Education

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Civil Engineering, Dissertation: Studies on Particle Resuspension, Infant Exposure, and the Sleep Microenvironment, August 2015

M.S.E., The University of Texas at Austin, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Thesis: Monolayer and Multilayer Particle Resuspension from Indoor Surfaces: Literature Review and Experimental Methodology, December 2010

B.S., York College of Pennsylvania, Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, August 2009

Research and Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental & Ecological Engineering (by courtsey), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Aug. 2015-Present

Visiting Researcher, University of Helsinki Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Urban & Indoor Aerosols & Health Effects Group (also with the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 2013-Aug. 2015

Graduate Researcher, The University of Texas at Austin, Building Energy & Environments Group, Austin, Texas, Aug. 2009-Aug. 2015

Visiting Researcher, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland, Aug.-Dec. 2011 and Oct. 2013-Aug. 2014

Visting Researcher, University of Jordan, Department of Physics, Amman, Jordan, May-June 2014

Engineering Co-op, U.S. National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, Jan. 2008-Jan. 2009

Engineering Co-op, BAE Systems, Inc., York, Pennsylvania, May-Aug. 2007

Engineering Intern, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, Sept. 2004-May 2005

Awards & Honors

ACS Editors’ Choice for ES&T Letters paper entitled: Identification of Phthalate and Alternative Plasticizers, Flame Retardants, and Unreacted Isocyanates in Infant Crib Mattress Covers and Foam

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship (2014-2015)

Best Student Paper Award (one of top 5 among 250 papers) at the Indoor Air 2014 Conference for paper entitled: Infant Crawling-Induced Resuspension of Settled Floor Dust

U.S. Department of State Fulbright-CIMO Doctoral Grant to Finland (2013-2014)

American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship for Dissertation Research in Finland (2013-2014)

National Science Foundation Nordic Research Opportunity Supplemental Grant to Finland (2011)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2010-2013)

National Science Foundation: Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship (IGERT) in Indoor Environmental Science and Engineering (Trainee: 2010, Affiliate: 2010-2012)

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers: Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid (2010-2011); Henry Adams Scholarship (2007-2008)

The University of Texas at Austin: Graduate Dean’s Prestigious Fellowship Supplement (2014-2015); Walter L. and Reta Mae Moore Graduate Fellowship in Civil Engineering (2013-2014); Kolodzey Travel Grant (2012); Thrust 2000 - Hagedorn Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Engineering (2009-2013); David Bruton, Jr. Graduate School Fellowship (2010-2013)

York College of Pennsylvania: Sardari and Saroj Khanna Award in Physics (2009); Academic Senate Scholarship (2007-2008); Student Association Service Scholarship (2007-2008); Alpha Chi National College Honor Society (2007-2009); Outstanding Freshman Award (2006); Dean’s Academic Scholarship (2005-2009)

Society of American Military Engineers Sundt Scholarship (2005-2009)