Honors and Awards

NewSpace Chicago Student Congress (virtual) - Best Presentation
“The Influence of Quadrotor Downwash on Close Proximity Flight”
Oral Presentation, Graduate category; Nov 2023

AIAA Region-I Conference (Buffalo, NY) - Best Paper Runner-up
“Effects of Flight Configurations on the Performance of Nano-Quadrotors in Hover”
Student Paper Competition, Graduate category; Apr 2023

20 Twenties - Class of 2022
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) & Aviation Week Network; Nov 2022

Dean’s Undergraduate Achievement Award
University at Buffalo School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (SEAS); May 2022

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship; Apr 2022

State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence; Mar 2022

NASA Space Grant Fellowship
NASA & Cornell University
Advisor: Dr. John Crassidis, University at Buffalo; Feb 2022

AIAA Mid-Atlantic Section Conference (Laurel, MD) - Top presentation
“Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Aerodynamics for a Wing-Gust Encounter”
Oral Presentation, Undergraduate category; Feb 2022

DoD Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship; Feb 2022

Undergraduate Conference Award
AIAA Guidance, Navigation & Control Technical Committee; Nov 2021

Undergraduate Researcher Award
University at Buffalo Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE); Apr 2021

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
U.S. Congress & DoD National Defense Education Programs; Mar 2021

AIAA Diversity Scholarship
AIAA SciTech 2021 conference

2020 Leaders in Excellence
University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS); Nov 2020