NSF SBIR Phase 1 (2009) An SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) grant awarded to Techoshark, inc., entitled SBIR Phase I: Improving Business-Consumer Commerce Via Mobile Social Networking Services NSF GK-12 Fellowship (2008-2010) Integrating sensor technology into STEM curriculum and teaching with it in the Boulder Valley School District Ford Motor Research Grant (2005) Implement theoretical ad-hoc routing protocols for vehicular networks and test performance in the real-world with Professors Robert Dick and Fabian Bustamante Motorola Research Grant (2005) Evaluate ad-hoc wireless routing protocols for indoor extension of cellular coverage with Professor Robert Dick Undergraduate Research Grants (2004,2005) Awarded twice at Northwestern University for summer research, once to develop a distributed intrusion detection and alert system with Professor Yan Chen and a second to develop a self-organizing protocols for vehicular wireless networks with Professors Robert Dick