Central Region

Peter J. Delfyett, Ph.D.

Pegasus Professor
University Trustee Chair
University Distinguished Professor of Optics, Electrical Engineering & Physics
Director, Townes Laser Institute
University of Central Florida

45 U.S. Patents

Peter J. Delfyett, Ph.D. is Pegasus Professor, University Trustee Chair, and University Distinguished Professor of Optics, Electrical Engineering, and Physics at CREOL, the College of Optics & Photonics at the University of Central Florida, where he also serves as the Director of the Townes Laser Institute.

Throughout his career, Dr. Delfyett has made significant discoveries in the areas of ultrafast optical device physics, semiconductor diode based ultrafast lasers and their application to optical communication and signal processing, including the development of the world’s fastest, most powerful mode-locked semiconductor laser diode. Dr. Delfyett’s groundbreaking innovations also include the demonstration of an optically distributed clocking network for high-speed digital switches and supercomputer applications, and the first observation of the optical nonlinearity induced by the cooling of highly excited electron-hole pairs in semiconductor optical amplifiers.

In addition to his academic pursuits, Delfyett founded Raydiance, Inc., a spin-off company developing high power, ultrafast laser systems, based on his research, for applications in medicine, consumer electronics, defense, material processing, biotechnology, automotive, and other key technological markets.

Dr. Delfyett is a Member of The National Academy of Engineering. He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, National Academy of Inventors, National Society of Black Physicists, Optica, and the International Society for Optics and Photonics. He is also the recipient of the NSF Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the APS Edward Bouchet Award, the Florida Academy of Science Medal, the Townsend Harris Award, the IEEE Photonics Society’s William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award, and the APS Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science.

Dr. Delfyett holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from The City College of New York and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Rochester. He went on to complete both an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. at The Graduate School & University Center of the City University of New York.

A MENTION ABOUT INVENTION – 3 Questions for the Inventor

Q1. Of your patents/inventions, which one is your favorite and why?

It’s difficult to pick only one; however, there are a few that stand out, in particular. The first is a collection of patents that show how one can circumvent fundamental physical limitations on the generation and amplification of short optical pulses from semiconductor lasers. This collection of patents served as the basis for a company that we spun out of UCF. The company went on to be one of the first in the “internet of things,” and the laser source that the company manufactured was used by 1) Samsung for cutting the Gorilla glass in your cell phone, 2) Delphi Automotive for laser-drilling precision holes in manufacturing advanced fuel injectors, and 3) Boston Scientific for laser-cutting novel intravenous stents to improve blood flow in patients.

The second patent that is most ‘memorable’ is the “Optical modulator with linear response, US 8,842,998 (2014).” The reason why this is so memorable is because I had this idea “in a dream while taking a nap.” I had just given a lecture at a research program review, and while the talk went very well, I knew there was a ‘weak point’ in one of the technologies that we were presenting. After the talk, there was a group lunch, and afterward, I went back to my room to rest for a bit. Well, I laid my head down on the pillow, thinking about the weak point and that, at some point, someone would recognize it. Apparently, I had fallen asleep for maybe 10–20 minutes, then I woke up ‘in a flash’ with the idea for the linear modulator as a solution to the weak point. Another reason why this is interesting is that August Kekulé discovered and visualized the ring structure of benzene after dreaming of a snake eating its own tail, showing that the mind can solve extremely difficult problems if given the right set of circumstances.

Q3. What is your process when developing new inventions/innovations?

I didn’t initially have an ‘intention’ to become an inventor. However, I was focused on becoming a skilled scientist and engineer in advanced laser science and technology. During graduate school and my early years in industry, I discovered that as I tackled challenging problems, I would gain unique insights that led to creative solutions, which were often patentable. Once I learned that the patent process is an integral part of problem-solving, it became easier to identify which aspects of a solution were patentable.

Q3. What is your process when developing new inventions/innovations?

It’s challenging to teach “creativity” or “how to invent.” Generally, we are trying to solve a problem with no known solution. What I’ve found is that I start by trying to understand the limitations or roadblocks of the problem I’m addressing. If I can identify the problem and why it’s impeding progress, I might be able to devise a solution to overcome those specific limitations.

