2024 Dean's Teaching Faculty Fellow Award from Ajay Vinzé (Dean, George Mason University's College of Business) for exemplary contributions in teaching and leadership/engagement. Fellowship Cycle: 2024 – 2026. [29 April 2024]

2024 Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) Impact Award Nominee from Jordan Mason (CCI NOVA Node Program Manager) for breakthrough cybersecurity research, innovation, or development of a creative means to improve cybersecurity workforce opportunities for our industry partners and students [15 April 2024]

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development Cooperative Agreement Grant ($200,000 Federal Grant + $100,000 Industry Participant Contributions) from the United States Department of Commerce to strengthen and diversify the pipeline of students entering CS/IS education and workforce in the National Capital Region through partnerships with a university and industry. [Grant Duration: 1 April 2024 - 30 March 2026]

2023 Scalable Pilot Programs for Experiential Learning Grant ($100,000 Grant + $80.64K Industry Contributions) from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) for "Solving the Cyber Workforce & Skills Challenges through Experiential Learning II" [Grant Duration: 1 June 2023 - 30 June 2024]

2021-2022 Outstanding Contributions to Teaching Award Nominee from Pallab Sanyal (Area Chair, ISOM Unit) for significant contributions to teaching, pedagogical development, & assurance of learning [29 March 2023]

2022 Scalable Pilot Programs for Experiential Learning Grant ($100,000) from CCI for "Solving the Cyber Workforce & Skills Challenges through Experiential Learning" [Grant Duration: 1 June 2022 - 30 September 2023]

Summer 2021 Commitment to Excellent Core Teaching Award Letter from Bethany Usher (Associate Provost, Undergraduate Education) for MIS 330 being recognized by students as an outstanding Mason Core Writing Intensive in Major course [18 January 2022]

Spring 2021 Commitment to Excellent Core Teaching Award Letter from Bethany Usher (Associate Provost, Undergraduate Education) for MIS 330 being recognized by students as an outstanding Mason Core Writing Intensive in Major course [18 January 2022]

2022 George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award Nomination from the Stearns Center for Teaching & Learning in recognition as an outstanding faculty regarding educational contributions to enhancing student learning at the university [21 October 2021]

2021 Outstanding Professor in Major (Information Systems & Operations Management) Award from Maury Peiperl (Dean, George Mason University's School of Business) for student recognition of excellence in teaching. [11 May 2021]

2021 Dean's Teaching Faculty Fellow Award from Maury Peiperl (Dean, George Mason University's School of Business) for exemplary contributions in teaching and leadership/engagement. Fellowship Cycle: 2021 – 2024. [30 April 2021]

Fall 2020 Commitment to Excellent Core Teaching Award Letter from Bethany Usher (Associate Provost, Undergraduate Education) for MIS 330 being recognized by students as an outstanding Mason Core Writing Intensive in Major course [2 April 2021]

2019-2020 Outstanding Contributions to Teaching Award Nominee from Nirup Menon (Area Chair, ISOM Unit) for significant contributions to teaching, pedagogical development, & assurance of learning. [16 March 2021]

Fall 2019 Commitment to Excellent Core Teaching Award Letter from Bethany Usher (Associate Provost, Undergraduate Education) for MIS 330 being recognized by students as an outstanding Mason Core Writing Intensive in Major course [6 May 2020]

Spring 2019 Commitment to Excellent Core Teaching Award Letter from Bethany Usher (Associate Provost, Undergraduate Education) for IT 493 being recognized by students as an outstanding Mason Core Capstone course [5 November 2019]

2024 Cyber Acceleration, Translation, and Advanced Prototyping for University Linked Technology (CATAPULT) Grant ($50,000) for research effort titled: CATAPULTing Risk Management Framework (RMF) Compliance through Automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Large Language Models (LLM). Funded by the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (with EngineeRD) [16 April 2024]

2024 Summer Team Impact Project [STIP] Grant ($58,590 | 8 Undergraduate Research Assistants (URAs) from the George Mason University’s Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President [12 December 2023].

Spring 2024 Federal Study Research Grant ($2,500 | 2 URAs from the Office of the Provost [February 2024]

Spring 2024 Cybersecurity Research Grant ($3,600 | 2 URAs / CCI Scholars) from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) Northern Virginia (NoVa) Node [5 January 2024]

2023-2024 Cybersecurity Research Grant ($10,500 | 3 Undergraduate Research Assistants / CCI Scholars) from the CCI NoVa Node [25 July 2023]

Summer 2023 Cybersecurity Research Grant ($7,000 | 2 Undergraduate Research Assistants / CCI Scholars) from the CCI NoVa Node [26 May 2023]

2022-2023 Cybersecurity Research Grant ($15,075 | 6 Undergraduate Research Assistants / CCI Scholars) from the CCI NoVa Node [19 August 2022]

Summer 2022 Cybersecurity Research Grant ($7,704 | 3 Undergraduate Research Assistants / CCI Scholars) from the CCI NoVa Node [26 May 2022]

2021-2022 Cybersecurity Research Grant ($5,992 | 2 Undergraduate Research Assistants / CCI Scholars) from the CCI NoVa Node [15 October 2021]

2021-2022 Cybersecurity Research Grant ($5,992 | 2 Undergraduate Research Assistants / CCI Scholars) from the CCI NoVa Node [30 September 2021]

2021 Doctoral Research Scholar Award ($7,319.25 | 9 Engineering Graduate Credits) from George Mason University’s Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President [16 December 2020]

2024 Engineering & Technical Excellence Award from the Parsons Engineering Working Group for Skill, Dedication, Innovation, and Leadership [19 February 2024]

Parsons Standing Ovation Award from John Stasulli (Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Defense & Space Engineering Sector) for dedication and outstanding performance throughout the year [6 November 2023]

2023 Security Professional of the Year Award Finalist from the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) International for continued dedication to the cyber security industry. [5 August 2023]

Parsons Standing Ovation Award from Kurt Tripp (Senior Vice President, Systems Engineering & Integration Directorate) for excellence in significantly improving systems, technical procedures, and administrative practices throughout the year [7 November 2022]

Parsons Crew Chief Drive Award from Subordinate Team Members (Parsons Universal Modeling & Analysis [PUMA] Team) for excellence in Leadership, Team Building, Mentorship, and Team Dedication [2 September 2022]

Inducted into the Parsons Early Management Acceleration Program by Chuck Harrington (Chairman & CEO, Parsons Corporation) for performance excellence, leadership, & innovation [12 December 2018]

Parsons Diversity Core Values Coin from Mike Dewitz (Executive Vice President, Engineering & Technical Services Division) for excellent, unique, and impactful work on international cooperation programs [27 August 2018]

SAF/IA Recognition & Excellence Coin from Rich Saxon (Space Branch Chief, SAF/IAPC – U.S. Airforce) for above and beyond service to the division’s MILSATCOM mission of security through cooperation [2 June 2017]

Letter of Excellence & Appreciation from Biff Lyons (Executive Vice President, Security & Intelligence Division) for successful capture of the $245M IDIQ contract with the Naval Research Laboratory’s Information Technology Division, while being the Technical Lead for cyber security on the proposal team [3 June 2016]

Letter of Professionalism & Dedication from Heidi Grant (Deputy Under Secretary of the Airforce, International Affairs) for support in the US-ROK Technology Cooperation Sub-Committee [24 May 2016]

Letter of Recognition & Quality Support from Keith Webster (Director, International Cooperation – Office of the Secretary of Defense) for work in the US-ROK Technology Cooperation Sub-Committee [16 May 2016]