Honors and Awards

SAE Ralph R. Teetor Award, 1976

Bronze Award, Lincoln Arc Welding Design Competition, 1981

Who's Who in Technology

American Men and Women in Science

Vince Kontny Award - Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor, University of Colorado, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 1990

Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor, Council on Academic Advising, University of Colorado, 1990

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Mary E. Switzer Distinguished Research Fellowship, 1990-91

IDEO Fellow, IDEO Product Design and Development, Palo Alto, CA, 2001

Charles Hutchinson Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 2001

John and Mercedes Peebles Innovation in Education award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 2004

Bernard M. Gordon Prize, National Academy of Engineering (with Jacquelyn Sullivan), 2008