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Recognition.

Awards

  • Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T) Performance and Innovation (PI) Award, 2019
  • Outstanding Achievement / Instant Cash Award, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, 2015
  • (Nominee) ACMA ACE Innovation in Green Composites Design Award, Reused Scrap Prepreg based End-Products: Composite Prosthetic Foot, 2014
  • (Nominee) CAMX Award, Sustainable Upcycling of Waste and Scrap Prepreg for Commercial End-Products, 2014
  • Center for Composite Materials Director’s Award, CCM Student Achievement Day, University of Delaware, 2012
  • Allan P. Colburn Best Doctoral Dissertation in Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, 2011
  • R. L. McCullough Scholars Award, Center for Composite Materials, 2011
  • Center for Composite Materials Director’s Award, CCM Student Achievement Day, University of Delaware, 2010
  • American Society for Composites PhD Research Scholarship Award, 2009
  • Center for Composite Materials Director’s Award, University of Delaware Honors Day, 2009
  • Center for Composite Materials Progress Award, University of Delaware Honors Day, 2008
  • University Graduate Scholar, University of Cincinnati, 2004 - 2007
  • ASME District B Travel Award for the International Student Conference, 2006
  • University of Cincinnati GSGA Full Conference Travel Award, 2006
  • Gold Medalist / 10th Rank Holder, Mechanical Engineering, Visveswaraiah Technological University, 2003
  • Distinction Awards, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PES Institute of Technology, India, 1999-2003

Patents

  • Anti Whiplash Seat for Passenger Vehicle (US 8,052,211), Issued Nov 8, 2011
  • Ballistic Resistant Fabric Armor (Publication No: US 2010/0154621 A1)

Prizes and Competitions

  • (1st place) Rosen Games Innovation Competition, Boeing Satellite Systems, 2019
  • (Top 20%) Level-Up Shop Floor Training Competition, Boeing Innovation Venues, 2019
  • (1st place) CCM Student Achievement Day Poster Competition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2010
  • (2nd place) Baltimore-Washington SAMPE 14th Annual Student Symposium, Baltimore, MD, 2009
  • (2nd place) SAMPE University Research Symposium International Competition, PhD Category, Long Beach, CA, 2008
  • (Merit prize) NASA Tech Briefs Create the Future Design Contest, 2006

Scientific Honors

  • Boeing Designated Expert (BDE), 2021
  • US Permanent Residency via the Extraordinary Ability Category (EB1A)
  • Internal Research & Development (IRAD) Award, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging , 2015-2016
  • Listed in American Men and Women of Science, 31st Edition, 2013
  • Listed in Who’s Who in America, 66th Edition, 2012
  • Sigma Xi Inductee, 2011
  • SciVerse ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles, 2010
  • ASME AMR Top Ten Most Downloaded Articles, 2008

Sports

  • Badminton, Men’s Doubles Champion, Bank of America Mortgage Data Technology Tournament, Thousand Oaks, CA (2015)
  • Cricket, Runner’s Up (Cromwell Champs), USC Cromwell Premier League Fall Tournament, Los Angeles, CA (2015)
  • Cricket, Runner’s Up (Trojan Tigers), USC Cromwell Premier League Spring Tournament, Los Angeles, CA (2015)
  • Cricket, Runner’s Up (Cardinal Knights), USC Cromwell Premier League Fall Tournament, Los Angeles, CA (2014)
  • Badminton, Men’s Doubles Champion, Dilwyne Badminton Club Tournament, Elsmere, DE (2011)
  • Badminton, Men’s Doubles Champion, Dilwyne Badminton Club Tournament, Elsmere, DE (2010)
  • Badminton, Men’s Singles and Doubles Champion, University of Cincinnati Intramural Badminton Tournament, Cincinnati, OH (2005)
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