{"id":41,"date":"2011-09-30T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/hcheruku\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:09:58","slug":"awards-and-honors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/hcheruku\/awards-and-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Award<\/th>Year<\/th>Institution<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award<\/span><\/td>2011<\/span><\/td>UNC Charlotte<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship<\/span><\/td>2010-2011<\/span><\/td>Fulbright Scholar Program<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Maxheim Faculty Fellowship<\/span><\/td>2001-2002<\/span><\/td>College of Engineering, UNC Charlotte<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Graduate Teaching Award<\/span><\/td>2002-2003<\/span><\/td>College of Engineering, UNC Charlotte<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Tau Beta Phi Award Excellence in Teaching<\/span><\/td>2000-2001<\/span><\/td>UNC Charlotte<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Tau Beta Phi Award for Excellence in Teaching<\/span><\/td>1997-1998<\/span><\/td>UNC Charlotte<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
J.O. Smith Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student<\/span><\/td>1994<\/span><\/td>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Nominated for the 2009 Faculty International Education Award<\/span><\/td>2009<\/span><\/td>UNC Charlotte<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Nominated for the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award<\/span><\/td>2007<\/span><\/td>College of Engineering, UNC Charlotte<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Nominated for the Alcoa Foundation Outstanding Teacher Award<\/span><\/td>1999<\/span><\/td>College of Engineering, UNC Charlotte<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Honors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Honor<\/th>Year<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Vice Chair of the ASME-AMD Committee of Material Processing and Manufacturing<\/span><\/td>2009-2011<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Member of the International Scientific Committee, Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies Conference, Paris, France<\/span><\/td>2010<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Invited Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bengalooru, India<\/span><\/td>2009<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Member of Mu Chapter of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society<\/span><\/td>2009-present<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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