Awards

1. 2026 BTSD Early Career Award, Buildings and Transportation Science Division (BTSD), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Aug 2026
2. 2026 R&D 100 Award Finalist , “Eco-VTrac: A Real-Time Energy Optimization System for Vehicles and Traffic Signals” (Principal Investigator), R&D World, Aug 2026
3. Supplemental Performance Award (FY2023, FY2024, and FY2025), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Aug 2023 - Nov 2025
4. Best Poster Award, 19th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS 2022), Oct 2022
5. DOE OTT Energy I-Corps Cohort 14, Entrepreneurial Lead of Team 171 Real-Twin, Mar 2022
6. Best Paper Award (Second Place), China Journal of Highway and Transport, Dec 2019
7. Stage III Winner in the USDOT Solving for Safety Visualization Challenge, U.S. Department of Transportation, Nov 2019 Lead algorithm developer
8. Excellence Award, U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Center (SAFER-SIM), Oct 2019
9. UCF College of Graduate Studies Presentation Fellowship, University of Central Florida, Nov 2018
10. UCF College of Graduate Studies Presentation Fellowship, University of Central Florida, Nov 2017
11. FRONTRUNNER 5000 Top Articles in Outstanding Journals of China, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, Oct 2017
12. ORC Doctoral Fellowship, University of Central Florida, Aug 2016
13. Graduate Scholarship, Tongji University, Sep 2013
14. First Place, National Structural Design Competition, Central South University, Nov 2011