One approach I use is to “work with the limitation, not against it.” By this, I mean that if there’s a physical constraint preventing technological advancement, I try to see if I can leverage that limitation as an advantage. An analogy I like to use is from judo: instead of using force to counter an opposing force, can we use the incoming force to our advantage, by pulling the opponent?

Another method that I’ve found enhances creativity is what some people call “thinking outside the box.” For me, this simply means not confining myself to conventional approaches. For those who find this hard to visualize, I prefer to call it “on-your-head thinking.” My analogy here is that if you stand on your head and look around the room, you get a very different perspective of what the room looks like. For example, you can see things hidden underneath the sofa. In terms of problem-solving, this means that if we approach the problem from an opposite direction, or by ‘turning the problem around,’ we might discover a solution we hadn’t seen before. So, instead of tackling a problem ‘head-on,’ consider approaching it ‘on your head.’

Anthony “Tony” Van Heugten

Chief Technology Officer
e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc.

61 U.S. Patents

Anthony “Tony” Van Heugten is the Chief Technology Officer of e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc., a leading electronic lens modulation company that designs and fabricates optics that control and shape light with no moving parts.

Mr. Van Heugten’s industry-disrupting innovations are in electronic liquid crystal lenses, ophthalmic diagnostic devices, eye surgery instruments, and next generation human vision correction; and include products from resistive bridges for practical electro-active contact lenses to dynamic focusing elements for augmented reality headsets to electro-optic phoropters for performing vision examinations. His research has led to the development of liquid crystal tunable lens technology for intra-ocular lenses, remote controlled contact lenses and eyewear, and virtual and augmented reality devices. Moreover, Mr. Van Heugten’s work on liquid-crystal-based lenses is being commercialized in Japan by Mitsui Chemicals as the TouchFocus^TM instantaneously adjustable eyewear for near- and far-sighted vision.

Prior to joining e-Vision, Mr. Van Heugten co-founded and served as the Chief Technology Officer of WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc. where he invented a miniature wavefront sensor coupled to a surgical microscope that measured the optical power of the eye in real time during cataract eye surgery, resulting in better surgical outcomes. WaveTec was sold to Alcon Laboratories in 2014. Since then, over three million surgeries have been performed with these sensors.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Van Heugten has commercialized or licensed a number of his innovations including products for interventional cardiology (MedClose), vascular access (Johnson & Johnson), and laser-vision-correction lasers (Summit Technology). He has also led projects sponsored by NASA, the National Institutes of Health (systems to screen children for vision disorders), the US Air Force (lenses correcting higher order aberrations in the pursuit of “super vision”), and the US Army (night vision systems).

Mr. Van Heugten is also president of the non-profit Institute for Adaptive Optics in Human Vision, where he is constantly seeking new ways to improve the quality of life of people in the way that they see.

A MENTION ABOUT INVENTION – 3 Questions for the Inventor

Q1. Of your patents/inventions, which one is your favorite and why?

Of the many medical devices I have developed, my favorite is a surgical microscope that provides the surgeon with real-time optical measurements of the eye to guide the operation. This is because it made a significant contribution to the state of the art in cataract and refractive procedures. I believe our eyesight is the most important sense we have and has the greatest impact on our quality of life. This device has helped improve surgical outcomes for over three million eyes. It has also inspired other inventors to develop additional instruments that give the surgeon even more live diagnostic information on the operating table during procedures.

Q2. What inspired you to become an inventor/innovator?

I did not set out to become an inventor. My employer, Critikon/Johnson & Johnson, made me one. During the hiring process for a position working with automation, I was asked, “What is your ultimate career goal?” Rather than give a typical answer such as, “Become company president,” or “Become wealthy,” I said that I wanted to invent something useful that would contribute to society. (After I said that, I asked myself, “What were you thinking?”)

A little while later, after developing several new manufacturing automation processes for the company, I found myself at R&D headquarters in Tampa, Florida, with the assignment to develop new things. Although I was terrified that I would fail and be fired, that was the beginning of my successful career in inventing new products.

Q3. What is your process when developing new inventions/innovations?

