Awards

Awards

First Place, 2019 University and Service Academy Design Challenge on Design of Mobile Active Threat and Emergency System (Mates) for Air Force Special Operations, North West Florida State College Site.
First Runner-Up, 2018 Design of Space Debris Mitigation System - Lower Earth Orbit Active Debris Removal System", Tennessee Army Training Site on Arnold Air Force Base Tennessee.
2018, Second Best Poster Award, Midwest American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE).
2017, First Place, University Design Challenge on Design of Load Carrying Device for Air 2016, Force Special Operations, Tennessee Army Training Site on Arnold Air Force Base Tennessee.
2015, First Runner-Up, University and Service Academy Design Challenge on Practical Solution for a Rapid Descent System for Air Force Special Operations, Tennessee Army Training Site on Arnold Air Force Base Tennessee.
2014, First Runner-Up, University Design Challenge on Special Operations Heat Regulator for heat Stress Prevention for U.S.A Air Force Special Operations, Tennessee Army Training Site on Arnold Air Force Base Florida.
2014, Outstanding Faculty Advisor for SCSE Award - University of Minnesota Duluth
2013, BASF Innovation Award from 2014 Annual Clean Snowmobile Challenge, Michigan.
2007, National Science Foundation Summer Fellowship on Nano-Mechanics, Nano-Materials, and Micro/Nano-Manufacturing.
2006, NSF Fellowship on Sustainable Engineering, Center for Sustainable Engineering, University of Texas in Austin.
2005, NSF Summer Fellowship on Science Fundamentals for Nano and Bio-Mechanics of Materials, Northwestern University Evanston Illinois.
1999, Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Chapter #287
1999, Donald K. Anderson Graduate Teaching Excellence Award. Univ. of Missouri-Columbia