- 2019/03 - Medea report: my research work has been reported by a famous media,The Australian, who is the most circulated nationally distributed newspaper in Australia.
- 2019 - Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Leadership Award to cultivate academic leader
- 2018 - UOW Impact Maker, Awarded by University of Wollongong to recognize my contribution to UOW
- 2017 - Featured article’, Smart Materials and Structures, by B. Harris, S. Sun, and W.H. Li, 2017, 26, 035055 (co-first author)
- 2017 - Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing.
- 2016 - ‘Highlights of 2016, Featured article’, Smart Materials and Structures, by N. Jiang, S. Sun, Y.M. Ouyang, M. Xu, W.H. Li, and S.W. Zhang, 2016, 25, 095019
- 2016 - Top up scholarship, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, $ 10000
- 2015 - ‘Most cited articles published in 2015’, Smart Materials and Structures, by S. Sun, H.X. Deng, H. Du, W.H. Li, G. Alici, and M. Nakano, 2015, 24, 045045
- 2014 - Pitch finalist, University of Wollongong
- 2014 - Best Poster Paper Awards, International Conference on Electrorheological Fluids and Magnetorheological Suspensions
- 2013 - ‘Featured article, Issue cover, Highlight of 2013’, Smart Materials and Structures, by S. Sun, H.X. Deng, W.H. Li, H.P. Du, Y.Q. Ni, and J. Yang, 2013, 22, 115012
- 2012 - PhD Scholarship, University of Wollongong