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)