- Marine Technology Reporter Magazine Cover (July 2011)
- Marine Technology Society: Graduate Student Scholarship
- Honorable Mention at the Walter J. Weber, Jr. Distinguished Lecture in Environmental and Energy Sustainability
- Marine Technology Society Journal Cover (August 2010)
- Marine Technology Reporter Magazine Cover (May 2010)
- Great Lakes Observing System Fellowship
- Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Dept. Fellowship, Univ. of Michigan
- Edward W. and Lee Snowden Fellowship, Florida Institute of Technology
