Dr. Faghih has won multiple awards, including the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, an MIT Graduate Fellowship, the University of Maryland President’s Scholarship, and the University of Maryland’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Chair’s Award. In 2016, Dr. Faghih was selected by IEEE-USA and DiscoverE as one of the “ New Faces of Engineering ” for her work on neuroendocrine hormones. She has also been inducted into various honor societies including Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu. Dr. Faghih has been writing poetry since first grade, and has published two poetry books. She also enjoys creating digital arts, and has exhibited her artwork at the MIT Graduate Art Soiree.