Academic Employment

     Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

          Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2020-Present)

          Associate Professor (by courtesy), Department of Applied Mathematics (2023-Present)

          Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2014-2020)

     Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

          Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (2013-14)

          (Supervisor: Howard A. Stone)

     University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

          Lecturer, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (Summer 2013)

          Instructor, UCSD Academic Connections (Summer 2012)

Education

     University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

          Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (2013)

          (Advisor: Eric Lauga, now at Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge)

     University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

          B. Eng., Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honours) (2008)

Other Academic Affiliations

     New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

          Center of Applied Mathematics and Statistics - External Faculty Member (2021-Present)

Selected Awards & Honors

     University Award for Recent Achievement in Scholarship, Santa Clara University (2021)

     Research Excellence Award, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University (2017)

     Teaching Excellence Award, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University (2015)

     Siebel Scholar Award, Siebel Foundation (2013)

     Croucher Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship, Croucher Foundation (2010, 2013)

     Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UCSD (2013)

     Oustanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UCSD (2012)

Professional Development

     Group Coach, Faculty Success Program, National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)

     Microcredential in Promoting Active Learning Online (2020), Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)

     National Effective Teaching Institute (2019), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

     Teaching Transcript Program, McGraw Center for Tecahing and Learning (2013), Princeton University