April 2013
SEAS Outstanding Young Researcher Award
April 2013
SEAS Outstanding Young Teacher Award
April 2012
IEEE Senior Member
October 2011
Best Paper Award
for the paper entitled "MEMS-Based Microdroplet Generation with Integrated Sensing" at the 2011 COMSOL Conference, Boston, MA, Oct 13-15, 2011
(with Doctoral Student Will Rone)
April 2011
Media Coverage, Featured Video and Article at Loudoun Times
Robotics Workshop for GW's Science, Technology and Engineering Day
Article and video available at: http://bit.ly/e94yNk
April 2011
Media Coverage, Featured Article at Leesburg Today
Robotics Workshop for Loudon county high school students as part of GW's Science,
Technology and Engineering Day at the Virginia Science and Technology Campus
Article available at: http://bit.ly/odlyXJ
January 2011
Media Coverage, radio interview on the show Today on Beyond Beijing
Panel discussion featuring international experts on the future of robots
Interview available at: http://english.cri.cn/8706/2011/01/07/481s613923.htm
August 2010
Featured in GW's Newspaper published by GW Today
Article titled "The Robot Revolution"
Article available at: http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/learningresearch/therobotrevolution
November 2009
Pi Tau Sigma
Honorary Membership
September 2008
The Robotdalen Scientific Award (see photos)
Honorable Mention Recipient, Eskilstuna, Sweden
May 2008
Governor General's Gold Medal Award of Canada
Nominated by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto among 60 graduated Ph.D. students this year to honor academic excellence
October 2007
Best Student Paper Award (see photos) for the paper entitled "Implementation of Sensors and Control Paradigm for a Hybrid Mobile Robot Manipulator for Search and Rescue Operations" from the 2007 IEEE International Workshop on Robotic and Sensors Environments (ROSE 2007)
2004 - 2008
University of Toronto Open Fellowship (four awards)
Doctorate Research, University of Toronto
2002 - 2003
University of Toronto Open Fellowship (two awards)
Masters Research, University of Toronto
Sep. 2000
Summa Cum Laude, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (IIT)
1998 - 2000
President's Honors List Award (five awards)
Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - IIT
1996 - 1998
Dean's Honors List Award (two awards)
Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - IIT
1998
Award for Outstanding Academic Achievements
Undergraduate Studies, Ministry of Education, Israel