Awards and recognition:

• She has been named one of the Nifty-Fifty individuals who have made a major impact on the field of engineering by the USA Science and Engineering Festival.
• The National Academy of Engineering's Norm Augustine Award for Engineering Communications. The award is given to an engineer who has demonstrated the capacity for communicating the excitement and wonder of engineering.
• The Rochester section of the IEEE Engineering Education Advocate Award.
• The Boston Society of Civil Engineers Clemens Herschel Award for publications that enable teacher to take on the task of demystifying the engineering profession for middle school students.
• The American Society for Engineering Education's Engineering Dean Council's Award for the Promotion of Engineering Education and Careers.
• She is listed on the National Engineers Week Web site as one of 50 engineers you should meet.
• Gallery of Women Engineers, National Academy of Engineering
• Tri-State elevator scholarship
• National Collegiate Engineering Award (three years in a row)
• National Medical Professions award (two years)

She has spent the past decade advising students and parents on the challenges and benefits of obtaining an engineering degree by providing fun and engaging presentations and workshops for schools, colleges, universities, and organizations. The talks are fun because most people don't know how much you can do with an engineering degree and/or how it can allow you to follow your dreams.

She has given keynotes or presentations about engineering careers for NASA, Purdue University, Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Project Lead the Way Master Teacher and Counselor conferences, State University of New York, Rochester Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Department of Defense, University of Rochester, Monmouth University, Manhattan College, Bristol Community College, Oregon State University, Society of Women Engineers conference, New Jersey Institute of Technology, North Dakota State University, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Whitaker Foundation, Gender Equity Conference, Louisiana Tech University, Boise State University, Hewlett Packard, Lexmark, University of Kentucky, National Science Teacher Association conferences, Science Discovery Centers, Girl Scouts, career centers, numerous high schools and many more. To have her come speak at your school or event, click here.