Our research lab wins the NSF PFI (Partnerships For Innovation) grant which supports commercialization efforts of research done during my PhD. (dept link)
A team of 4 , with me as the Entrepreneurial Lead, was selected to the NSF I-Corps Program (Winter 2019) due to high commercialization potential of my research and its relevance to industry.
I was awarded the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2018) - awarded to candidates with promising research to devote efforts towards writing their dissertation. (dept link)