Recognition Awards and Honors

Student awards are listed with each researcher on the Members page.

2025

1. Temple Foundation Endowed Professorship No. 2, UT Austin

2. Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)

2024

1. Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professorship in Engineering #4, UT Austin

2. Fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America)

2022

1. Finalist for the Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, American Society for Engineering Education

2021

1. Temple Foundation Endowed Teaching Fellowship in Engineering #2, UT Austin

2. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Senior Member

3. Outstanding Reviewer, Royal Society of Chemistry

2020

1. William W. Hagerty Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Engineering, UT Austin

2. Texas Health Catalyst Award

2019

1. University Co-op Research Excellence Award for Best Paper

2. J. Mike Walker Faculty Scholarship, UT Austin

3. Fellow of the Institute of Physics

4. Franklin Award for Outstanding Teaching, Research and Service, UT Austin

2018

1. Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

2. Materials Today Rising Star Award from Elsevier

   

2017

1. NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (UT News; SPIE News)

   

2. NASA Early Career Faculty Award

   

3. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award

   

2015

1. Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities

2. 3M Nontenured Faculty Award

2014

1. Beckman Young Investigator Award (video)

   

2. Graduate School Alumni Society Early Career Award, Pennsylvania State University

2012

1. Chancellor’s Award Finalist for Postdoctoral Research, University of California, Los Angeles

2010

1. Alumni Association Dissertation Award, Pennsylvania State University

2009

1. Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award

2. Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, Pennsylvania State University

2008

1. Founder’s Grant and Prize, American Academy of Mechanics and the Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation (winning essay: Progress Through Mechanics: Artificial Molecular Machines)