Awards and Honors

Awards

Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award 2011 UNC Charlotte
Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship 2010-2011 Fulbright Scholar Program
Maxheim Faculty Fellowship 2001-2002 College of Engineering, UNC Charlotte
Graduate Teaching Award 2002-2003 College of Engineering, UNC Charlotte
Tau Beta Phi Award Excellence in Teaching 2000-2001 UNC Charlotte
Tau Beta Phi Award for Excellence in Teaching 1997-1998 UNC Charlotte
J.O. Smith Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student 1994 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nominated for the 2009 Faculty International Education Award 2009 UNC Charlotte
Nominated for the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award 2007 College of Engineering, UNC Charlotte
Nominated for the Alcoa Foundation Outstanding Teacher Award 1999 College of Engineering, UNC Charlotte

Honors

Vice Chair of the ASME-AMD Committee of Material Processing and Manufacturing 2009-2011
Member of the International Scientific Committee, Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies Conference, Paris, France 2010
Invited Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bengalooru, India 2009
Member of Mu Chapter of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society 2009-present