Awards
- 1st place team, IBM Engineer of the Future, Cities of the Future Contest, Washington DC, 2008
- Eric Paz Prize (most outstanding graduation research project), Department of Civil/Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 2008
- 1st place Social Enterprise Track, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 2007
- Honourable Mention, US P3 Sustainable Design Contest, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2007
- J.W. Saxe Prize in Public Service, J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund, 2007
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Student Member, European Economic Association (EEA), 2012
Fellowships
- Fulbright ANU College of Business and Economics Scholar, Australian-American Fulbright Commission, 2011 - 2012
- US EPA Marshall Scholar, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2011 - 2014
- Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow, The National Academies, 2010 - 2010
- DAAD Rise Professional Scholarship, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst/German Academic Exchange, 2009 - 2009
- Marshall Scholar, Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, 2008 - 2010
- Leonard M. Rieser Fellowship in Science, Technology and Global Security, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 2007 - 2007
- REU Project in Dalian China, US National Science Foundation, 2006 - 2006