- Texas Discover-to Impact Proof-of-Concept Award, The University of Texas at Austin (2024)
- Topical Review Committee for Fellow Election, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) (2024)
- Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) (2024)
- Advisory Committee, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University (2024)
- Keynote speaker, Nanomotors International Conference, Barcelona, Spain (2024)
- Invited Official Nominator for the VinFuture Prize, VinFuture Foundation (2024)
- Program Chair of the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation, and Robotics at Small Scales, Delft, Netherlands (accepted invitation, 2024)
- Plenary Talk at the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation, and Robotics at Small Scales, Delft, Netherlands (July 2024)
- Plenary Talk at the 15th biennial conference on Photonics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India (July 2023)
- National Science Foundation Mid-Career Advancement Award (2022)
- 2022 Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering Ilene Busch-Vishniac Lectureship (“This lecture features outstanding women in engineering and highlights the intellectual contributions of the lecturers while serving to inspire young women to pursue degrees and careers in engineering”)
- Plenary Talk at Materials Engineering & Sciences Division, 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting (November 2022)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2021)
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2012)
- Keynote speech, 2021 The International Symposium on Microfluidics and BioMEMS (2021)
- Keynote speech, Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Rome, Italy (2019)
- Keynote speech, ASME NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology Congress (NEMB) (2018)
- Official Individual Nominator of Japan Prize, The Japan Prize Foundation (Invited, since 2017)
- Robert & Jane Mitchell Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Engineering (2017) – Cockrell School of Engineering, the University of Texas at Austin
- Texas Health Catalyst Consulting Award (2020) – The University of Texas at Austin
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (invited member) (2020)
- Faculty Research Assignment Award (2020) – Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
- Research on bottom-up assembled rotary nanomotors included in Science Year by Year, DK Smithsonian (2017)
- Research Featured by NBC Learn and NSF (2015)
- SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards Finalist (2015) – (“SCIFI No Longer” — awarded for the coolest scientific achievement or discovery that before 2014 was only possible in science fiction)
- National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 2014 Arab-US Frontier Symposium, invited participant (2014)
- Research on nanomotors ranked #3 among “10 discoveries that will shape the future in 2014” by BBC Focus Magazine (2014)
- Lab selected to showcase to the Director of the National Science Foundation, Dr. France A. Córdova when she visited UT (2014)
- Featured by “Woman in Nanoscience,” a National Science Foundation sponsored blog that highlights the achievements of woman scientists in nanoresearch in the U.S. (2014)
- Featured alumna by the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering Magazine (2014)
- Research featured in the 2014 Review of Cockrell School of Engineering: A Timeline of Texas Engineering Achievements, UT-Austin (2014)
- National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 2013 EU-US Frontier of Engineering Symposium, invited participant, one of 60 European and US young engineers (2013)
- Honor list of outstanding Alumni, Kuang Yaming Honors School, Nanjing University (2013)
- Graduate Student Award, NSF/KNI Summer Program, California Institute of Technology (2007)
- Exempted from the National College Entrance Examination and Received Early Admission to Nanjing University with Academic Excellence Scholarship (1995)
- Prestigious Prizes in Academic Competitions: Physics (national and provincial), Biology (provincial), Mathematic (regional) (middle and high school)
SELECTED MENTEES’ HONORS AND AWARDS
- Best Presentation Award, First Place, $500 in prize, Parthiv Shah, Justin Wei, Carter Peeler, Ana Millan, and Vikash Vijayakumar, First-Year Introduction to Research Experience (FIRE) Program, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2023).
- Engineering Foundation Endowed Graduate Presidential Scholarship, Graduate School, The University of Texas at Austin (Hyungmok Joh) (2023).
- Harry and Rubye Gaston Graduate Scholarship, Graduate School, The University of Texas at Austin (Huaizhi Li) (2023).
- FIRE Undergraduate Research Scholarship, $2500, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (Luke Abrahams) (2023).
- Best Presentation Award, First Place, Niam Zaidi, Kelly Shih, Tyler Yan, Aiden Benson, First-Year Introduction to Research Experience (FIRE) Program, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2022).
