Honors and Awards

• Best Senior Design Award, ECE Department, GMU, Fall 2017, with students Chirag Sharma, Oscar Jaramillo, Borhan Fanayan, Ahmed Amkor, Ryan Davidson, and Abudullah Alkhudair.
• First prize in computer science in the Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair 2016, with ASSIP interns Eric Wang, William Xu, and Suhas Sastry.
• Semifinalists of Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology 2015, with ASSIP interns Eric Wang, William Xu, and Suhas Sastry.
• Air Force Visiting Faculty Research Program (VFRP) Award, 2013.
• Air Force VFRP Extension Grant, 2013.
• NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2012.
• Excellence in Postdoctoral Research, University of California, Davis, 2011.
• Sigma Xi Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2008.
• Backlin Fund, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2008.
• Infocom NSF Student Travel Grant, 2008, 2010.
• Best Paper Runner-up Award, QShine 2007.
• Best Paper Award, WASA 2006.
• WPI Institute Fellowship, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Aug. 2004 - Aug. 2005.
• Excellent Paper Award, HUST, 2003.
• Scholarship for Academic Distinction, HUST, 1999, 2002.
• Graduate with Distinction, HUST, 2001.
• Excellent Student Leader, HUST, 1997 - 2000.