I start by gathering as much information as possible through first-hand observation of what’s currently being done, reading extensively on the subject, and, most importantly, listening to others about what they’d like to see improved. Once I’ve absorbed everything I can about the current state of the art and its limitations, I intentionally shift my focus and engage in unrelated activities like biking, hiking, or camping. Inevitably, after some time, I’ll have an “aha!” moment that provides the solution. My wife, Sue, has grown used to me getting out of bed at 2 AM to drive to my lab and test a new idea.

Gary K. Starkweather

(Deceased)

53 U.S. Patents

Gary K. Starkweather is an American physicist who invented the world’s first laser printer and pioneered the invention of color management technology.

Mr. Starkweather got his start working for the Bausch & Lomb optical company. In 1964, he went to work for Xerox, and later he transferred to Xerox PARC in California, where he invented the first laser printer. As a result of his invention, in 1977, Xerox launched the 9700 laser printer, which would become one of Xerox’s best-selling products. Making billions of dollars for Xerox, Starkweather’s original laser printer was the most commercially profitable product to come out of the PARC facility.

During that time, he also became a consultant to the film industry, helping the digital effects team on the first Star Wars movie in 1977. He later received an Academy Award for his pioneering work on color film scanning with Lucasfilm and Pixar.

After more than 20 years at Xerox, Mr. Starkweather joined Apple Computer, where he spent about 10 years working on color imaging management, which led to the development of ColorSync technology. He then worked for Microsoft from 1997 until retiring in 2005. After retirement, he settled in Florida where he lectured at colleges such as the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida, inspiring a new generation of innovators.

Mr. Starkweather received his B.S. in Physics from Michigan State University and his M.S. in Optics from the University of Rochester. He is a recipient of the David Richardson Medal. He was a Member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of Optica (formerly Optical Society of America), and he is a 2012 Inductee to the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Mr. Starkweather passed away in Orlando, Florida on December 26, 2019.

Daniel Joseph

Principal Illusion Integrator
Walt Disney Imagineering

30 U.S. Patents

Daniel Joseph is a Principal Illusion Integrator at Walt Disney Imagineering, where he leads a team of designers and the “Illusioneering Lab.” A trained Industrial Designer, Mr. Joseph’s advances in special effects revolutionized modern design and implementation of special effects, transforming them into three-dimensional, immersive and interactive experiences.

As a leader in the industry, Mr. Joseph helps to conceive, design, and install a range of special effects and illusions for Disney theme parks around the world. Most notably, he was one of the key team members who brought to life the Hatbox Ghost for the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland’s 60th Anniversary. His pioneering innovations have also been incorporated into Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, Test Track, Magic Kingdom expansion, and both Trader Sam’s tiki bars, to name a few.

In addition to his breakthrough patents in interactive special effects including Infrared projection for camera blocking; volumetric projection device; personal temperature regulator; two-dimensional media combiner for creating three-dimensional displays; and an autostereoscopic display system and method, he has also consulted on product development for medical equipment to improve safety and usability. One of his design patents was featured in PC Magazine’s article called “The Best Inventions of 2011 – So Far.”

Mr. Joseph has also designed and created cutting-edge interactive museum exhibits and new wayfinding devices for a number of prestigious museums, including The Franklin Institute. He also designed special effects and illusions for Universal Studios attractions, and at historic facilities and sites such as the Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc.

A life-long inventor, Mr. Joseph started making special effects haunted houses in his basement as a young boy, charging 25 cents to his neighborhood friends and visitors—which he then donated to the local humane society. He has often said, “creating something that makes a person say, ‘how did they do that?’ is my daily goal.”

Mr. Joseph holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Design from the University of the Arts. He was featured in all three books of the late Disney legend Marty Sklar: Dream it! Do it! My Half-Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdoms; One Little Spark! Mickey’s 10 Commandments and the Road to Imagineering; and Travels with Figment on the Road in Search of Disney Dreams. In 2006, he won first prize in Walt Disney Imagineering’s Imaginations Design Competition. Additionally, Mr. Joseph is an unwavering advocate for encouraging and mentoring future inventors, especially inspiring those with different abilities or who come from difficult circumstances, and he is a frequent speaker on this topic.

Jason Eichenholz, Ph.D.

