Recognition — for the students and the work they led.

Honors and Awards

• 2025 - KEEN EngineeringUnleashed Fellow
• 2025 - UD-UDRI Summer Fellowship
• 2024 - Hans von Ohain Endowed Chair
• 2024 - DCASS 1st Place in Art in Science Competition
• 2023 - KEEN National Rising Star Award
• 2023 - KEEN Campus Rising Star Award
• 2023 - AIAA Special Service Citation
• 2018 - University of Dayton School of Engineering VISION Award
• 2016 - University of Dayton Outstanding PhD Research Award

Student Awards Under Advising

• 2025 - Charles Cain, ASME DESS Best Presentation Award
• 2023 - Andrew Killian, DCASS 1st Place in Art-In-Science Competition
• 2023 - Julian Pabon and Xinyu Gao, 2nd Place, AIAA Region III Undergraduate Category
• 2023 - Andrew Porterfield and Andrew Killian, 2nd Place, AIAA Region III Graduate Category
• 2022 - Jielong Cai, DCASS 2nd Place in Art-In-Science Competition
• 2018 - Asa Palmer, DESS Best Presentation and Ohio Space Grant Consortium Best STEM Poster Award
• 2018 - Daniel Curry, Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium Best Presentation Award