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• Selected to receive the MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" (2009)
• Selected as a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow by the U.S. Department of Defense (2009)
• Selected as the first holder of the Lee J. Flory - Founder Chair of Engineering Innovation, University of Illinois (2008)
• Elected to the inaugural class of Fellow of the Materials Research Society, "For unique contributions, ranging from the synthesis and characterization of novel materials, to development of unconventional fabrication strategies, to engineering design and testing of electronic devices in commercially realistic applications." (2008)
• Elected as Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois (2007)
• Selected to receive the Zhongguancun Forum from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2007)
• Selected for the Baekeland Award of the American Chemical Society, which is conferred biennially upon an American chemist under 40 years of age in recognition of accomplishments in pure or industrial chemistry (2007)
• Selected for the Daniel Drucker Eminent Faculty Award, the highest award bestowed on a member of the faculty in the University of Illinois College of Engineering for achievement in research and teaching (2007)
• Named as the Dorn Lecturer at Northwestern University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (2007)
• Elected as Fellow of the American Physical Society, "For contributions to the fields of flexible electronics, optical fiber devices, nanolithography and picosecond ultrasonics" (2006)
• Selected for one of the "10 Coolest Technologies That You’ve Never Heard Of," for stretchable silicon, by PC Magazine (2006)
• Selected as one of the top 15 Innovators in Nanotechnology for 2005, by Nanotech Briefs, NASA Technology Briefs (2006)
• Selected as a 2006 Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin (2006)
• Selected as the 2006 Xerox Distinguished Lecturer (2006)
• Selected for one of "10 Technologies that Will Change the World" by MIT’s Technology Review magazine, for stretchable silicon (2006)
• Selected as One of the Top 50 Research Leaders for 2005 by Scientific American (2005)
• Selected as Runner-Up (one of three) for Small Times Magazine’s Small Tech Researcher of the Year Award (2004)
• Selected for one of "10 Technologies that Will Change the World" by MIT’s
  Technology Review magazine, for microfluidic photonic systems (2004)
• Excellence in Research Award of the Year from Frost and Sullivan for microfluidic photonic systems (2003)
• Circle of Excellence Award from Photonics Spectra Magazine for the RightwaveTM tunable dispersion compensator (2003)
• OFC Attendee’s Choice Award from Lightwave Magazine for the RightwaveTM
  tunable dispersion compensator (2002)
• American Chemical Society Award for Team Innovation: Printed Plastic Electronics and Electronic Paper (2002)
• Excellence in Technical Innovation from Laser Focus World Magazine for tunable microfluidic optical fiber (2002)
• R&D100 Innovation Award from R&D Magazine for the RightwaveTM tunable
  dispersion compensator (2002)
• Robert B. Woodward Scholar, Harvard University (2001)
• R&D Magazine’s Editor’s Choice for the "Best of the Best" new technology for 2001: Printed Plastic Display Circuits (2001)
• R&D100 Innovation Award from R&D Magazine: Printed Plastic Display Circuits (2001)
• Selected by MIT’s Technology Review magazine as one of the top 100 young
  innovators for the 21st century (1999)
• Elected to Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows (1995-1997)