Awards

Fellowships, Prizes, and Awards

• Recipient of ASEE Fred Merryfield Design Award, 2008
• Nomination for Educational Research Methods Division Best Paper (1 of ?, ? total) 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 11-15, Portland, OR, (2005)
• Nomination for Educational Research Methods Division Best Paper (1 of 4, 78 total) 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 20-23, Salt Lake City, UT, (2004)
• 2003 Exemplary Program Award: RISE Program, American College Personnel Association’s Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education. One of three programs honored nationwide
• Nomination for Xerox Best Paper Award (1 of 6), 13th ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, ASME, Pittsburgh, PA, September 9-12, 2001
• Distinguished Paper Award, 8th International Design Theory and Methodology Conference, ASME, Irvine, CA, August 19-22, 1996
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Awarded and Declined, 1991.
  Best Paper Presentation, Fourth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Design (AID’96), Stanford, CA, June 24-27, 1996
• Recipient of Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship, 1991-1994

Service Awards and Honors

• Faculty Service Award, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland, 5/23/2003
• ASME Certificate of Appreciation “In testimony of the high regards and the deep appreciation of valued services in advancing the engineering profession,” ASME Design Engineering Division, Annually, 1996-1998, 2001-2003
• ASME Certificate of Appreciation “For service and dedication to the promotion and development of mechanical engineering,” ASME Washington, D.C. Section, 1998