Recent Awards

2013 Davidson Fellow Laureate

$50,000 Scholarship Recipient

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ISEF 1st Place and Best in Category – 3 Years in a Row

2011-2013 Intel Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF)

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2013 BioGENEius Challenge National Winner

Virginia State Winner, National Winner, International Finalist

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1st Place International Space Olympics Competition

2012 1st Place in Research, Korolev, Russia

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2013

Advances in the Bottom-Up Assembly of Multicellular Architectures: From Neuroengineering to Biodefense

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2013 Intel ISEF

May 13-17, 2013

Phoenix, AZ

  • 1st Place Winner in Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering ($3,000 Award)
  • BEST in Category ($5,000 Award)
  • Innovation Exploration Award – Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Caltech
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Xerox Award for Innovation and Technology

June 15, 2013

Rochester, NY

  • Rochester University MLWGS
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BioGENEius Challenge

April 21, 2013

Chicago, IL

  • Virginia Winner, National Winner
  • International Finalist
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2013 Neuroscience Research Prize

March 16-23, 2013

San Diego, CA

  • American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 65th Annual International Meeting
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2013 Metro Richmond STEM Fair

March 23, 2013

Richmond, VA

  • Grand Prize Winner
  • 1st Place in Engineering
  • Innovative Engineering Award – National Society of Professional Engineers
  • Naval Science Award Recipient – Office of Naval Research – U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
  • U.S. Air Force
  • Yale Science & Engineering Award
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Virginia Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS)

March 14-15, 2013

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

  • First Grand Prize
  • Best of Fair

2012

A New Frontier in Biomedical Engineering: Ex-situ Bioengineering of Hepato- & Neuro- Celloidosomes

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2012 International Space Olympics competition

October 17-26, 2012

Korolev, Russia

  • 2012 1st Place in Research, Korolev, Russia
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2012 Intel ISEF

May 18, 2012

Pittsburgh, PA

  • 1st Place ($3,000 Award)
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2012 Metro Richmond Science Fair (MRSF)

March 24, 2012

Richmond, VA

  • Grand Prize Winner

2011

Celloidosomes: A Journey toward the Bioengineering of Artificial Micro-Glands and Micro-Bioreactors

National Museum of Education

October 13, 2011

  • Thomas Edison Innovation Award & Inductee to the National Gallery of America’s Young Inventors

70th Annual Meeting, Virginia Junior Academy of Science

May 24 – 26, 2011

Richmond, VA

  • Honorable Mention

2011 Intel ISEF

May 8-13, 2011

Los Angeles, California

  • 1st Place Winner ($3,000 Award)
  • BEST in Category ($5,000 Award)
  • 1st Place People’s Choice Awards

National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS)

April 30, 2011

San Diego, California

  • Honorable Mention

2011 Virginia State Science & Engineering Fair (VSSEF)

April 3, 2011

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

  • Honorable Mention
  • Naval Science Award Recipient – Office of Naval Research – U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
  • BEST in Category – Virginia Dental Association Award

2011 Metro Richmond Science Fair (MRSF)

March 19, 2011

Richmond, VA

  • Grand Prize Winner
  • 1st Place Winner
  • John B. Fenn Award 2011
  • Innovative Engineering Award – National Society of Professional Engineers

Virginia Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS)

March 17-18, 2011

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

  • Outstanding Engineering Research Award Winner
  • Grand Prize Winner

2010

A New Paradigm for Cell Architecture: Celloidosomes®

88th Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science

May 21, 2010 – James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA – Invited Lecture

69th Annual Meeting, Virginia Junior Academy of Science

May 21, 2010 – James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA – 1st Place Winner: Medicine and Health

2010 Metro Richmond Science Fair (MRSF)

March 27, 2010 – Richmond, VA – 3rd Place in Microbiology