Awards

US

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Assistant Award (2021), one recipient a year, selected by the faculty.
Top Presenter Award at the Nebraska Student Research Days (2021), six recipients out of 154 participants.
UCare Scholarship (2020) for undergraduate researchers, $2,400/year.
Garmin Scholarship (2020), three concurrent recipients, $8,000/year.
First Prize at site, Second Prize in region (2019) at the ICPC North Central NA Regional Contest (with Quan and Cuong).

First rank (2018), Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad - Online Contest.
Best Young Inventor Award (2014), by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
2x Gold Medals (2013 & 2014), at Asian Young Inventors Exhibition (AYIE) 2013 and 2014.
Special Award (2013), by Korea Invention Academy (KIA), for Smart Control Panel project.

Certificate of Achievement (2014), by Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung for having many achievements in technological contests.
Certificate of Achievement (2016), by Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Second Prize (2018 and 2019), Vietnam National Olympiad in Informatics: competitive programming contest for high school students. The national round had around 500 contestants.
Special Prize (2014), Intel Young Makers Challenge. I was the only middle school student participated in the contest designing for high school teams. I worked solo and won the Special Prize, higher than First Prize with a Laser Bot project.
5x First Prizes (2012 to 2015), STEM Nationwide Contest, an annual STEM contest for middle and high school students. The national round had around 250 contestants selected from thousands of students participated in provincial rounds.