Research Impact & Recognition
Publications have received 39,003 reads on ResearchGate (as of October 2024), demonstrating significant interest from the research community.
"Hopfion Dynamics in Chiral Magnets" (2022) has earned 15 external citations in two years; its novel predictions about hopfion behavior were later experimentally proven.
Harry and Rubye Gaston Graduate Scholarship
(for the 2024-2025 years)
ECE Outstanding Student Fellowship
(Spring 2024)
Friends of Alec Graduate Student Fellowship
The Friends of Alec Graduate Student Fellowship's goal is “funding scholarships for Texans of top academic merit in the fields of engineering and science.”
(for the 2023-2024 academic year)
GAIN 2023 Department Awards
Based on the faculty and industry judges Zulfidin's poster has been awarded the GAIN 2023 department award.
April 2023 (Link).
UT Austin Engineering Fellowship
For outstanding academic records, a fellowship is offered from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
(for the 2022-2023 academic year)
Magnetic Sensor Challenge (1st place)
As a part of the MMM Intermag 2022, Zulfidin was part of the Magnetic Sensor Challenge.
Description: "The teams will use their own creativity to develop a sensor circuit and perform measurements. The teams will create and submit a Tik-Tok video showcasing their solution by the end of the day on Thursday. The most creative and best-presented solutions will be announced on Friday at the Conference, receive an award, and be recognized on the Conference website."
Zulfidin took First place and received a monetary prize. Also, we were featured on the NVE Corporation and MMM Intermag websites, (Link).
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https://magnetism.org/magnetic-sensor-challenge
Visiting Research Scientist at NIST
For the summer of 2021, I received a grant to join Thomas J. Silva's group - Nanoscale Spin Dynamics, (Link).
It is located in Boulder, Colorado (USA).
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2021 Love's Entrepreneur's Cup
The Love’s Cup, formerly the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup, is a statewide collegiate business plan competition that simulates the real-world process of researching a market, writing a business plan, and making a presentation to potential investors.
2021 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup recap:
1. We made it to the finals (top 6 teams)(Top Finalist).
2. We won the “Positive Energy and Environmental Interview Award” (Link).
3. Our Pitch was the winner in our category.
March 2021 (Top Finalist) - Zulfidin Khodzhaev is the CEO/CTO of Spintronics.
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Riata Business Plan Competition
The Riata Business Plan Competition is the premier business plan competition hosted by The School of Entrepreneurship and the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship. It is open to all Oklahoma State University students of any discipline, with or without business experience. The competition's goal is to promote entrepreneurship and small business development by focusing on student-created, managed, and owned ventures. Students are given expert feedback and the opportunity to win scholarship money to help fund their ventures.
Spring 2020 (Top Finalist) - Zulfidin Khodzhaev is the CEO of Spintronics.
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National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholar
Recipient of National Science Foundation (NSF) scholarship for Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (CIE).
Fall 2020
EMJMD - Erasmus Mundus
An EMJMD is a prestigious, integrated, international study program jointly delivered by an international consortium of higher education institutions.
EMJMDs award EU-funded scholarships to the best student candidates applying under annual selection rounds.
2019 (offer declined)
Study Abroad | Erasmus+ grant
European Union (EU) student exchange program scholarship to study in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece for a year.
2018 - 2019
Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
Merit-based scholarship award based on academic achievement.
2016 - 2017
ITU - Merit-Based Scholarship
Istanbul Technical University's merit-based scholarship is awarded to students based on academic achievement.
Fall and Spring of 2014 - 2019
Mathematics Olympiad (1st place)
Regional Mathematics Olympiad organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Jan. 2012
Biology Olympiad (3rd place)
Regional Biology Olympiad organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Jan. 2011
