Honors and Memberships

2003 Member of NSF Proposal Review Panel: January 19, 2003 at the National Science Foundation. Panel: Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT); Program: Design and Manufacturing
1999 Member of NSF Proposal Review Panel: July 15, 1999 at the National Science Foundation. Program: Mechanics and Materials.
1999 Maro Publications Future Technology Award for a paper presented at the Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference, May 1999, New York City. Title of Paper: “The Effect of Shrinkage Induced Interface Gap on the Thermal Contact Resistance Between the Mold and Plastic in Injection Molding”.
1995 Best Symposium Paper Award, Polymer Analysis Division, Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference May, 1995, Boston, MA. Title of Paper: "Rheo-Kinetic Measurements for the Determination of Stress-Induced Crystallinity in PET."
1996 Honorable mention, Best Conference Paper, Polymer and Alloys Division of SPE, SPE ANTEC '96, May, 1996, Indianapolis, IN.