Fundings and Honors
Funding
University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Accelerated Translational Incubator Program (ICTR-ATIP) Pilot Grant, 2026.5 - 2027.4
• PI, awarded for the research project titled, “AI-Driven, Wellbeing-Aware Scheduling for Emergency and Critical Care Clinicians”
UMBC Supplement for Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE), Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
• PI, mentoring undergraduate researcher: Patrina Pun, BS in Information Systems
UMBC Strategic Awards for Research Transitions (START), 2025 - 2027
• 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