Awards & Honors Received by PSA Members

Electrical engineering qualification exam results - January 2007
PSA member rank among top 10 in EE qualification exams
  • Mohammadreza Alizadeh, ranked 1st

Electrical engineering qualification exam results - January 2006
PSA member rank among top 10 in EE qualification exams
  • Shirin Jalali, ranked 10th

Electrical engineering qualification exam results - January 2005
PSA member rank among top 10 in EE qualification exams
  • Arian Maleki, ranked 7th

Stanford-Berkeley Innovators' Challenge 2003-2004
Azita Emami-Neyestanak with Aparna Bhatnagar win runner-up prize in the hardware area for Low power high speed optical communication in CMOS (PDF file).


Dean of students outstanding achievements award - April 2003
Sina Zahedi and Persian Student Association receive the Dean of Students outstanding achievements award for academic year 2002-2003.

This award, given annually to graduate and undergraduate student groups, was established in 1999 to provide institutional recognition of the many contributions that student groups make to greater Stanford community.


Electrical engineering qualification exam results - January 2002
Four PSA members rank among top 10 in EE qualification exams
  • Abtin Keshavarzian, ranked 1st
  • Mehdi Mohseni, ranked 2nd
  • Hossein Kakavand, ranked 7th
  • Reza Navid, ranked 10th

Stanford entrepreneur's challenge 2001 - May 2001
Arjang Hassibi, Nader Pourmand, and Ardavan Maleki win the Second Place prize, $25,000 prize, for Xagros Technologies in the Stanford Entrepreneur's Challenge 2001: E-Challenge 2001

Xagros Technologies is a developer of technologies in genomics profiling space. Its core technology, which was licensed from Stanford University, is a fast and high throughput DNA sequencing method utilizing standard CMOS processes.


Stanford entrepreneur's challenge 2000 - May 2000
Homan Igehy & Farid Nemati win the First Place prize, $25,000 prize, for T-RAM in the Stanford Entrepreneur's Challenge 2000: E-Challenge 2000

T-RAM's objective is to revolutionize the semiconductor industry by developing, marketing, and licensing its unique proprietary memory called T-RAM.


James W. Lyons award for service to the Stanford community - May 2000
Nima Safabakhsh wins James W. Lyons Award for service to the Stanford community as PSA President.
NCAA national tennis division 1st title - May 2000
Ali Ansari and the Stanford Men's Tennis Team win the NCAA national tennis division 1st title
ASSU sophomore class president - April 2000
Niloufar "Lily" Sarafan wins ASSU Sophomore Class President elections

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