Professional Awards, Distinctions & Exhibitions 1998-2023:
My creative design work has earned numerous international awards and also received wide international publicity. Some works have been exhibited in the USA, Germany, Italy, Hungary and China. Others are in permanent collections and have been sold in exclusive retailers, such as the MOMA Store. In most cases, the products for which I led design efforts, I had great teams- a key to their success.
2025 Green Good Design Award, Research and Technology Category, Evaporative Cooling Partitions, USA and EU
2025 Top Viewed Article, Wiley-VCH, Advanced Functional Materials, USA and Germany
2025 National Academy of Inventors, Senior Fellow, Atlanta, USA
2024 Global Visiting Professorship, the Technical University of Munich, Campus Straubing, Germany
2024 University Research Excellence Distinction, Virginia Tech, USA
2023 University Commercialization Champion Award, Virginia Tech, USA
2023 IDA Design Award, Silver, Professional Category, Lisbon Bio-composite Cork Chair, USA
2022 European Product Design Award, Professional Category, Lisbon Bio-composite Cork Chair, USA
2022 University Research and Innovation Excellence Award, Virginia Tech, USA
2021 Expo 2020 Dubai, Exhibit (2021-2022) FutureHaus / Kohler Sink, Design Team Member, Dubai, UAE
2020 IDSA IDEA Finalist, Professional Category, Fog Harp, USA
2020 Autodesk Technology Center Resident, Fog Harp, Boston, USA
2019 Smithsonian Lemelson Center for Innovation Exhibit, Fog Harp, USA
2018 IDSA International Design Conference EDU Symposium Best Paper, New Orleans, USA
2018 A’ Design Award Soli light, Nokero Solar, Italy
2018 A’ Design Silver Award for Folium hydrophobic bike seat concept, Italy
2018 National Collegiate Inventors Competition, Finalist, Fog Harp, USA
2018 Institute for Creativity Arts and Technology, Innovation Award, Fog Harp, USA
2017 Nokero Solar, Laudato ‘Si Accelerator Honoree, Vatican City
2017 Eleven Biomimicry Competition, Honourable Mention, UK
2017 A’ Design Silver Award for Macronaut smartphone loupe, Italy
2015 Finalist, Highway1 Hardware Accelerator, San Francisco, USA
2013 Consumer Reports, Best Pick, OXO tot Sprout Chair, USA
2012 IDEA Award, Gold, OXO tot Perch Booster Seat, USA
2012 Spark Award, OXO tot Perch Booster Seat, USA
2012 Chicago Athenaeum, Good Design Award, OXO tot Perch Booster Seat, USA
2012 iF Award, OXO tot Sprout High Chair, Germany
2012 iF Award, OXO tot Feeding Line, Germany
2012 IDEA Award, Bronze, OXO tot Feeding Line, USA
2012 IDEA Award, Finalist, OXO tot Bath Organizer, USA
2011 Red Dot “Best of the Best” Award, OXO tot Sprout High Chair, Germany
2011 Red Dot Award, OXO tot Feeding Line, Germany
2011 IDEA Award, Silver, OXO tot Sprout High Chair, USA
2011 IDEA Award, Finalist, OXO tot Feeding Line, USA
2010 JPMA Innovation Award, OXO tot mini Dishwasher Basket, USA
2010 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, Product Design, Smart Design, USA (During my fifth year at Smart Design)
2005 Chicago Athenaeum, Good Design Award, Michael Graves Elevated Dog Feeder for Target, USA
2005 Olympus Fashion Week Runway show of Michael Graves Design Group for Target Pet Accessories, NYC, USA
1998 Telly Award, Nabisco Exact Change Promo, USA
Media Coverage:
PBS Newshour
BBC Newsday
Boston Globe
NPR
Czech National Radio
BYU Radio
Washington Post
The Verge
Ingeniøren
Treehugger
Fast Company
The New York Times
Writing and Talks:
Innovation Magazine
Fast Company
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
ACS Applied Energy
Zygote Quarterly 19
O’Reilly Media
Taylor and Francis (Routledge and CRC Press)
TEDx