Education
[Curriculum Vita (.pdf)] - Updated June, 2013
B.S. (2000) Aerospace Engineering, Penn State
M.S. (2002) Aerospace Engineering, Penn State
Ph.D. (2008) Mechanical Engineering, UC-Santa Barbara [Dissertation (.pdf)]
Awards
Los Alamos National Laboratory Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance award, 2012
NSF/I2CAM Workshop Support Award ($25,000 in support), 2011
SIAM Conference in the Life Sciences (LS10) Poster Award, 2010
Leon Heller Postdoctoral Publication Prize in Theoretical Physics, 2010
Richard P. Feynman Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2010
UCSB Department of Mechanical Engineering Best Ph.D. Dissertation for the 2007-2008 Academic Year, 2009
Los Alamos National Laboratory Directors Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008
Best Presentation in Session, 27th American Controls Conference, 2008
UCSB Student Travel Grant, 2007
UCSB Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003
UCSB Chancellor's Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2001
American Helicopter Society Vertical Flight Foundation Award, 1999 and 2000
Penn State University Schreyer Ambassador Travel Grant, 1999
Mary Ilgen Memorial Scholarship, 1999
Schreyer Honors College Academic Excellence Award, 1996
