{"id":218,"date":"2016-05-09T01:25:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T22:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ohalabi\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2022-08-27T17:51:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T14:51:15","slug":"awards-honors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ohalabi\/awards-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards &amp; Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">May, 2022<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senior Design Contest Award (1st place)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Assistive Telexistence System Using Motion Blending, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, May, 2022.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">Jan, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best Abstract Poster Presentation Award (2nd place)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Using Virtual Reality to allow paramedics to familiarize themselves with a new ambulance patient compartment design, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar, Jan 21, 2021.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">May, 2020<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senior Design Contest Award (3rd place)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        3D Digital Modeling and Virtual Reality for Rich Interaction with Cultural Heritage Sites, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, May 10, 2020.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Elsevier Recognized Reviewer<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        In recognition of the reviews contributed to the Display Journal and Informatics in Medicine Unlocked journal\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">November, 2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best paper award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        IEEE Conference on e-Learning, e-Management and e-Service (IC3e 2018): A Virtual Reality Nutrition Awareness Learning System for Children, Malaysia, November 21-22, 2018.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">June, 2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senior Design Contest Award (1st place)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Tactile Footwear Interface to Create the Illusion of Walking on Different Surfaces, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, June 25, 2018.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">April, 2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Outstanding Research Project, Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Driver Activity Recognition from Sitting Posture and Vibrotactile-based Warning System for Making Driving More Safe, Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), April 5, 2018.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">June, 2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Excellence in Services award, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">May, 2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Regional Finals Winner, Microsoft Imagine Cup Middle East and Africa Final<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <a href=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ohalabi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/571\/2016\/05\/CENG-Press-Coverage-23-May-2017.jpg.pdf\" rel=\"\">CENG Press Coverage 23 May 2017.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">April 2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Qatar National Winner, 1st Place, Microsoft Imagine Cup Qatar Final<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">April 2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best Research Paper Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        ``Driver Activity Recognition in Virtual Reality Driving Simulation``, The 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (iCICS 201), April 4, 2017.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Exceptional Community Service Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Qatar University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best Faculty Poster Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Qatar University Annual Research Forum 2016 for Science and Engineering Category.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">1st Prize for Course Project Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        1st Prize for Course Project Award: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Qatar University, June 4, 2015.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senior Design Contest Award (third place)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Senior Design Contest Award (third place): [IMVIRISM: Immersive Virtual Reality in Improving Communication Skills in Children with Autism], Qatar University, June 4, 2015.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best Senior Design Contest Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Best Senior Design Contest Award: [Investigation of Haptic Seat and High-Fidelity Driving Simulator in Making Driving Safer], Qatar University, 18 June, 2014.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Appreciation Award for invaluable contribution to the Stars of Science TV program<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Appreciation Award for invaluable contribution to the Stars of Science TV program, May, 2014.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Outstanding Research Project<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Outstanding Research Project: Incorporating Haptic and Olfactory into Surgical Simulation (iHOOS), Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), March 20, 2014.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2013<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">1st Place, Microsoft Imagine Cup, Qatar Winner, Innovation Category<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        1st Place, Microsoft Imagine Cup, Qatar Winner, Innovation Category: [ARTOUCH: Interactive Digital Haptic Artifacts System] March 25, 2013.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2012<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Service Excellence Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Service Excellence Award: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Qatar University June 21, 2012.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2012<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Teaching Excellence Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Teaching Excellence Award: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Qatar University June 21, 2012.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2012<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">1st Place, Microsoft Imagine Cup, Qatar Winner,<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        1st Place, Microsoft Imagine Cup, Qatar Winner, Software Design Category: [3D-Kindio: Navigation Aid for Blind and Visually Impaired] April 26, 2012. [World top 20]\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2011<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Best award: Competition for Art &amp; Technology Tohoku 2011: [Different games to test your memory] July 16, 2011.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2010<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best paper award (1st Place):<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Best paper award (1st Place): The 26<sup>th<\/sup> NICOGRAPH Paper Contest: [Enhancing 3D Scenes Using a Laser Projector in Real-time], September 24, 2010.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2010<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best paper award (2nd Place)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Best paper award (2nd Place): The 26<sup>th <\/sup>NICOGRAPH Paper Contest: [Real-time shape restoration method from multiple view camera image using texture projection], September 24, 2010.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2009<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Best award: Competition for Art &amp; Technology Tohoku 2009: [Interactive High-contrast Visual Generation Using Hybrid Laser-raster Projection].\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2009<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">The FUNAI foundation for Information Technology<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        The FUNAI foundation for Information Technology: [The Development of Five-Fingered Haptic Interface HIRO].\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2008<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">The Best Paper Prize<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        The Best Paper Prize: IEEE Sendai Section, Tohoku-Section Joint Convention of Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers: [Automatic calibration of laser projector arrays].\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2008<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Best award: Competition for Art &amp; Technology Tohoku 2008: [Laser Graphics VJ: Dream Machine].\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2007<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best Paper Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Best paper award: The 23<sup>th <\/sup>NICOGRAPH Paper Contest: [An efficient image-based rendering method for visual hull using LDI], November 16, 2007.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2002<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Outstanding Service Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Outstanding Service Award: for serving as a Committee Member in The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Application and Technologies (PDCAT\u201902).\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":553,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ohalabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ohalabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ohalabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ohalabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ohalabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ohalabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ohalabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/ohalabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}