Awards and Honors
- IEEE Simon Ramo Medal, 2012
- ASCE Columbia Medal, 2012
- Inaugural AAAI Feigenbaum Prize, 2011
- Elected to National Academy of Engineering, 2009
- Named University Professor, the highest faculty rank at Carnegie Mellon University, 2007
- Design News Special Achievement Award, 1998
- Vector/Pittsburgh, Man of the Year in Technology for 1994
- Laurels Award, Aviation Week and Space Technology for outstanding achievement, 1994
- American Association of Artificial Intelligence, AAAI Fellow, 1993
- Carnegie Mellon University Alumni Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement, 1992
- Computerworld, Smithsonian Award 1992
- Science Digest's Top 100 US Innovators for robotics work, 1987
- Teare Award for Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University
- National Science Foundation Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University
- CIT Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University
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