Co-Founder and former Chief Technology Officer, Luminar Technologies
Founder / Chair, Jonathan’s Landing
Courtesy Faculty Member, CREOL – College of Optics and Photonics
University of Central Florida

82 U.S. Patents

Jason Eichenholz, Ph.D. is a trailblazing innovator in laser and optics-enabled technologies, especially in lidar (light detection and ranging) applications advancing the self-driving vehicle industry, as well as fundamental product development for early cancer detection and environmental studies to military explosives detection.

Dr. Eichenholz is currently the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Luminar Technologies, a sensing technology company that will become the core platform to enable safe fully autonomous vehicles. As CTO, he is responsible for research and development of new products, product roadmap, and bringing Luminar’s technology to market.

A serial entrepreneur, Dr. Eichenholz founded several other companies, and led the research and development on hundreds of millions of dollars in revolutionary products. His patents have been licensed and/or productized into a variety of applications including battlefield explosives detection, early cancer detection, and environmental studies from the depths of the oceans to the top of Mt. Everest and even on the Moon and Mars.

Before joining Luminar, Eichenholz was the CEO and founder of Open Photonics, an open innovation company dedicated to the commercialization of optics and photonics technologies as well as an executive at some of the largest optics and photonics companies in the world. He has also served as the Principal Investigator for Air Force and DARPA funded research and development programs.

His products and various companies have been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, IEEE Spectrum, Tech Crunch, Engadget, Axios, Venture Beat, and Wired. He is a Fellow of SPIE—the International Society for Optics and Photonics, and a Fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America). An alumnus of the University of Central Florida’s College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL)—where he earned both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Optical Science and Engineering, Dr. Eichenholz enjoys giving back to UCF by mentoring students and lecturing on campus as a courtesy faculty member at CREOL. He currently serves on the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science Dean’s advisory board and the CREOL undergraduate advisory board. He earned his B.S. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

David E. Flinchbaugh, Ph.D., P.E., C.Mfg.E., C.E.M.

CEO of Technology Applications International, and CTO of Medventions Technologies

11 U.S. Patents

Dr. David Flinchbaugh is the CEO of Technology Applications International, CTO Advanced Medical Innovations and founder and former CEO of UroSolutions, Inc. Dr. Flinchbaugh is a trained nuclear physicist, health physicist and prolific inventor across a number of scientific sectors. 

His most significant patents include seven which describe the UroCycler—a non-invasive, fully FDA Certified prosthetic urinary sphincter and bladder management system which restores normal recycling to the human urinary tract and which has been clinically proven to reduce by 90.9% fatal catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) by 90.9%, a significant decrease considering CAUTIs kill an estimated 90,000 people each year.

His extraordinary developments also include the invention of the ROSA (remotely operated service arm) for deployment in nuclear power facilities. This high-tech robotic system is deployed for the maintenance, decontamination, and refueling of nuclear reactor electric power generation facilities, and can perform all operations required to keep the facility operating, without exposing the human workers to the extremely hazardous radiation environments. His successful work has been used in nearly all of the nuclear power systems around the world, including the recovery of the Japanese Fukushima system in the wake of the 2011 tsunami.

Dr. Flinchbaugh has also been a leader in the innovation ecosystem in Florida and across the nation. He founded four Florida companies as well as the Inventors Council of Central Florida—the second oldest inventors council in the nation. He also served as a Director of the National Council of Inventor Organizations.

Dedicated to helping his community, Dr. Flinchbaugh works almost daily with quadriplegics, wounded and disabled returning war combat veterans, and he has provided numerous innovations to help cancer and HIV victims. He enjoys working with young people and has created and taught courses in STEM for K-12 as well as college students.

Dr. Flinchbaugh holds two B.S. degrees from Union College; two Master’s degrees, and a doctorate in quantum physics from the University of Connecticut.  He went on to complete post-doctoral work at Harvard. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE; and a Fellow of the Laser Institute of America, Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America), and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.  He also received the Medical Excellence Award, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Award, and the DaVinci Award.

James L. Cairns, Ph.D.

CEO, Abyssal Systems, Inc.

62 U.S. Patents

James L. Cairns is CEO of Abyssal Systems, Inc., and the Founder and Executive Director of the Cairns Foundation. Dr. Cairns’ pioneering underwater electrical, fiber-optic connector technologies have revolutionized subsea surveillance, anti-submarine warfare, and ocean energy production.

