Awards and Honors

  • Faculty Advisor,  'First-Place Inaugural Supply Chain Innovators Winning Award,'  Georgia Center of Innovation,  2025.

  • 'SPCEET Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellowship,'  Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center,  Coles College of Business,  Kennesaw State University,  2023.

  • 'Organ Design and Engineering Training Fellowship,'  Harvard Medical School and The Brigham and Women's Hospital,  National Institutes of Health,  2015.

  • 'Sam Nunn Security Program Fellowship,'  Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,  Georgia Institute of Technology,  2015.

  • 'National Science Foundation Fellowship,'  NSF Summer Institute on Nanomechanics, Nanomaterials, and Micro/Nanomanufacturing,  Northwestern University,  2013.

  • 'Dean Letter of Recognition,'  College of Engineering,  Georgia Institute of Technology,  First Place Awards,  TMS International Conference (Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society),  2012.

  • 'First Place Best of the Show Honor Award,'  Graduate Category,  141th TMS Annual Meeting,  2012.

  • 'First Place Honor Award,'  "Bioinspired, Biomimetic & Nanobiomaterials Journal,"  141th TMS Annual Meeting,  2012.

  • 'First Place Poster Award,'  Biological Materials Science Symposium,  141th TMS Annual Meeting,  2012.

  • 'TMS Awards Media Coverage:'  Advanced Materials & Processes Magazine; "Bioinspired, Biomimetic & Nanobiomaterials" Journal Social Network, London, U.K.,  the School of Materials Science and Engineering Newsletter;  and the Renewable Bioproducts Institute Newsletter;  the 2012–2013 Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Annual Report;  and the Woodruff Weekly Digest Magazine at Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • 'International Scientific Research Mobility Fellowship,'  Fonds National de la Recherche,  Department of Advanced Materials,  Public Research Center Henry Tudor,  Luxembourg City,  Luxembourg,  2011.

  • 'Outstanding Poster Presentation Award,'  Georgia Institute of Technology Research and Innovation Conference,  2011.

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