Awards & Honors

Academic

• Excellence in Teaching 2011-2012, Engineering \& Technology Management Program
  Awarded by Division of Economics and Business, CSM
  May 2012
• GOR Dissertation Award 2011
  Awarded by GOR (German Society of Operations Research)
  August 2011
• Beta Gamma Sigma Membership
  Awarded by Beta Gamma Sigma (premier honor society in the fields of business and accounting)
  January 2011
• Honorable Mention at 2010 George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award
  Awarded by INFORMS
  November 2010
• Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching
  Awarded by the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Florida
  April 2010
• HHMI Science for Life Graduate Student Mentor Award
  Awarded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Florida
  April 2010
• Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research
  Awarded by the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Florida
  April 2009
• Gilbreth Memorial Fellowship
  Awarded by the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), national award
  August 2008 to July 2009
• Academic Achievement Certificate
  Awarded by the University of Florida International Center
  May 2008
• Graduate Student Travel Grant Competition Winner
  Awarded by the Center for European Studies, University of Florida
  March 2008
• Academic Achievement Certificate
  Awarded by the University of Florida International Center
  May 2007
• Alumni Graduate Award
  Awarded by the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Florida
  August 2006 to July 2010
• Diplom "Mit Auszeichnung" (Summa cum laude)
  Awarded by the Department of Mathematics, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg
  July 2006
  

Leadership

• Medal of honor for contributions to national flood fighting
  Awarded by the federal state of Sachsen, Germany
  Spring 2003
• Medal of honor for contributions to national flood fighting
  Awarded by the non-profit organization "DLRG," Germany
  Spring 2003