Honors & Awards

A.    International or National Awards

  • Honorable Mention for the Best Application Paper in the 2020 IISE Transactions Focus Issue on Quality and Reliability Engineering, 2021
  • Editor for Composites Part B: Engineering, 2020 – present
  • Department Editor, Design and Manufacturing Focus Issue, IISE Transactions, 2018 – present
  • 2018 R&D 100 Award for “3D Printed Patient-Specific Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms,” R&D Magazine, 2018
  • 2018 TechConnect Innovation Award for “3D Printed Meta-material Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms,” TechConnect, 2018
  • 2018 IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Best Paper Award, 2018
  • Fellow of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE), 2017
  • Co-lead of the “Soft Robotics Technology Working Group” for the newly established NextFlex Manufacturing Innovation Institute, a part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), 2016 – present
  • Member, PDES, Inc. Executive Board, 2014 – 2019
  • Nanotech Briefs® Nano 50™ Award (Team-Award for Nanofiber Buckypapers), 2008
  • R&D Magazine® Micro/Nano25 Award (Team-Award for Engineered Carbon Nanotube and Nanofiber Buckypapers), 2007
  • Outstanding Paper Award, SAMPE Fall Technical Conference, 2006
  • Best Poster Award, International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling, 2002
  • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, 2001
  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, 1999

B.    Institute or School Awards

  • Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award, GT, 2017
  • Innovator Award, Florida State University, 2008, 2009, 2011
  • GAP Award, Florida State University, 2009
  • Florida State University TIP Teaching Award, 1997