Awards and Honors
Awards & Honors:
DHS Summer Research Faculty Fellow
(Summer 2023)
DHS Summer Research Team Program For Minority Serving
Institutions (DHS-SRTMSI)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Brain Pool Program Invited Scientist (Jan - Aug 2022)
The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and National Research Foundation
of Korea (NRF)
TTU Faculty Development Leave (Spring
2022)
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
TTU Teaching Academy Member (May
2020)
The
Texas Tech University Teaching Academy
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
A Most Influential Faculty Member
(May 2016, 2019, 2020)
The
Whitacre College of Engineering Honors Convocation
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
STEM Teaching, Engagement & Pedagogy (STEP) Program Faculty
Fellow
(Fall 2018 - Spring 2019)
Teaching, Learning & Professional Development Center (TLPDC)
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Fellow
(Summer 2018)
Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research
Program (ONR - SFRP)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
IEEE Senior Member
(Aug 2017)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE)
Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Fellow
(Summer 2017)
Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research
Program (ONR - SFRP)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Institute for Inclusive Excellence Fellow
(Fall 2015 - Spring 2016) [link]
Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Community Engagement
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty Award
- University Award (Apr 2015)
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The 2015
Faculty Honor Convocation
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
TTU Undergraduate Research Conference Award
-
Top Poster Presenter (Apr 2014)
TTU Center for Active Learning and
Undergraduate Engagement
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
Texas Tech Parent Association Hemphill-Wells New Professor Excellence in
Teaching Award Nominee
(Oct 2013)
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellow
(Summer 2013)
Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship
Program (AFRL - SFFP)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
(AFOSR)
SIG-IT's Best Paper Award (Apr 2012)
2012 Annual Meeting, American Educational
Research Association (AERA)
Governor's 2010 Individual Research Seed Grant Award
(June 2007)
South Dakota Board of Regents
IEEE TCDP Student Travel Grant Award
(Jun 2005)
International Conference on
Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2005)
NSF Student Travel Grant Award (Oct 2004)
IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems
(MASS 2004)
Best
Paper Candidate
(Oct
2004)
IEEE
International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS 2004)
Best Graduate Student Teaching Assistant
Award (Mar 2002)
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
CoManage Award for Excellence in Networking (Jan 2000)
CoManagement Corporation, U.S.A.
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Summa Cum Laude (Feb 1996)
Dept. of Computer Science
Hankuk Aviation University, Kyungkido, Korea
Certificates:
Summer Teaching Academy (June 2007)
Successfully completing all required coursework and training
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007
Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (May 2003)
Successfully completing The Penn State Course in College Teaching
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
1st Degree of Information Technology (Aug 1995)
National Technical Qualification Certificate, Seoul, Korea