• Best Paper Award (Second Place) in 2024 ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference for the paper “J.H. Kang, N. Dhanaraj, O. Manyar, S. Wadaskar, and S.K. Gupta. A task allocation and scheduling framework to facilitate efficient human-robot collaboration in high-mix assembly applications. ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Knoxville, TN, June 2024.”
• Runner-up, NSF Manufacturing Blue Sky Competition held at SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), 2024
• Second Place in 2023 SME Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing Conference Poster Challenge for poster titled AI-Powered Smart Robotic Cells for Prepreg Composite Layup Automation by O.M. Manyar, N. Dhanaraj, M. Sagare, G. Maymon, and S.K. Gupta.
• ARM Champion, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute, 2023
• Finalist for the Best Systems Paper in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction for the paper “H. Nemlekar, N. Dhanaraj, A. Guan, S.K. Gupta, and S. Nikolaidis. Transfer learning of human preferences for proactive robot assistance in assembly tasks. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Stockholm, Sweden, March 2023.”
• Distinguished Alumni Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 2022
• Best Paper Award in 2022 ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference for the paper “O.M. Manyar, J. Cheng, R. Levine, V. Krishnan, J. Barbic, S.K. Gupta. Synthetic image assisted deep learning framework for detecting defects during composite sheet layup. ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, St. Louis, MO, August 2022.”
• Distinguished Service Award, ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division, 2022
• Distinguished Engineering Educator Achievement Award, The Engineers’ Council, February 2022.
• Fellow of Solid Modeling Association (SMA) (Elected in August 2021)
• Design Automation Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021
• Use-Inspired Research Award, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, 2021
• Named “The 20 most influential professors in smart manufacturing” by Smart Manufacturing Magazine (June 2020)
• Distinguished and Pioneer Educator Award, Orange County Engineering Council, 2020
• First Place, Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition, University of Southern California, May 2020
• 2020 IEEE Fellow, IEEE
• 2020 Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
• First Place, Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation Competition (ARIAC), 2017
• Finalist, Kuka Innovation Award, 2017
• 2014 Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Distinguished Alumnus Award
• 2013 ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division’s Excellence in Research Award
• 2013 ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference Computer Aided Product and Process Development Technical Committee’s Prakash Krishnaswami Best Paper Award
• 2012 ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference Best Paper Award
• 2012 International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines Finalist for Best Paper
• 2012 Computer Aided Design Journal Most Cited Paper Award
• 2011 American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Committee Kos Ishii-Toshiba Award
• 2010 ASME Mechanism and Robotics Conference Compliant Mechanism Application Award
• 2009 Bioinspiration & Biomimetics Highlights
• 2007 University of Maryland Invention of the Year Award in Physical Science Category
• 2007 University of Maryland Finalist, Invention of the Year Award in Information Science Category
• 2007 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 2006 ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference Best Paper Award
• 2006 Science Spectrum Magazine Trailblazer Award
• 2003 University of Maryland Business Plan Competition
• 2002 National Academy of Engineering Selected to Attend Frontiers in Engineering Symposium
• 2001 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
• 2001 CAREER Award National Science Foundation
• 2001 Society of Manufacturing Engineers Robert W. Galvin Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
• 2001 Institute for Systems Research Outstanding Systems Engineering Faculty Award
• 2001 Literati Club Highly Commended Award
• 2000 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award
• 1999 ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference Best Paper Award
• 1994 ASME Computers in Engineering Conference Best Paper Award in the area of Artificial Intelligence and Feature-Based Design and Manufacturing
• 1994 Institute for Systems Research Outstanding Systems Engineering Graduate Student Award
• 1988 University of Roorkee Gold Medal for First Rank in Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
• 1988 University of Roorkee Gold Medal for the Best Engineering Design Project
• 1988 Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park, First Prize, Roorkee Chapter Project Competition