiba, Ayesha Abdulla Al Marri and Natasha Madhu
    Advisor(s): Dr. Tamer Shanableh
    Project Title: Insights.

  • November 2021: CSE | 3rd Place at the IEEE UAE Student Day (Senior Design) Competition Under the Communication and Electronics category.
    Student(s): Wisam Orabi, Dana Mohamed, Meera Rashid and Youssef Awad
    Advisor(s): Dr. Hicham Hallal and Dr. Raafat Abu-Rukba
    Project Title: A Data Leakage Detection and Prevention System.

  • October 2021: CSE | 2nd Place in UAE at the IEEEXtreme 24hours Global Programming Contest.
    Student(s): Hamad Al Hammadi, Eyad Mohammed Ali and Rohan Mitra
    Advisor(s): Dr. Salam Dhao and Dr. Gerassimos Barlas

  • July 2021: AUS | The Product of the Year award at the Injaz Company Program 2020–2021.
    Student(s): Muhammad Junaid (CSE), Syed Faizan (CSE), Syed Kumail (CSE), Arpit Jain (FIN) and Mohammed Al Najjar (INE)
    Project Title: Hydroot.

  • June 2021: AUS | Best Paper Award at the National UAE Graduate Student Research Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
    Student(s): Ayah Al Harthi (CSE), Anuja Thomas (MA TESOL, English) and Noor Kaddoura (MA TESOL, English)
    Advisor(s): Dr. Philip McCarthy (English), Dr. Khawlah Ahmed (English) and Dr. Nicholas Duran (Arizona State University)
    Project Title: Putting an End to Paragraphs.

  • September 2020: CSE | Regional award for the Africa and the Middle East region in the Computer Science category by The Global Undergraduate Awards 2020
    Student(s): Lana Hasan Alhaj Hussain, Brylle Ryan Gomez, Ali Reza Mohammed Husein Sajun and Dara Yarob Sakhnini
    Advisor(s): Dr. Imran Zualkernan and Dr. Salam Dhou
    Project Title: Camera Trap Image Classification Using Deep Learning on Edge Devices.

  • April 2020: CSE | Audience Award at Annual NYUAD International Hackathon 2020.
    Student(s): Ali Sajun, Brylle Gomez and Lana Hussain
    Project Title: "Nitaq", which means range. A platform that reaches out to learners in low-connectivity areas and offers them a gamified learning experience.

  • April 2020: CSE | Research award from Sandooq Al Watan.
    Student(s): Mariam Jamal Arshi, Sara Mohammed Almaazmi, Reem Abdalla AlAmeeri and Fatima Hussain Darwish
    Advisor(s): Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ali and Dr. Salam Dhou
    Project Title: Smart Cane for Visually Impaired Children using IoT and AI.

  • October 2019: CSE | 1st Place at the Cyber Battle of The Emirates 2019.
    Student(s): Yousef Awad

  • October 2019: CSE | 2nd Place at the Cyber Battle of The Emirates 2019.
    Student(s): Ashith Farhan

  • October 2019: CSE | 2nd Place at the AI Challenge at the 2019 Hack In The Box Cyber Week Conference.
    Student(s): Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali and Yousef Awad

  • September 2019: CSE | Research award from Sandooq Al Watan.
    Student(s): Arwa Ibrahim Alblooshi, Raaid Sami Salha, Rami Hassan Abuassi and Amir Raad Douglah
    Advisor(s): Dr. Imran Zualkernan and Dr. Fadi Aloul
    Project Title: Open-Source Infrastructure for Smart Homes.

  • May 2019: CEN | 3rd Place at the OMG MENA Inter-University challenge 2019.
    Student(s): Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali (CSE), Mohamed Alhusin (CSE), Motamen Monawar (CSE) and Ahmed Osman (MSESM)

  • May 2019: AUS | 4th Place at the University Blockchain Challenge.
    Student(s): Amro Farouk (CSE), Alfarouk Hesham (CSE), Ahmed Abubakr (CSE), Mihails Balonuskovs (MIS) and Nikita Mitin (FIN)
    Advisor(s): Dr. Taha Landolsi and Dr. Gerassimos Barlas

  • April 2019: CSE | 1st Place at the CyberTalents UAE National Cyber Security Capture The Flag (CTF) 2019 competition
    Student(s): Omar Elgafri and Youssef Awad

  • April 2019: CSE | 3rd Place at the Smart Mobile Application Contest 2019 held at Khalifa University.
    Student(s): Vikram Sakkia, Hasan Al Noman, Omar Al Hammadi and Salman Sowdagar
    Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zulkernan
    Project Title: Emergency Evacuation System using BLE Beacons.

