• IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) Darlington Award, 2024
  for the journal paper “A Study of a Millimeter-Wave Transmitter Architecture Realizing QAM Directly in RF Domain,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems – I, vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 2243 – 2256, June 2023 [co-authors: Mohammad Oveisi and Huan Wang]
• First Place Winner of Young Professional Paper Competition, EMBC 2024
  for the conference paper “Early Feasibility of an Embedded Bi-Directional Brain-Computer Interface for Ambulation,” Proc. 46th Proc. IEEE 46th Annu. Int. Conf. Eng. Med. Biol. Soc (EMBC) , July 2024 [First Author: Jeffrey Lim]
• Fellow of National Academy of Inventors, 2022
• IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) Distinguished Educator Award, 2023
  for outstanding achievements as an educator, mentor, and role model of microwave engineers and engineering students.
• Chancellor’s Professor, University of California, Irvine, 2021 – present
  This title was bestowed upon “scholars scholars who have demonstrated unusual academic merit and whose continued promise for scholarly achievement makes them of exceptional value to the university.”
• IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference Best Invited Paper Award, 2021
  for the single-author paper entitled: “Transceivers for 6G Wireless Communications: Challenges and Design Solutions”
• IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Innovative Education Award, 2021
• Faculty Innovation Fellow, University of California, Irvine (UCI) Beall Applied Innovation, 2020 – 2021
• IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S)
• IEEE Fellow for contributions to silicon-based millimeter-wave integrated circuits and systems
• School of Engineering Mid-Career Award of Excellence in Research, 2017
• Distinguished Engineering Educator Award, Orange County Engineering Council, 2014
• IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS)
• Outstanding Innovator, Office of Technology Alliance, UC-Irvine, 2011
• Faculty of the Year Award, UC-Irvine’s Engineering Student Council, 2010
• School of Engineering Best Faculty Research Award, 2009
• First Place Winner of Business Plan Competition, Paul Merage School of Business at UC-Irvine, 2009
• Best Concept Paper Award, Paul Merage School of Business at UC-Irvine, 2009
• Low-Power Design Contest Award, IEEE Int’l Symposium on Low-Power Electronics and Design, 2008 [with Ph.D. students Fred Tzeng and Amin Jahanian].
• IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award, 2007
  for the journal paper “Model-Order Reduction Using Variational Balanced Truncation with Spectral Shaping,”IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems – I, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 879-891, April 2006.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2005
• IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Darlington Best Paper Award, 2005
  for the single-author journal paper entitled: “Analysis of the PLL Jitter Due to Power/Ground and Substrate Noise,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems – I, vol. 51, no. 12, pp. 2404-2416, Dec. 2004
• Teaching Excellence Award, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, 2005
• IEEE Faculty Advisor, IEEE Chapter of Orange County, 2004
• Technical Excellence Award, Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage, 2001
• Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2000