Israeli Student Awarded Google Scholarship For Students With Disabilities

Ahmad Ziad Abasi, a third year visually impaired student in Technion’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering, was awarded the 2013 Google Scholarship for Students with Disabilities. Next week, he will receive the special award, in the amount of €7,000, at the Google Office in Zurich along with 16 other recipients from all across Europe.

The recipients of this scholarship were chosen from amongst dozens of candidates, for their demonstrated excellence in computer science and their ability to lead technological processes. Abasi is the only Israeli student receiving this award, this year.