Highlights

Two Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Awards from the Office of Naval Research (ONR)

DURIP 2021: Aerosol Jet Printing for Microfabrication and 3D-Printed Electronics

DURIP 2018: Graphene characterization for microscale responses

National Science Foundation (NSF) Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) Grant

NSF-RUI 2018-2021: Autonomous Manipulation and Assembly on the Micro- and Milli-Scale

2019 Raouf Ali Raouf Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Engineering

Class of 1951 Civilian Faculty Award for Excellence in Research - Department Nominee - 2020 & 2021

Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure - 2019

Speaker/panelist on flipped classroom - 2018

Apgar Award for Excellence in Teaching  - Department Nominee - 2018

EPFL Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation award – August 2014

Second Prize ($4,000), GW School of Engineering and Applied Science Student Research & Development Showcase (+70 Projects) – 2013

Conference awards

• Student Travel Grant – IEEE International Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG), Germany – May 2014

• Junior Travel Award – Joint European Magnetic Symposia (JEMS), Italy – September 2012

• Best Poster Award – IEEE International Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG), Canada – May 2012

• IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School – May 2011

Leadership @ GW

• Speaker, GW Graduate Students Welcome Ceremony (+300 attendees) – August 2013

• GW Future Faculty Program (FFP) – Fall 2013

• Student Representative, GW Board of Trustees, Committee on Student Affairs, Spring 2014

• Senator, GW Student Association Senate, 2013 – 2014

• Member, GW Student Association Academic Affairs Committee, 2013 – 2014

• International Student Ambassador, GW International Services Office, 2012 – 2014

• Graduate Student Ambassador, GW School of Engineering and Applied Science, 2012 – 2014