Fundings and Honors

Funding

UMBC Supplement for Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE), Fall 2025
    • PI, mentoring undergraduate researcher: Patrina Pun, BS in Information Systems
UMBC Strategic Awards for Research Transitions (START), 2025 - 2026
    • PI, awarded for the research project titled, “Machine Learning Guided Clinician Well-being Metrics and Scheduling Tools Combining Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data and Surveys”
AMTEC (Advanced Manufacturing, Thermal, and Environmental Controls) SyracuseCoE Industry Collaboration Summer Internship Award
    • Issued by the SyracuseCoE (New York State’s Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems), Syracuse University, May 2016
    • Co-PI, awarded for the research project titled, “Development of Smart PLM Platform for Filtertech, Inc.”
New York State Industrial Collaboration Award
    • Issued by the Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering at SU, Jan 2016
    • Key Personnel, awarded for the research project titled, “Developing a Unified PLM Platform for Smart Manufacturing Systems, an Essential Tool for Cyber-manufacturing for Filtertech Inc.”

Honors

UTSA Honorable Mention Research Award, 2025 award cycle
    • for the work titled, “Equitable Anesthesiologist Scheduling under Demand Uncertainty Using Multi-Objective Programming”
Poster Exhibit and Competition Finalist
    • Issued by 2021 American Association of Clinical Directors (AACD) Preoperative Leadership Summit, March 2021, Virtual
Summer Dissertation Fellowship
    • Issued by Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Syracuse University, May 2019
    • $4,000, awarded to ABD doctoral candidates to facilitate progress toward completion of their dissertations