Professional Service
- IRMMW-THz conference. Technical program committee. 01/2019 - present
- Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing group). Editorial board member. 08/2016 - present
- Nano Communication Networks (Elsevier). Editorial board member. 08/2016 - present
- NSF. Role: review of proposals and attendance to panels. ECCS, PHY. 01/2015 - present
- Electronics Materials Conference. Invited organizer. 01/2014 - present
Honors & Awards
- Outstanding ECE teaching award. ECE department, University of Utah. 08/2019
- Best paper award in Imaging Systems and Applications for his work on flat lenses for imaging at the OSA Imaging and Applied Optics Congress, Munich, Germany. 06/2019
- Recognized by the College of Engineering (COE) at the University of Utah as one of the 15% top instructors in the college. 01/2019
- NSF CAREER AWARD. National Science Foundation, 01/01/2014
- Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Award in Engineering The Shaheen award constitutes the highest honor bestowed on Notre Dame graduate students http://graduateschool.nd.edu/news/39848-graduate-school-announces-2013-shaheen-award-winners/ . 05/2013
- First prize of the Engineering division at the GSU Symposium 2013 at Notre Dame . 03/2013
- Best student paper award at IRMMW-THz 2012 (37th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves). 09/2012
Internal Service
- University Teaching Committee. 07/2019 - present. University service.
- Director of graduate studies. 10/2018 - present. Department service.
- Department Diversity Committee. 01/2018 - present. Department service.
- Nanofab SAL committee. 01/2017 - 01/2018. College service.
- Seed grant committee. 08/2016 - 08/2018. University service.
- Graduate admissions committee. 09/01/2015 - 10/2018. Department service.
Affiliations
- University of Utah (U of U), Assistant Professor, 07/2013 - present
Outreach
- Faculty advisor for the SPIE student chapter. 10/2016 - present
- Faculty advisor for the student chapter of SHPE. 04/01/2014 - present
In the Media
- Science Daily. 10/2019. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/1910...
- Radio France Internationale. 10/2019. http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20191020-lentille-ultra...
- Daily Mail. 10/2019. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-75...
- FOX 13. 10/2019. https://fox13now.com/2019/10/13/ultra-thin-lens-be...
- Deseret News. 10/2019. https://www.deseret.com/utah/2019/10/26/20909938/u...
- Photonics Media. 10/2019. https://www.photonics.com/Articles/New_Lens_Could_...
- KSL. 10/2019. https://www.ksl.com/article/46662637/university-of...
- Times of India. 10/2019. https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/india-b...
- Semiconductor Today. 12/2017. http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2018...
- Phys.org. 07/2016. http://phys.org/news/2016-07-highly-materials-effi...
- Science Daily. 07/2016. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/1607...
- IEEE Spectrum. 07/2016. http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/...
- EE Times. 07/2016. http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1330233
- Materials Today. 07/2016. http://www.materialstoday.com/electronic-propertie...
- New Electronics. 07/2016. http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-news/o...
- R&D Magazine. 07/2016. http://www.rdmag.com/news/2016/07/engineers-discov...
- Utah Business. 07/2016. http://www.utahbusiness.com/7430-2/
- LiveScience. 10/2012. http://www.livescience.com/24336-thz-waves-graphen...
- CleanTechnica . 05/2012. http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/09/u-s-navy-funds...
- Science Daily. 09/2011. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/11091...