Awards

Awards
1982                First Class Honor / New Record- Highest GPA in the university
1983 – 89         Scholarship from King Saud University for Graduate Studies abroad (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA.
2006                Distinguished Research Award (Silver Award) for research project (Rehabilitation of the Infrastructure Using Composite Fabrics) awarded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
2008                Best Paper Award – Awarded by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - Journal of Composites for Construction.
2008                Distinguished Paper – The 5th International Engineering and Construction Conference (IECC’5), American Society of Civil Engineers, International Committee, Los Angeles Section, August 27-29, 2008.
2009                Outstanding Research Award for infill walls project, awarded by Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University
2010                University Rector Distinguished performance award (for the chair)
2011                Distinguished Best Chair among all engineering research chairs (Grade A)
2012                Distinguished Best Chair among all engineering research chairs (Grade A)
2012                Outstanding Researcher Award (Awarded by College of Engineering, King Saud University)
2012                Outstanding graduate student award – (Eng. Aref Abadel – Supervisor: Prof. Yousef Al-Salloum), Awarded by College of Engineering, King Saud University
2013                Honored and awarded a gold medal for a patent entitled, “System for improving fire endurance of concrete-filled steel tubular columns”, by Intellectual Property and Technology Licensing, King Saud University.
2014                Honored and awarded silver medal for patent entitled, “System for improving fire endurance of concrete-filled steel tubular columns”, at 42nd International exhibition of inventions, Geneva, 2-6 April 2014.
2014                Outstanding Researcher Award (Awarded by College of Engineering, King Saud University)
2015                Outstanding Researcher Award (Awarded by College of Engineering, King Saud University)
2016                Engineer Al-Qasabi award for excellence in scientific research in Civil Engineering in Saudi Arabia.
2016                ASME honor for paper entitled, “TRM Versus FRP as Strengthening Material for Improving Impact Resistance of RC Slabs”, at OMAE 2016 conference, Busan, South Korea, June 19-24, 2016.
2016                Research excellence award, College of Engineering, King Saud University  – 19 April