Dean Juh Wah Chen Outstanding Faculty Award - College of Engineering, Computing, Technology and Mathematics (ECTM) - Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL - May 2024
Early Career Faculty Excellence Award - Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL - May 2021
Best Editor Appreciation from IEEE Communication Letters - 2021.
Best Editor Appreciation from IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society - 2021.
Best Editor Appreciation from IEEE Communication Letters - 2020.
Best Paper Award in the Wireless Communications Symposium at the Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2015, San Diego, CA, USA
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (Feb. 2014 - Jan. 2016)
Institution : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
Significance : Ranked 2nd in Electrical Engineering Committee of the Canada-wide competition
Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship (May 2012 - Apr. 2014)
Institution : University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Significance : The most prestigious graduate student award administered by the University of Alberta
Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize (May 2012)
Institution : University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Significance : Recognizes an exemplary research contribution during the Ph.D. degree program
AITF Ph.D. Graduate Student Scholarship in ICT (May 2010 - Apr. 2012)
Institution : Alberta Innovates Technology Future, Alberta, Canada
Significance : Recognizes outstanding academic and research achievements during the Ph.D. degree program
J. Gordin Kaplan Graduate Student Award (May 2012)
Institution : University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Significance : Recognizes a travel for dissemination of research outcomes during the Ph.D. degree program
Professional Development Award (May 2012)
Institution : Graduate Students’ Association, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Graduate Research Assistantship (Sep. 2008 - Apr. 2010)
Institution : University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
IEEE Exemplary Reviewer - IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (2013)
Institution : IEEE Communication Society
Significance : Recognizes fewer than 3% of all reviewers with constructive, insightful reviews
IEEE Exemplary Reviewer - IEEE Communications Letters (2012)
Institution : IEEE Communication Society
Significance : Recognizes fewer than 3% of all reviewers with constructive, insightful reviews
IEEE Exemplary Reviewer - IEEE Communications Letters (2011)
Institution : IEEE Communication Society
Significance : Recognizes fewer than 3% of all reviewers with constructive, insightful reviews
First Class Honors, Dean's Lists for all semesters, and 3rd best GPA (Jun. 2002 - Oct. 2006)
Institution : Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Gold medals for best academic performances in GCE O/L and GCE A/L examinations (Jan. 1998 - Dec. 2001)
Institution : Vidyaloka College, Galle, Sri Lanka