Honors and Awards

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Best Paper Award, Journal of GeoEngineering, Taiwan Geotechnical Society, 2013

Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award, College of Engineering and Science, Clemson University, 2013

Aniket Shrikhande Memorial Annual Graduate Fellowship, Clemson University, 2013

Member of Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Honor Society, Clemson University, 2014

Excellent Paper Award, Journal of GeoEngineering, Taiwan Geotechnical Society, March 2015

Nomination of Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, “Robust Geotechnical Design of drilled shafts in sand – new design perspective”. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2014

Nomination of Best Paper Award, “Robust design in geotechnical engineering – An update”. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, 2015

United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER) Fellowship for 2nd USUCGER Workshop for the Early Career Geotechnical Faculty at Case Western Reserve University, 2018

ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Teaching Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2019

Faculty of the Year, University of the District of Columbia ASCE Student Chapter, 2019

Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Summer Institute Travel Award – University of Texas, San Antonio, 2019

Panel Fellow, NSF CMMI’s Game Changer Academies for Advancing Research Innovation, 2021

Advanced Panel Fellow, NSF CMMI’s Game Changer Academies for Advancing Research Innovation, 2022