Awards

  • ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è campus-wide Outstanding Mentor Award for Faculty Mentoring, 2024
  • , 2024
  • ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è campus-wide Outstanding Postdoc Mentor of the Year Award, 2022
  • Elected as a , 2021
  • (2020 - 2026)
  • IFAC Triennial World Congress Application Paper Prize Finalist, 2020
  • , 2019
  • Was aÌýÌýat theÌýÌýInstitute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany and a Visiting Scholar at theÌý,Ìý, Germany, October 2016 - July 2017, June - August 2019, May - December 2023, and May - August 2025
  • Received theÌýÌýfrom theÌýÌý(May 2017)Ìý
  • Was a Resident Scholar at theÌý,Ìý, September 2016 - October 2016Ìý
  • Plenary on "Combined Feedforward/Feedback Control of Flexible Structures: Recurring Themes across Diverse Applications" at theÌýÌý(Friday, July 8, 2016)Ìý
  • Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Awards Finalist, 2015
  • Elevated toÌýÌý(January 2012).Ìý
  • Ìýat theÌý, August 2008 - December 2008
  • Ìý(Thursday, December 14, 2006).
  • University of Colorado Faculty Fellowship, 2001-2002
  • 2001 American Control Conference Best Student Paper Award for paperÌý
    • M. A. Lau and L. Y. Pao. "Comparison of Input Shaping and Time-Optimal Control of Flexible Structures,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Arlington, VA, pp. 1485-1490, June 2001.Ìý
  • Colorado Advanced Software Institute Exemplary Project Award, October 2000
  • University of Colorado Junior Faculty Development Award, July 1997Ìý
  • Ìýfor paperÌý
    • L. Y. Pao. ","ÌýProc. IFAC World Congress, Vol. P (Aerospace and Transportation Systems), San Francisco, CA, pp. 267-272, July 1996.
  • NSF Early Faculty CAREER Award, 1996-2001