MOMENTUM • VIRGINIA TECH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 23 her laboratory has been awarded the 2012 Adhesion Society Peeble Award , the 2013 ASME-NEMB Aline Best Paper Award , and 2014 ASME-NEMB Best Poser Award , and the 2018 MARSS Best Conference Paper Award .
She was a recipient of the Virginia Tech ’ s College of Engineering Outstanding New Assistant Professor Award in 2012 . Her innovative work on bacteria-based cancer therapy resulted in a 2015 National Science Foundation ( NSF ) Faculty Early Career Development ( CAREER ) award .
Behkam received her bachelor ’ s degree from Sharif University of Technology ( Iran ) and a master ’ s degree and Ph . D . from Carnegie Mellon University , all in mechanical engineering .