Awards and Professional Recognitions
National

2015 - present Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) postdoctoral fellowship (PDF).
2012 - 2014 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) post graduate scholarship (PGSD).
2001 - 2006 Minister of higher education scholarship for undergraduate studies at Kuwait University.


Provincial

2012 - 2013 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) - (declined in favour of NSERC PGSD).
2011 - 2012
Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEIIGSST).

Institutional
2012 - 2014 University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship.
2013 (Fall)
2013 (Winter)
2012 (Fall)
2011 (Spring)
2011 (Winter)
University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship.
2010 - 2012 University of Waterloo Graduate Research Studentship.
2008 - 2010 University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF).
2008 (Winter) Top-up award for UMGF.
2008 (Winter) Mitacs Internship Award.
2007 - 2008 University of Manitoba International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship.
2002 - 2006 Kuwait University Deans Honor List.

Travel
2013 (Fall) Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction conference (ACII 2013) travel grant.
2013 (Fall)
2012 (Fall)
University of Waterloo Graduate Studies travel award.
2009 (Fall) University of Manitoba Graduate Studies travel award.
2009 (Fall) University of Manitoba Graduate Student Association Travel Award.