AWARDS

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THE MACHINE DESI; N AWARD; established in 1; ; ; ; recognizes eminent achievement
or distinguished service in the field of machine design.
S- NIL K. A; RAWAL; Ph.D.; professor of mechanical engineering; Columbia
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Dr. Agrawal is currently a professor of mechanical
engineering and director of the Robotics and Rehabilitation
Laboratory at Columbia - niversity; New 1 ork.
Prior to ;oining the faculty at Columbia in 201; ;
Agrawal was a professor of mechanical engineering
and director of the Mechanical Systems Laboratory and
Rehabilitation Robotics Laboratory at the - niversity of
Delaware; Newark. From 1; ; 0 to 1; ; ; he taught and
conducted research at Ohio - niversity; Athens. Among
other prior positions; Agrawal was a distinguished
visiting professor at Hanyang - niversity ;Seoul; South
Korea; and a professor of robotics at the - niversity of
- lster; - .K.
A pioneering researcher in intelligent machines;
Agrawal has focused in recent years on how machines
can help humans improve their everyday function. His seminal contributions include
the design of innovative gait training robotic exoskeletons for stroke survivors; pediatric
mobile robots for the training of developmentally delayed infants and toddlers;
and vibration shoes for patients with Parkinson;s disease. His lab has an active group
of undergraduate; graduate and postdoctoral researchers; and research efforts have
been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National
Science Foundation ;NSF;.
Agrawal has published nearly ; 00 ;ournal and conference papers; and he serves on
editorial boards for societies including ASME and IEEE. He co-holds 1; patents.
A Fellow of ASME; Agrawal served as chair of the Design Engineering Division
;201; –1; ;. He received a ; est Paper award at the ; ; th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference
in 2011 and a ; est Paper Honorable Mention at the ; ; th Mechanisms and
Robotics Conference in 201; .
Agrawal is also a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and ; iological
Engineering.
Among his other honors; Agrawal received an NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship
from the White House ;1; ; ; ;; a Friedrich Wilhelm ; essel Research Award ;200; ; and
a Humboldt Research Award for - .S. Senior Scientists ;200; ; from the Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation; and a ; est Student Paper award at the IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and Automation ;2012;.
Agrawal earned three degrees in mechanical engineering; his bachelor of technology
degree from the Indian Institute of Technology; Kanpur; in 1; ; ; ; his master;s degree
from Ohio State - niversity; Columbus; in 1; ; ; ; and his Ph.D. from Stanford - niversity;
California; in 1; ; 0.
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