Notable Honors

  1. Faculty of the year, college of medicine, university of Illinois at Chicago, 2016.

  2. Academic Leadership Program (ALP) Fellow 2009-2010 - selected by 12 research universitivies including 11 members of the Big Ten Conference and UIC.

  3. Laureate for Young Entrepreneur Initiative (YEI) 2007 - sponsored by the French Government.

  4. National Academies, Advisor to the Nation on Science, Engineering and Medicine - special invitee for Keck Futures Initiatives Conference on How to connect prosthetics to the Brain, November 2006.

  5. University of Illinois Scholar Professor, University of Illinois, December 2005

  6. Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME, 2005.

  7. Membre Titulaire of the World Academy of Biomedical Technologies at UNESCO, Paris France, April 2004.

  8. Vice President of Biomint/Unesco – Micro and Nanotechnology Applications to Medicine, from June 2003-Present.

  9. Faculty Research Award, 2003, Contributions to Outstanding Research in Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago.

  10. NATO Collaborative Research Award; July 1995-1997 - With University of Budapest, Hungary on work related to head neck stability and human body vibration.

  11. Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award; October 1, 1994 at AEROTECH annual meeting.

  12. Recipient of the G-7 Summit Fellowship for 1993-94 - award given to an outstanding scientist from the G-7 countries in the areas of science and engineering to advance the state of the art of technology in developed countries.

  13. Visiting Scientist, NASA-Lewis Center, 1989 - Recipient of the ICOMP Faculty visiting consultant award.

  14. DOE Fellowship, June-Sept 1987 .