Honors and Awards

Congratulations to Aneesh Karavadi
September 2025
Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference

2. 2nd place at Big Idea Pitch Competition, Track: Health & Life Sciences
Congratulations to Hadi and Ahsan 
October 2025   
ETX Launchpad, UT Tyler

3. Feature Article
Congratulations to Dr. Tabassum, Nafize, and Tanzila
July 2025
IEEE Sensors Journal

4. Best Poster Award—First Place
Congratulations to Rhythem  
April 2025
IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference, IEEE

5. IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Professional Member Induction
Congratulations to Dr. Tabassum 
November 2024
IEEE HKN Society

6. Dean’s Research Excellence Award
Congratulations to Dr. Tabassum 
October 2024
The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX

7. 1st and 3rd places at Big Idea Pitch Competition
Congratulations to Rhythem, Tasnim, and Solaiman 
October 2024
ETX Launchpad, UT Tyler

8. IEEE Senior Member Elevation
Congratulations to Dr. Tabassum
July 2024
IEEE

9. 3rd place winner at Business Model Canvas Competition, Health & Life Sciences 
Congratulations to Elvis
March 2024
East Texas Entrepreneurship Center, UT Tyler 

10. Young Professional Award 
Congratulations to Dr. Tabassum
November 2023
IEEE Sensors Council, IEEE 

11. Best Spotlight Pitch Award for Plant-FIT
Congratulations to Rhythem and her team
November 2023
IEEE Women In Engineering Climate Tech Big Idea Pitch Competition, IEEE

12. Best Poster Award – 4th Place
Congratulations to Kyung and her team
November 2023
Texas Space Grant Consortium, NASA

13. 1st and 3rd places at Big Idea Pitch Competition, Track: Health & Life Sciences
Congratulations to Aminu and Elvis.
October 2023
East Texas Entrepreneurship Center, UT Tyler 

14. 1st and 3rd places at Women in Sensors Video Competition
Congratulations to Rhythem and Tasnim
July 2023
IEEE Biosensors Conference, IEEE

15. Best Student Paper Award Finalist
Congratulations to Zayed
July 2023
IEEE International Conference on Flexible, Printable Sensors and Systems, IEEE

16. 3rd Runner Up at WiSe-YP Big Idea Pitch Competition
Congratulations to Zayed
July 2023
IEEE International Conference on Flexible, Printable Sensors and Systems, IEEE

17. Best Graduate Student Poster Award—Third Place ($100)
Congratulations to Tanzila
April 2023
IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference, IEEE 

18. Best Undergraduate Student Poster Award—First Place ($300)
Congratulations to Kyung
April 2023
IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference, IEEE 

19. One Rising Star and one Student Employee Leadership award
Congratulations to Angel and Francisco 
April 2023
Office of Student Success, The University of Texas at Tyler 

20. Curtis W. McGraw Research Award
Congratulations to Dr. Tabassum
January 2023
American Society for Engineering Education 

21. Dean’s Outstanding Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship
Congratulations to Dr. Tabassum
December 2022
The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX 

22. Best Undergraduate Student Poster Award—Second Place ($500) Congratulations to Kyung
November 2022
IEEE Metrocon Conference, IEEE 

23. Invited Journal Presentation at 2022 IEEE Sensors Conference
Congratulations to Tanzila and Dr. Tabassum
June 2022 
Only a selected number of papers were invited based on the highest download numbers of IEEE Sensors Journal papers published in 2021  

24. Two students secured Third Place at 3MT Thesis Competition
Congratulations to Tanzila and Vivek
May 2022 
Graduate School, The University of Texas at Tyler 

25. mHealth Scholar  
Congratulations to Dr. Tabassum
April 2022 
mHealth Training Institute, NIH, acceptance rate 12% 

26. Best Student Paper Award ($800)
Congratulations to Nafize
April 2022
IEEE Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS) Conference, IEEE 

27. Best Poster Award ($800)
Congratulations to Alina
April 2022
IEEE Region 5 Poster Competition, IEEE 

28. One outstanding graduate and one outstanding undergraduate student award
Congratulations to Nafize and Alina
April 2022
College of Engineering, The University of Texas at Tyler 

29. One Rising Star and one Student Employee Leadership award
Congratulations to Nafize and Tanzila
April 2022
Office of Student Success, The University of Texas at Tyler

30. First ($7,500) and second ($5,000) places at Business Model Competition
Congratulations to Nafize, Tanzila, and Alina
March 2022
East Texas Entrepreneurship Center, UT Tyler 

31. Two Bridge Venture Fellowships ($800)   
Congratulations to Nafize and Alina
March 2022  
Blackstone Launchpad, UT Dallas  

32. Best Student Paper Award Finalist
Congratulations to Nafize.
February 2022   
Texas Academy of Science Meeting 

33. Second and Third place winners at BIG Idea Pitch Competition
Congratulations to Alina and Tanzila
November 2021  
East Texas Entrepreneurship Center, UT Tyler 

34. Two Best Undergraduate Student Posters in the Top 25 list
Congratulations to Carol Akpan and Kyung Ah Woo
September 2021  
Louis Stokes Midwest Regional Center of Excellence (LSMRCE) Conference 

35. GHC Faculty Scholar
Congratulations to Dr. Tabassum
July 2021  
Grace Hopper Celebration  

36. Making a Difference Award
Congratulations to the Senior Design team of Claude and Zeeshan  
May 2021  
Excellence in Senior Design Showcase, University of Texas at Dallas

37. Nominated for the 2021 Lyceum Best Faculty Mentor
Congratulations to Dr. Tabassum  
April 2021

38. Science Breakthrough of the Year 2020: Emerging Talent
Congratulations to Dr. Tabassum
November 2020 
Falling Walls Foundation