Awards & Honors



2007-2009


Elected Chair, ASME, Applied Mechanics - Composite Materials 
TC



2004-2007


Associate Editor, Journal 
of Engineering Materials and Technology, ASME 




2005


NSF /Women in Engineering Leadership 
Conference, invited participant



2004-2006


ASME Applied Mechanics Division, CMC, Honors 
Committee, elected member



2003


Inducted by the 
  College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology to theCouncil of Outstanding Young 
Engineering Alumni



2003             



Invited by the National Academy of Engineering to 
participate in the 9th Annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering 




2002


ASME Gold Medal / 
Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal


(outstanding achievement in the mechanical engineering 
profession within 10 years of 
graduation)



2000-2004


NSF CAREER Award on 
Intralayer Contact Between Two Dissimilar Inhomogeneous 
Materials



1996-1997


Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship 
Award



1992-1996


Fulbright Fellowship 
Award






Research Grants 
 
 


2007-2010


NSF (Goali) on Random Fiber Structures: Material 
  Characterization and Adaptive Damage Response (PI) Dr. Stephen Harris, Ford 
  Research Labs (co-PI)
 
         
         





2006-2008


USAMP/DOE (Automotive Composites Consortium) on Assessment of 
  Tubular RaFC Structures Based on Micro and Interfacial Mechanics (single 
  PI)
 
         
       



2004-2007


NSF on Hierarchical Material Model for Integrating 
  Multi-Scale Phenomena in Composites (single PI)

 
         
  




2005-2006


Rutgers Excellence Award on Detection of non_Palpable Tumors and 
  3D Reconstruction (single PI)
 
          
 




2004-2005


Rutgers Excellence Award on Integrated Synthesis, In-Situ 
  Laser-Based Diagnosis, and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes for Optimized 
  Production (co-PI)
 
         
       





2002-2006


NJCHE (New Jersey Commission for Higher Education) for studies 
  on Nanomaterials Science and Engineering (co-PI)
 
          
   




2002-2005


NSF International Program for studies on Analytical, 
  Numerical and Experimental Study of the Cracking in Reinforced Concrete 
  Structures (co-PI), Prof. Mitsunori Denda (PI)
 
         
           
 




2002-2003


NSF/BOCE/NJCHE for industrial partnership investigating nanoindentation 
  mechanics on coatings at nano scale (single PI)
 
        
    




2000-2004


NSF 
CAREER Award for the study of Interfacial Mechanics of 
  Anisotropic Materials (single PI)
 
           





2000-2003


NSF Award for the study of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems 
  (MEMS) (single PI) 
 
          





2001-2002


Rutgers University Strategic Opportunities Award, Fabrication 
  and Testing Micro Integrated Derm-Attached Sensors (PI)
 
        
   




2000-2001


NASA/NJ Space Grant Consortium Award for the study of ESPI on 
  Composite Panels (single PI) 
 
             
 




2000-2001


Rutgers University Strategic Opportunities Award, Intelligent 
  Design and Manufacturing of Next Generation Devices for Information Technology 
  Applications (PI)
 
        
        





1999-2001


NSF Equipment Award for study on Electronic Speckle Pattern 
  Interferometry (ESPI) (single PI) 
 
          
  




1999-2000


Rutgers University Strategic Opportunities Award, Intelligent 
  Manufacturing of Thin Films (PI)
 
        
 




1997-1998


Rutgers 
University Strategic Opportunities Award, Expanding the Laboratory on Multiphase 
and Interfacial Dynamics (Co-PI)