Awards

A partial list of awards.

• 2007 Best Conference Paper Award presented at the 2007 ANSYS U.S. Regional Conference Series for the paper entitled "From Good to Great Automotive Designs with DesignXlorer."
   
• US Patent Number 7,190,581 B1 entitled "Low Thermal Resistance Power Module Assembly," March 13, 2007.
   
• 2005 Best Presentation Award presented at the 2005 ANSYS World Wide Conference for the paper entitled "Enabling Six-Sigma Quality and Low Cost Products in a Digital Product Environment."
   
• 2004 Best User Presentation Award presented at the 2004 Colorado Pro/E User Conference for the paper entitled "Fast Discovery of the Best Designs."
   
• 2002 Best SAE Paper Award presented at the 2002 SAE International Body Engineering Conference for the paper entitled "Designing For Six-Sigma Quality with Robust Optimization using CAE."
                  
• 2002 Best User Presentation Award presented at the 2002 PTC/User World Event for the paper entitled "Using Behavioral Modeling to Build Smart Parts that Design Themselves."
   
• 2001 Best SAE Paper Award presented at the 2001 SAE International Body Engineering Conference for the paper "Body-In-White Weight Reduction Via Probabilistic Modeling of Manufacturing Variations."
   
• 2001 Best User Presentation Award presented at the 2001 Colorado Pro/E User Conference for the paper entitled "Using Behavioral Modeling to Build Smart Parts that Design Themselves."
   
• European Patent EP1185830 entitled "Self-Contained, Pressure-Activated Cooling Device," July 16, 1999.
   
• Director’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Computer Aided Engineering and Virtual Prototyping of Mechanical Systems at NREL.
   
• Member of Team awarded the R & D 100 Award for the development of a catalytic converter. Selected by R & D Magazine as one of the 100 most technologically significant new products of 1996.
   
• Member of Team that received the award Excellence in Technology Transfer from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for the development and transfer of a variable conductance vacuum insulated catalytic converter to eliminate cold start emissions.
   
• Certified Engineering Provider (CEP) by Parametric Technology Corporation to provide PTC-endorsed consulting and implementation services to Pro/ENGINEER end users.
   
• Authorized Consultant of Mechanical Dynamics, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
   
• Provided training internationally for ANSYS, Pro/FEA, Pro/Engineer and Pro/Mesh and Behavioral Modeling.
   
• Acknowledged by the Colorado Advanced Technological Institute as the Primary University Resource for their proposed Rapid New Product Development Center.
   
• Several times recipient of the Professor of the Year Award.