Awards:

• WVU Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Award, 2011
• Margaret Burbidge Award for Best Experimental Research, Fall 2007
• SRC NRI Hans J. Coufal Fellowship, Spring 2007
• Material Research Society Research Silver Award, Fall 2006
• NDSEG (DOD) Fellowship, 2004
• McMinn Honor scholarship, 2002
• Ernest Jones scholarship, 2002