2005

• Awarded the Ph.D. Completion Fellowship by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University.

2004

• Awarded the Most Outstanding Paper scholarship from the NUMIFORM 2004 conference organized at the Ohio State University, Ohio, 2004.

2000-2002

• Recipient of the 2000-2002 FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP from The Institute of International Education (IIE) for pursuing graduate study at Michigan State University.