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• Assistant Professor, Univ. of Alabama (UA), 2020 - Present

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford Univ., 2019 - 2020

• Mavis Future Faculty Fellow, Univ. of Illinois (UIUC), 2017 - 2018

• Clean Energy Education Fellow, UIUC, 2014 - 2016

• Research Assistant, UIUC, 2013 – 2014, 2016 - 2019

• Teaching Assistant, UIUC, 2012 – 2014, 2017 - 2018

Education and training

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University, 2019 - 2020

• Ph.D. in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, UIUC, 2019

• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UIUC, 2014

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Rice Univ., 2011

• B.A. in Visual Arts, Rice Univ., 2011

Teaching

• Convection Heat Transfer (ME 691), UA, Jan. 2021 – May 2021

• Intermediate Heat Transfer (ME 420) - TA, UIUC, Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2017

• Computer-Aided Design (ME 170) - TA, UIUC, Jan. 2014 – May 2014

• Computer-Aided Mfg Systems & Design (ME 451) - TA, UIUC, Aug. – Dec. 2012 & 2013

• Design for Manufacturability (ME 350) - TA, UIUC, Jan. 2013 – May 2013

• Techniques for Engineering Decisions (ECE 307) - TA, UIUC, Jan. 2013 – May 2013

Awards (recent)

• The Rising Stars Women in Engineering, Seoul National Univ, 2019

• The Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2018

• 2nd Place Paper Award, 17th Int’l Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Conference, 2018

• Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship, UIUC, 2017 – 2018

• Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Central Illinois Scholarship, SWE, 2017 – 2018

• Graduate College Conference Travel Award, UIUC, 2017

• Mechanical Science & Engineering Schaller Travel Award, UIUC, 2017

• NSF ASSIST Travel Grant, Academic Leadership for Women in Engineering, SWE, 2017

• Finalist Travel Award, Collegiate Technical Poster Competition, SWE, 2016

• Clean Energy Education Fellowship, UIUC, 2014 – 2016

Industry experience