Awards & Grants
- Best Paper Honorable Mention Award. ACM CHI conference 2013.
- 2013-2014 (PI) Google Faculty Research Award ($40,000) Project Title: "Mobile Augmented Reality Learning Tool to Simulate Experts' Perspectives in the Field."
- Winning proposal at UP: Urban Prototyping San Francisco 2012 (with Laura Devendorf).
- Best Paper Honorable Mention Award. ACM CHI conference 2011.
- Distinguished Mentor Award. UC Berkeley School of Information 2010.
- Best Paper Award. ACM Creativity & Cognition conference 2009.
- Best Student Paper Award (with Daniela Rosner). ACM Creativity & Cognition conference 2009.
- Winning proposals at WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture (with Nicholas de Monchaux). cityLAB Design Competition WPA 2.0 Rides Perfect Storm in DC.
- 2009-2010 (PI) Nokia Research Grant ($150,000) Project Title: "Multimodal Communication Tools for Children."
- 2008-2009 (PI) Nokia Research Grant ($75,000) Project Title: "Multimodal Communication Tools for Children."
- 2008-2010 (PI) National Science Foundation Grant ($150,000) Project Title: "Expanding the Accessibility of NSDL for Mobile Learning," Award ID: 0840790.
- 2008-2009 (Co-PI) CITRIS Research Grant ($75,000) Project Title: "Game Based Learning Initiative for Early Head Start in Oakland."
- 2008-2009 (PI) Nokia Research Grant ($70,000) Project Title: "Multimodal Communication Tools for Children."
- 2008-2009 Junior Faculty Research Grant ($9,000), UC Berkeley.
- 2007-2008 Junior Faculty Research Grant ($6,000), UC Berkeley.
- Presidential Chair Fellow (2007-2008), UC Berkeley.
- Gold Award – Industrial Design Society of America 2005 Industrial Design Excellence Award
- ITRI Fellowship (2004 to 2005).
- Best Paper Award, CSCL 1999 (Computer Support for Collaborative Learning).
- Fellowship for Research Assistantship at the MIT Media Lab with the Tangible Media Group and the Gesture & Narrative Language Group (1997 to 2005).
Patents
Drawing tool for capturing and rendering colors, surface images and movement. (pending)
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