Best Poster AwardBest poster award at BioCAS 2019 for work on a “Bio-Impedance Spectroscopy (BIS) Measurement System for Wearable Devices”

2019

NIH Trailblazer AwardNational Institutes of Health award given to new investigators to pursue high-impact, high-reward research that integrates engineering with the life sciences.

2019

NSF CAREER AwardNational Science Foundation program designed to support junior faculty in their dual roles as teacher-scholars. CAREER Awards provide recipients the opportunity to enhance their professional career development, better integrate their research and education responsibilities, and build academic leadership abilities

2015

ECE Undergraduate Teaching AwardUndergraduate teaching award for ECE 102 based on student feedback and CAPE evaluations.

2014

Hellman FellowNamed a 2014-2015 Hellman Fellow designed to provide financial support and encouragement to young faculty in the core disciplines who show capacity for great distinction in their research and creative activities

2014

ISSCC ADI Outstanding Student Designer AwardAwarded for excellence in analog IC design with the potential for outstanding industrial contribution

2011

ARCS FellowshipRecipient of the national Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Fellowship

2010

1st place Stanford BASES Business Plan CompetitionWinner of the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) business plan competition on the nanoLAB

2010

1st place in IEEE Change the World CompetitionWinner (Student Humanitarian Supreme) of the inaugural international competition for “nanoLAB: A Hand-Held Diagnostic Laboratory”

2009

1st place in BME-IDEA Invention CompetitionWinner of the national bioengineering competition for “Lab-on-a-stick: A Hand-Held Diagnostic Laboratory”

2009

1st place in Stanford EE 314 Design CompetitionGraduate level class competition for the design of a low-power RF CMOS power amplifier

2007

1st place in Stanford EE 315 Design CompetitionGraduate-level class competition for the design of a low-power CMOS sample and hold, judged by Analog Devices

2007

3rd place in Stanford EE 214 Design CompetitionGraduate level class competition for the design of a low-power CMOS amplifier

2006

Tau Beta Pi FellowOne of 35 engineering students selected nationally, Fife No. 70

2005

Phi Kappa Phi Award of ExcellenceSelected by the national chapter for outstanding academic achievement

2005

1st place in IEEE Micromouse CompetitionWinner of the southwest regional (region 6) Micromouse competition

2005

1st place in IEEE Student Paper ContestChosen for paper and presentation on robotics and optimal path-finding algorithms

2005

1st place Senior Design CompetitionChosen for “Micromouse: Autonomous Navigation System” entry

2005

Outstanding Senior Engineering Student of the YearAwarded by the department to the top graduating senior student annually

2005