- Cullen M. Crain Endowed Scholarship in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (Hyungmok Joh, 2022)
- Harry and Rubye Gaston Graduate Scholarship, The University of Texas at Austin (Huaizhi Li, 2022)
- Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Symposium SF13 Best Presentation for Novel Materials or Fabrication, $500 (Huaizhi Li, 2022)
- Best Presentation Award, Second Place $300 in prize to Luke Abrahams, Conny Yijia Cai, Nolan Cummins, and Amelie Nguyen, FIRE Program, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2021)
- The Ben Streetman Award, $500 prize, The University of Texas at Austin (Zexi Liang, 2021)
- Harris L. Marcus Graduate Fellowship in Materials Science & Engineering, UT-Austin (Hyungmok Joh, 2021)
- Cockrell School of Engineering Continuing Graduate Fellowship, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT-Austin (Zexi Liang, 2019)
- Harris L. Marcus Graduate Fellowship in Materials Science & Engineering, UT-Austin (Yifei Liu, 2019)
- Graduate Student Silver Award, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (Jianhe Guo, 2018)
- University Graduate Continuing Fellowship, UT-Austin (Weigu Li, 2018-2019)
- Best Poster Presentation Award, First Place $200 in prize, undergraduate students in the FIRE Program (2018)
- ASME National Science Foundation Student Travel Award (Jianhe Guo, 2018)
- ASME Finalist of Best Graduate Student Presentation Award (Jianhe Guo, 2018)
- George J. Heuer, Jr. Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Fellowship Fund, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT-Austin (Zexi Liang, 2018)
- Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Office of Vice President for Research at UT-Austin, $963 (Marshall Tekell, 2016-17)
- Harris L. Marcus Graduate Fellowship in Materials Science & Engineering, UT-Austin (Zexi Liang, 2018)
- Best Symposium Poster Award, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (Jianhe Guo, 2017)
- Warren A. and Alice L. Meyer Endowed Scholarship in Engineering, UT-Austin, (Weigu Li, 2017)
- Harris L. Marcus Graduate Fellowship in Materials Science & Engineering, UT-Austin (Yun Huang, 2017)
- Research Poster Contest Award, Mechanical Engineering, UT-Austin (Jianhe Guo, 2017)
- Research Poster Contest Award, Mechanical Engngineering, UT-Austin (Weigu Li, 2017)
- Research Poster Contest Award, Mechanical Engineering, UT-Austin (Jianhe Guo, Kwanoh Kim, Xiaobin Xu 2016)
- Gordon Research Conference Graduate Student Academic Scholarship (Jianhe Guo, 2017)
- Graduate Student Assembly Travel Grant, UT-Austin, to ACS National Meeting (Jianhe Guo, 2016)
- Continuing Bruton Fellowship, Graduate School, UT-Austin (Chao Liu, 2015)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Student Research Fellowship (Jianhe Guo, $43000/year for three years, 2015 -2018)
- Best Poster Award, Materials Science and Engineering Program, UT-Austin (Chao Liu, 2015)
- Chinese Government Award for Self-Financed Students Abroad, $6000 scholarship (Xiaobin Xu, 2014)
- Graduate Student Silver Award, Materials Research Society (Xiaobin Xu, 2014)
- Student Spotlight by the Texas Materials Institutes (Xiaobin Xu, 2014)
- AFOSR/NSF Materials Research Society Meeting Travel Award, Materials Research Society Meeting (Kwanoh Kim, 2014)
- Harris L. Marcus Graduate Fellowship in Materials Science & Engineering, UT-Austin (Jianhe Guo, 2014)
- Research Poster Contest Award, Second Place, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UT-Austin (Kwanoh Kim, 2014)
- Best Poster Award, Materials Science and Engineering Program, UT-Austin (Xiaobin Xu, 2014)
- Best Graduate Student Presentation Award, Nano and Molecular Science and Technology Center, UT-Austin (Xiaobin Xu, 2014)
- Materials Research Society Graduate Student Chapter Travel Award (Jianhe Guo, 2014)
- Nano Portfolio Program Travel Award, Nano and Molecular Science and Technology Center, UT-Austin (Kwanoh Kim, 2014)
- Graduate Student Professional Development Award, Materials Science and Engineering, UT-Austin (Jianhe Guo, 2014)
- Graduate Student Professional Development Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UT-Austin (Kwanoh Kim, 2014)
- Nano Portfolio Program Travel Award, Nano and Molecular Science and Technology Center, UT-Austin (Xiaobin Xu, 2014)
- Nano Portfolio Program Travel Award, Nano and Molecular Science and Technology Center, UT-Austin (Kwanoh Kim, 2013)
- Best Poster Award, Materials Science and Engineering Program, UT-Austin (Xiaobin Xu, 2013)
- Graduate Student Professional Development Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UT-Austin (Kwanoh Kim, 2013)
- Chair’s Honorable Mention Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UT-Austin (Kwanoh Kim, 2013)
- Graduate Student Professional Development Award, Materials Science and Engineering Program, UT-Austin (Chao Liu, 2013)
- Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Office of Vice President for Research at UT-Austin, $700 (Virgilio Martinez, 2013)
- Graduate Student Professional Development Award, Materials Science and Engineering Program, UT-Austin (Xiaobin Xu, 2013)
- Regional Finalists of Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology (Anna and Ester Huang, 2012)
- National Science Foundation Graduate Student Travel Award for ASME-IMECE (Kwanoh Kim, 12% selection rate, one of 40 awardees among 342 applicants, 2012)
