Awards


  • [2024] Air Education & Training Command Winner of the 75th Arthur S. Flemming Award, Applied Science & Engineering Category
  • [2023] Elected Fellow, The Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET)
  • [2023] Air Education & Training Command’s Outstanding Airman of the Year, Civilian Supervisory Category IV for 2022
  • [2023] IEEE Dayton Section Photonics Society Award
  • [2023] Air University’s Outstanding Airman of the Year, Civilian Supervisory Category IV for 2022
  • [2023] AFIT’s Outstanding Airman of the Year, Civilian Supervisory Category IV for 2022
  • [2023] AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management 2022 4th Quarter Award (Electrical Engineering Laboratory Technicians and Faculty Researchers Team)
  • [2022] Society of Asian Scientists & Engineers (SASE) Professional Achievement Award
  • [2022] AFIT Chancellor's 2021 Innovation Excellence Award
  • [2021] Elected Senior Member, OPTICA
  • [2020 – 2023] National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine’s Fellowship (Research Mentor)
  • [2020 – 2021] Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) Faculty Excellence Award
  • [2020 – 2021] AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Professor Award
  • [2020] Semifinalist in the Air Force Spark Tank competition (Research Mentor)
  • [2019] IEEE NEMS Best Student Paper Finalist (Advisor)
  • [2017] Sentinel of Science Award: Top Reviewers in Physics & Astronomy
  • [2016 – 2017] Sentinel of Science Award: Top Reviewers in Engineering
  • [2011] Elected Senior Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • [2009] IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, & Frequency Control Society (UFFC-S) Student Paper Competition Award