Research

Education

The Pennsylvania State University 

PhD  in Mechanical Engineering (2018)

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Laboratory for Nature Inspired Engineering 

Princeton University

B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering  (2013)

Certificate (minor) in Engineering Biology 

Publications

Free-standing liquid membranes as unusual particle separators

Bio-inspired propulsion

Slippery Rough Surfaces

Brochosomes

Presentations

Patents

I am currently a co-inventor on 11 pending patents and 5 issued patents. 

Awards

2022 Penn State College of Engineering Early Career Award

2021 TechConnect Innovation Award spotLESS Materials

2021 Procter & Gamble Ventures Innovation Challenge Top 4 spotLESS Materials

2021 Penn State Mechanical Engineering Society’s (PSMES’s) Early Career Award

2019 Forbes 30 Under 30, Science

2019 Rice Business Plan Competition (3rd place)

2019 National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Award

2018 Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award and Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Medal 

2018 Cleantech University Prize (Allegheny Region; 1st Place) 

2017 MRS Graduate Student Gold Award

2017 MRS Arthur Nowick Graduate Student Teaching Award 

2017 MRS iMatSci Innovator, 1st Place 

2015 Gabron Graduate Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering 

2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

2013 STEM Fellowship

2013 Morgan McKinzie ‘93 Senior Thesis Award (2nd

2012 Morgan W. McKinzie ‘93 Thesis Prize