  • April 2019: CSE | 2nd Place at the 8th International NYUAD Hackathon 2019.
    Student(s): Jayroop Ramesh and Vikram Sakkia
    Project Title: “7aneen”, a smart mobile keyboard that helps Arabs communicate in Arabic script to preserve the language but type in “Arabizi”.

  • April 2019: CSE | 1st Place in the 2019 RTA Hackathon, hosted in Burj Khalifa..
    Student(s): Omar Mohamed and Elhoussine Talab
    Advisor(s): Dr. Ra'afat Abu-Rukba

  • April 2019: CSE | 1st Place at Millennial Engagement Competition part of the Mega City Infrastructure Week.
    Student(s): Vikram Sakkia, Hasan Al Noman, Omar Al Hammadi and Salman Sowdagar
    Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zulkernan
    Project Title: Emergency Evacuation System using BLE Beacons.

  • April 2019: CSE | 1st Place in the the IEEE consumer electronics conference (ICCE 2019) Best Poster Video Award competition, Las Vegas, USA.
    Student(s): Omar Hamdan, Hassan Shanableh and Inas Zaki
    Advisor(s): Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali and Dr. Tamer Shanableh
    Project Title: IoT Based Interactive Dual Mode Smart Home Automation.

  • February 2019: CSE | 1st Place in the 2019 HSBC Programming Challenge.
    Student(s): Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali

  • February 2019: CSE | 2nd Place in the 2019 HSBC Programming Challenge.
    Student(s): Mohammed Alhusin

  • February 2019: CSE | 3rd Place in the 2019 HSBC Programming Challenge.
    Student(s): Motamen Monawar

  • February 2019: CSE | 1st Place in the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) Hackathon.
    Student(s): Jayroop Ramesh, Vikram Sakkia, Niha Thodika, Shilpa Sujith and Saad Aldeen
    Project Title: Mindspire.

  • February 2019: CSE | 1st Place in the Dubai Police Capture the Flag Cyber Security Challenge.
    Student(s): Youssef Awad

  • February 2019: AUS | 2nd Place in the KPMG Innovation and Collaboration Challenge Competition.
    Student(s): Mazin Raffi (CSE), Yedhu Gopan (CHBE), Yameena Naqvi (CHBE) and Hawa Bandeyh (FIN)
    Project Title: The Protein Project.

  • February 2019: CSE | Research award from Sandooq Al Watan.
    Student(s): Abdalla Ahmed Mohamed, Mariam Khalid Alhammadi, Hanin Farid AlRais and Amna Abdelrazaq Al Ali
    Advisor(s): Dr. Imran Zualkernan and Dr. Fadi Aloul
    Project Title: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and BLE Beacons to Characterize Behavioral Patterns.

  • February 2019: CSE | Research award from Sandooq Al Watan.
    Student(s): Maryam Alsaedi, Bashayer Al-Marzooqi and Anwar Elshaik
    Advisor(s): Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ali and Dr. Assim Sagahyroon
    Project Title: Autonomous Vehicle Detection and Monitoring System.

  • January 2019: CSE | 1st Place in the the IEEE Consumer Electronics Conference (ICCE 2019) Best Poster Video Award Competition.
    Student(s): Omar Hamdan, Hassan Shanableh and Inas Zaki
    Advisor(s): Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ali and Dr. Tamer Shanableh
    Project Title: IoT-Based Interactive Dual Mode Smart Home Automation.

  • December 2018: CSE | 2nd Place in the Judge's Choice Award category of the Driving Innovation competition held at the Gulf Traffic exhibition.
    Student(s): Maryam Alsaedi, Bashayer Al-Marzooqi and Anwar Elshaikh
    Advisor(s): Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali and Mr. Ahmad Al Nabulsi
    Project Title: IoT Smart Vehicle Blackbox (Blocksaver).

