I participate in competitions as I enjoy activities accompanied by challenging my knowledge and abilities. I believe winning prizes is a testament to dedicated hard work, utilizing personal expertise rather than following predefined paths, and fostering strong collaborative teams when not working solo. In addition, participating in exhibitions, conferences, etc. makes my brain active and happy: I meet like-minded people and expose myself to innovative and different ideas.
During my Bachelor’s studies, I actively engaged in patenting and showcasing my inventions. My creativity evolves with the knowledge I acquire, you can see how electrical engineering is simply reflected in my patents. The list and explanation of my patents are accessible in the “Patents and Publications” tab under the “Engineering Resume” category.
- Gold Medal 2008 At the 6th International Exhibition of Inventions for patent No. 47048, Suzhou, China.
- Special Medal 2008 At the International Warsaw Invention Show for patent No. 47048, Suzhou, China.
- Bronze Medal 2008 At 19th International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX 2008) for patent No. 47048, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Medal of Al Bassel Fifteenth Fair for Invention and Innovation 2011 A Syrian medal at 1st International Technology, Invention and Innovation Show of West Asia for patent No. 52941, Kish, Iran.
- Best Patent Award 2008 At Khorasan Research Institute for Food Science & Technology (KRIFST) for patent No. 47048, Mashhad, Iran.
- Elites’ Research & Innovation Credit 2008 At 1st International Innovation and Technology Exhibition for patent No. 47048, Tehran, Iran.
These are the awards I achieved while studying Master’s:
- Best Masters Student Presentation Award 2017 At the University of South-Eastern Norway for the best thesis
- Innovative Thinking Award 2015 At Renishaw company, Edinburgh, UK for “the most creative idea,” while working in a group of four
And these are a few of my achievements when I was in high school (just to say I have an extensive history of winning awards 🙂 )
- High School Top Student Award 2000-2002 At Iranian School of Kuwait
- Gold Medal in Scientific Competitions 2001&2002 At Iranian School of Kuwait
- Silver Medal in Scientific Competitions 2000 At Iranian School of Kuwait
Having acquired five patents and various awards at a young age, I’ve had the chance to be featured in several media outlets, including television, radio, and newspapers. The television program I participated in in 2009 was called “On the Fastlane”. A piece of advice, when you are interviewed by a newspaper, what they publish might be surprising to yourself, I guess that is because they really want to attract readers by exaggerating parts of your answers, so be careful of what you say!
Here are a few Persian-language websites that have covered the news of awards mentioned earlier, searchable under my Persian name: الهه میرزائی کاخکی
http://www.eapcofirm.ir/elahehmirzaeikakhaki
Gallery
This gallery contains photos of patent certificates, a few medals, awards and me in exhibitions:
