Awards

Honors & Awards

Dilip R. Ballal Early Career Engineer Award from the International Gas Turbine Institute, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2026.
Invitation to the European Union and United States Frontiers of Engineering (EU–US FOE 2025) Symposium, National Academy of Engineering, 2025.
Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Class of 2023.
Invitation to the German-American Frontiers of Engineering (GAFOE) Symposium, National Academy of Engineering, 2023.
Impact Award, SciTech Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2022.
Outstanding Engineering Teacher Recognition, College of Engineering, Purdue University, 2021.
Outstanding Graduate Research Award, College of Engineering, Purdue University, 2020.
Graduate School Mentoring Award (Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor), Purdue University, 2019.
Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award, College of Engineering, Purdue University, 2019.
School of Mechanical Engineering Nominee for the Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award, Purdue University, 2019.
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship (2019–2020), Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs, Purdue University, 2019.
Best Poster Award (100 Years Category), Ideas Festival – 150 Years Celebration, Purdue University, 2019.
Gordon C. Oates Air Breathing Propulsion Graduate Award, AIAA Foundation, 2019.
Leadership Recognition Award, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), 2017.
Honeywell Outstanding Engineer Award, Honeywell, 2013.

Student Awards & Recognitions:

Nadia Aref — UCF ORCGS Fellowship, 2025–2026
Steven Thompson — UCF College of Graduate Studies Presentation Fellowship, 2024