Awards

• [2024] Elected Fellow, The Institute of Physics (IOP)

• [2024] Department of the Air Force Technology Transfer & Transition Program Top Inventor Recognition

• [2024] Air Education & Training Command Winner of the 75^th 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 4^th Quarter Award (Electrical Engineering Laboratory Technicians and Faculty Researchers Team)

• [2022] Society of Asian Scientists & Engineers (SASE) Professional Achievement Award

• [2022] Top 20 Best Contributed Paper at the Optical Sensors & Sensing Congress (Advisor)

• [2022] AFIT Chancellor's 2021 Innovation Excellence Award

• [2021] Elected Senior Member, OPTICA

• [2020 – 2023] National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine’s Fellowship (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 (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