| Received the best paper award of the Symposium The State of Engineering Education in the Arab World | Continuing Education as an Active Means for Improving Capabilities of Engineers | M. Abu-Zaid and H. Zurikat | United Arab Emirates | 2003 |
| Received Mu’tah University Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Community Services | | M. Abu-Zaid | Mutah University | 1997 |
| the Best Paper Award of the International Association for Fire Safety Science | Effect Environmental Variables on Piloted Ignition | A. Atreya and M. Abu-Zaid | the International Association for Fire Safety Science | 1994 |
| Received the Jordanian Government Encouragement Award in Science / Engineering | A New Technique for the Measurement of Fouling on Heat Transfer Surfaces | M. Abu-Zaid | Jordan Government | 1992 |
| Received a Fulbright Post-Doctoral research grant | Effects of Air Velocity and External Radiation on Piloted Ignition of (PMMA) | M. Abu-Zaid and A. Atreya | Fulbright | 1990 |
| Graduated from Lawrence Institute of Technology with Summa Cum Luade (highest honors) at a GPA 3.95/4.00 | Bc. S. | M. Abu-Zaid | Aewrence Institute of Technology | 1982 |