Grants and Awards  

    2009  Presidential Book Award (2nd place), Texas Tech University

    2007  travel grant, AWM

   2006  Big XII Fellowship, Texas Tech University

    2006  support for the 4th Emmy Noether High School Mathematics Day: TTU SIAM Student Chapter, TTU MAA Student Chapter,

              Dept. of Math. and Stats. (TTU), Division of Outreach and Extended Studies (TTU), Horn Professor Dayawansa, College of

            Engineering (TTU) and individual sponsors

    2005  support for the 3rd Emmy Noether High School Mathematics Day: TTU SIAM Student Chapter, TTU MAA Student Chapter,

               Dept. of Math. and Stats. (TTU), Office of the Provost (TTU), Magdalena Toda, College of Arts and Sciences (TTU), College of  

            Engineering (TTU)

    2004-2006 Standard Investigator's Grant, National Security Agency

    2004   support for the Red Raider Symposium Invariant Theory in Perspective: Prof. Frits Ruymgaart Paul Whitfield Endowed Horn 

              Professorship, National Science Foundation, National Security Agency, Dept. of Math. and Stats. (TTU), anonymous sponsors

    2004   support for the 2nd Emmy Noether High School Mathematics Day: CH-Foundation, Helen Jones Foundation, TTU SIAM Student

             Chapter, TTU MAA Student Chapter, Dept. of Math. and Stats. (TTU)

    2003   support for the 1st Emmy Noether High School Mathematics Day: Office of the Provost (TTU), TLTC (TTU),

             College of Engineering (TTU), TTU SIAM Student Chapter, TTU MAA Student Chapter, Dept. of Math. and Stats. (TTU)

    2003   travel grant, AWM

    2003   Research Enhancement Fund, Texas Tech University

    1997   travel grant, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

    1996   travel grant, European Community

    1995   Dorothea-Erxleben-Fellowship, Land Niedersachen, Germany (awarded, but declined)

    1994   travel grant, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft