❖Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, 2008-present

❖El Pomar Chair of Engineering and Innovation, 2006-present

❖Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2006-present

❖Director of MIND Studios, a full-service engineering design and development enterprise serving companies and independent inventors,  2006-present

❖Funding agencies include:  National Science Foundation (NSF), Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), TRW Corporation, Lockheed-Martin Corporation, Lemelson Foundation, and others.

❖Outstanding Researcher of the Year, School of Engineering, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2008

❖New Inventor of the Year 2007, awarded by the University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office

❖Innovator of the Year 2005, awarded by New Orleans City Business for establishing and directing the Studio for Creative Design

❖Society of Tulane Engineers and the Lee H. Johnson Award for Teaching Excellence, Tulane University, 1999

❖Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Tulane University, 1998

❖Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1997

❖Pi Tau Sigma ASME Faculty Award for outstanding teaching, Tulane University, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, and 2002-2003

❖Harold A. Levey Alumni Award (for significant achievement within ten years of graduation from Tulane University), 1994

❖Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellow, 1993-1994

❖Newton and Mary Ebaugh Fellow, 1992-1993

❖Air Force Commendation Medal