Outstanding Educator Award, Ceramic Educational Council, American Ceramic Society (2003)

Ferroelectrics Recognition Award, IEEE-UFFC (2004)

Chartered Scientist, CSci, UK (2005)

Sosman Award, Basic Science Division, American Ceramic Society (2007)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

National Defense Science and Engineering Grant

Donald W. Hamer Fellowship, UIUC

American Ceramic Society Ceramographic Contest, 3^{rd place, 2004}

American Ceramic Society Ceramographic Contest, 3^{rd place, 2005}

Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) Fellowship, Summer 2006

National Science Foundation Fellowship (EAPSI), Summer 2006

Burnett Award, Materials Science and Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004-2005