Won second place at the 3rd Saudi Aramco Digital Hackathon for an AI-enhanced sensing and sensor-fusion project, competing against teams from across the Kingdom.

Won second place in the 6G Summit Young Scholar Competition for the vision video "When the Body Speaks," presenting a future-facing perspective on human-centric 6G connectivity.

Recognized on the CEMSE Dean's List for exceptional academic achievements and research dedication, placing in the top 20% of the CEMSE student population.

Selected as a finalist at Falling Walls Lab KAUST 2025 for a DTN concept that brings Internet-like connectivity to remote areas using existing public transport networks.

Won second place at the IEEE ICC Four-Minute Thesis (4MT) Competition for the Super-LoRa project — distilling years of research into a four-minute pitch for a general audience.

Awarded the competitive ICTP–Arab Fund PhD Fellowship to conduct research on Delay-Tolerant Networking for rural connectivity, with extended residencies at ICTP's Marconi Lab in Trieste.

Awarded third-place prize at the 10th IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (IEEE SusTech 2023) in Portland for research on RIS-Assisted Visible Light Communication for outdoor applications.

Awarded the prestigious KAUST Fellowship covering full tuition, stipend, housing, and research support throughout the MS and PhD programs at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.