Awards
- Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, 2001
- Board of Trustees Academic Achievement Award (4.0/4.0 final GPA), Michigan State University, 1998
- First in graduating class, cumulative 4.0/4.0 GPA, summa cum laude, Michigan State University, 1998
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, U.S. Department of Defense, 1998
- CIMSS Virginia Tech Research Fellowship, Army Research Office, 1997
- Engineering Granger and Leitheiser Academic Scholarships, Michigan State University, 1995
Membership of Professional Bodies
Industrial Connections
- BP, Scaling in Pipe Failure Tests
- Element Six Ltd, Multiscale investigation of failure in bonded diamond aggregates
- Exponent, Analysis of Pipe Rupture; Fracture in Rail Car Wheel Assemblies; Mechanics of Hip & Spinal Implants
- General Electric, Failure of Thermal Barrier Coatings
- Geotechnical Consulting Group, Mesh Generation for Underground Tunnel Networks
- QinetiQ, Interrupted Tension/Compression Testing for the Determination of Plasticity Model Parameters
Commercial Spinoffs
- Impression Technologies, Impression Technologies has been formed by Imperial Innovations to bring to market forming and press technologies developed by Imperial College London (ICL).The first technology that is being brought to market is the Hot Form Quench (HFQ) technology for the forming of Aluminium. HFQ allows stiffer and stronger structural Aluminium panels to be formed, with lower costs, than has been possible to date.