Honors and Awards

  • Geoconfluence Research Scholarship 2016 ($2,500), Geo‐Institute of ASCE ‐ St. Louis Chapter, 2016
  • ADSC Endowed Civil Engineering Graduate Study Scholarship ($3,000 plus travel expense award), The International Association of Foundation Drilling, 2016
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Civil Engineering Department, Southern Illinois University, 2015
  • Itasca Education Partnership Award, Three years loan of FLAC3D (value of approx. $20,000), Itasca Consulting Group, Inc., 2014-2016
  • Itasca Education Partnership Award, Mentorship program, Itasca Consulting Group, Inc., 2015-2016
  • Best Engineering Poster Presentation, Southern Illinois University Graduate School Student Research Symposium, 2015
  • Second Best Engineering Oral Presentation, LSAMP STEM Conference, Chicago, IL, 2015
  • Graduate Assistantship Research Tuition Waiver, Research and Teaching Assistantship, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL, 2013-2016
  • Outstanding ITU Dual-Diploma Program Assistant ($200), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 2015-2016
  • Student Travel Award ($600), to Chi-Epsilon Conclave 2016, Boston, MA, 2016
  • Student Travel Award ($725), to 50th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium 2016, Houston, TX, 2016
  • Student Travel Award ($300), to LSAMP STEM Conference, Chicago, IL, 2015
  • Student Travel Award ($800), to the International Foundation Congress and Equipment Exposition, San Antonio, TX, 2014
  • Student Travel Award ($300), to LSAMP STEM Conference, Chicago, IL, 2014
  • Student Travel Award ($800), to the 48th US Rock Mechanics Geomechanics Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, 2013

Scholarly Activities

  • Committee Member, ASCE Rock Mechanics Committee, 2016
  • Chair and Moderator, Civil Engineering and Interdisciplinary Posters Session, 50th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, TX, 2016
  • Co-Chair, Underground Storage and Structures Session, 50th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, TX, 2016
  • Peer-Reviewer and Committee Member of Geomate Technical Program, Geomate Geotechnique, Construction, Materials and Environment Conferences, Osaka, Japan, 2015-2016
  • Peer-Reviewer, Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Springer
  • Peer-Reviewer, European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Taylor & Francis
  • Peer-Reviewer, International Journal of Ships and Offshore Structures, Taylor & Francis
  • Peer-Reviewer, Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Copernicus Publications
  • School of Engineering Representative at SIUE Scholarly Activities Slam, Edwardsville, IL, 2016
  • Member of Awards and Scholarships Committee, Chi-Epsilon Conclave 2016, Boston, MA, 2016
  • Jury Member, Regional Science and Engineering Research Challenge, Edwardsville, IL, 2016
  • Jury Member, Spring Symposium in STEM, Chicago, IL, 2015