  • December 2018: CSE | 2nd Place in the People's Choice Award category of the Driving Innovation competition held at the Gulf Traffic exhibition.
    Student(s): Maryam Alsaedi, Bashayer Al-Marzooqi and Anwar Elshaikh
    Advisor(s): Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali and Mr. Ahmad Al Nabulsi
    Project Title: IoT Smart Vehicle Blackbox (Blocksaver).

  • October 2018: CSE | 1st Place in the UAE Cyber Quest Security Competition 2018 organized by the Signals Intelligence Agency – SIA, Dubai.
    Student(s): Youssef Awad and Brylle Gomez

  • September 2018: CEN | 1st Place of ADIPEC University Programme in 2018 SPE ADIPEC (Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition Conference).
    Student(s): Vikram Sakkia (CSE), Nasir Khalid (ELE), Faris Al Janahi and Jason Rodrigues (CHBE)

  • September 2018: CSE | Research award from Sandooq Al Watan.
    Student(s): Vikram Sakkia, Hasan Al Noman, Omar Al Hammadi and Salman Sowdagar
    Advisor(s): Dr. Fadi Aloul and Dr. Imran Zulkernan
    Project Title: Emergency Evacuation System using BLE Beacons.

  • May 2018: CEN | 1st Place in the Annual Student Research Awards Sponsored by the Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) .
    Student(s): Mohammed Elnawawy (CSE), Abid Farhan (CSE) and Ahmed Mohamed (MCE)
    Advisor(s): Dr. Assim Saghayroon (CSE) and Dr. Lotfi Romdhane (MCE)
    Project Title: Cable-Driven Robotic Gait Rehabilitation System.

  • May 2018: CSE | 1st Place in the 5G competition hosted by Intel, Ericsson and Etisalat .
    Student(s): Jayroop Ramesh, Saad Bashar and Abdullah Ahmed
    Advisor(s): Dr. Tarik Ozkul
    Project Title: 5G Distributed Cloud Processing.

  • May 2018: CEN | 3rd Place in the 5G competition hosted by Intel, Ericsson and Etisalat.
    Student(s): Bashar Aljabery (CSE), Marawan Elbaradicy (ELE) and Mustafa Aljassim (ELE)
    Advisor(s): Dr. Mahmoud Ibrahim (ELE) and Dr. Amer Zakaria (ELE)
    Project Title: 5G for Hearing Impaired People.

  • April 2018: CSE | 1st Place in the OPCDE CTF Security Competition, held under the OPCDE Conference .
    Student(s): Omar Elgafri

  • March 2018: CSE | 4th Place at the Annual Gulf Programming Contest (GPC’2018) held at Zayed University.
    Student(s): Omar Sobhy, Hussain Abbasi and Gehad Abouarab
    Coaches: Dr. Ghassan Qadah, Dr. Gerassimos Barlas and Dr. Salam Dhao

  • March 2018: CSE | 2nd Place at the 2018 UAE National Cyber Security CTF competition, supported by Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC) and the Government of Dubai.
    Student(s): Omar Elgafri and Mina Ghaly

  • March 2018: CSE | 1st Place in the UAE Hackathon, Data for Happiness (Sharjah).
    Student(s): Mumtaz Ummar, Arwa Alblooshi, Donthi Sankalpa, Karam Ahfid, Ahmad Khater, Labeeba Begum and Hassan Al Ali

  • February 2018: CEN | 2nd Place in the Space Hackathon Challenge 2018 conducted by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC).
    Student(s): Asif Towheed (CSE), Hussain Abbasi (CSE) and Nasir Khalid (ELE)

 

Chancellor's and Dean’s Lists

To be placed on the Dean’s List in a given semester, a student must satisfy the following criteria:

  • registered and earned a minimum of 15 credit hours in gradable (not Pass/Fail) courses in the semester
  • achieved a minimum semester GPA of 3.50
  • be in good academic standing
  • had no failing grades in any of his/her courses for the semester
  • had no incomplete grades in the semester
  • had no record of sanctions resulting from violations of the Student Academic Integrity Code or Student Code of Conduct for the semester

Students who have been placed on the Dean’s List for both the fall and spring semesters of an academic year are placed on the Chancellor’s List

2022-2021 Chancellor's Lists

Fall 21 & S22 Dean's Lists

 

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