Biomolecular & Metabolic Engineering Laboratories
 

Honors & Awards

2012

  • The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division (FP&BE) Award in Chemical Engineering.

2011

  • University System of Maryland (USM) Regents’ Faculty Award for Research/Scholarship/Creative Activity.
  • Elected Vice President At-Large, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2011-2014.

2010

  • U.S. EPA, Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, Level II, 2010.

2009

  • Member, Departmental Advisory Committee, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2009-2012.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Board, Austrian Center of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB).

2008

  • Member, Advisory Council, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 2008-2011.
  • Elected Member, Managing Board, Society for Biological Engineers.

2007

  • Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology.

2006

  • Elected Director, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, FPB Division.

2003

  • Division Lecturer, Food, Pharmaceuticals & Bioengineering Division, AIChE, San Francisco,CA.
  • Lindsay Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
  • Miller Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
  • Outstanding Faculty Research Award, A. James Clark School of Engineering, UMCP.

2002

  • Bronze Medallion, 23rd Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL.
  • Best Paper, Biotechnology Section, 23rd Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL.

2001

  • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Opponent (fakultets), Dr. A. Rozkov, Dept. of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Elected Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

1999

  • Opponent (fakultets), Dr. Mats Akesson, Dept. of Automatic Control, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden.

1998

  • Allan C. Davis Medal, State of Maryland's Outstanding Young Engineer, Maryland Science Center.
  • Outstanding Teacher Award, Celebrating Teachers Program, University of Maryland.

1997

  • Visiting Professor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Dept. of Bioprocess Engineering, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
  • Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Maryland College Park, College Park Association of Parents (CPAP).
  • Finalist, Outstanding Advisor Award, University of Maryland College Park, given by CPAP.

1996

  • Schering-Plough Young Investigator Award, Society of Industrial Microbiology.
  • Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Sciences Award, Washington Academy of Sciences.
  • Honorary Fellow, Washington Academy of Sciences.

1995

  • Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award, American Society for Engineering Education, ASEE.

1990

  • Research Initiation Award, National Science Foundation.

1989

  • Research and Creative Work Award, University of Colorado.

1983

  • Robert York Fellowship Award, Cornell University.