Dr. Cairns’ electrical/electronic and fiber-optic connector technology allowed circuits for the first time to be mated and de-mated reliably within the extremely harsh environment of the deep ocean. The need for deep-ocean electrical connectors goes back to the World War II development of SONAR for antisubmarine warfare. Prior to the mid 1950’s, the “dry mate” connectors existing then had to be assembled and disassembled in a dry environment before and after each submersion. In Dr. Cairns’ seminal 1968 patent, the electric sockets were housed in sealed fluid-filled chambers where the pressures are balanced to the exterior environment by a movable portion of the chamber wall. His principle of oil-filled and pressure-balanced construction has become the universal standard for subsea connectors.

His innovations have revolutionized anti-submarine warfare and subsea surveillance by providing sophisticated subsea systems for homeland security and military surveillance; expanded the global area available for conventional deepwater oil and gas production in addition to facilitating the emerging and burgeoning industry of sustainable offshore windmill farms; and made possible real-time oceanographic observatories by providing internet access on the seafloor thereby enabling tsunami, volcanic and earthquake early warning systems for coastal communities around the world.

Dr. Cairns also co-founded two Florida technology companies which he later sold to Lockheed Corporation and Teledyne Technology Corporation, respectively. He holds 62 U.S. patents and received the Marine Technology Society’s Compass-Rolex Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award and Lockheed Martin Award for Excellence in Marine Science and Engineering. In 2017, he was inducted into the Offshore Energy Center Hall of Fame for Pioneering Technology. He earned his Ph.D. at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California-San Diego, on a full Navy Fellowship.

David M. Kotick

Senior Science Technical Manager
Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) simulation and training
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division
Graduate, University of Central Florida

5 U.S. Patents

David M. Kotick is the Senior Scientific Technical Manager for Live Virtual Constructive at the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division. A Florida native and double graduate of the University of Central Florida, Kotick the is one of the U.S. Department of Defense’s leading subject matter experts in the field of virtual communications.

With over 40 years of experience in the Navy Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Research and Development arena, Kotick has been at the forefront of designing and developing digital voice solutions to enable military forces to train as they would fight. Kotick holds multiple patents in the fields of digital communications and simulation technology. Among his many innovations, Kotick’s work on the family of systems comprising the Digital Radio Management System (DRMS) is foundational to Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) advancement, as it provides a single synthetic training communications system that enables realistic tactical communications across all warfare areas, classification levels, and releasable domains. Kotick further developed this technology to create the Virtual Tactical Bridge Embarked Synthetic Radio (VTBeSR), which enables voice and M&S data transport between a virtual training battle space and the live battle group, and supports live aircraft while underway and over the horizon. These innovations in digital communications and LVC have directly benefited the U.S. military’s readiness.

Kotick has been recognized with the 2016 Assistant Secretary of the Navy Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientist Award; Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Medal; the 2016 Commanders Excellence in Marine Air Ground Task Force Engineering Award for LVC Integration; and in 2017 was inducted into the National Center for Simulation’s Modeling and Simulation Hall of Fame. In 2013, he was named a NAVAIRSYSCOM Esteemed Fellow.

Dean Kamen

President
DEKA Research and Development
Founder
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)

440+ U.S. Patents

Dean Kamen is the President of DEKA Research and Development and part-time Florida resident. Internationally recognized as a disruptive innovator, entrepreneur, and a tireless advocate for science and technology, he is the inventor of such influential technologies as the Segway® and AutoSyringe™.

Kamen founded DEKA Research and Development Corporation in 1982 as a way to bring to market internally generated inventions as well as to provide research and development for major corporate clients. Kamen led DEKA’s development of the HomeChoice™ peritoneal dialysis system for Baxter International Inc., which allows patients to be dialyzed at home. Kamen also led the development of technology to improve slide preparation for the CYTYC (now Hologic Inc.) ThinPrep® Pap Test. Other Kamen-led DEKA teams have developed critical components of the UVAR™ XTS™ System, an extracorporeal photophereisis device marketed by Therakos, for the treatment of T-Cell lymphoma. Other notable developments include the Hydroflex™ surgical irrigation pump for C.R. Bard, the iBOT™ mobility device, an advanced prosthetic arm developed for DARPA known as the LUKE arm, and many more.

Prior to DEKA, Kamen was the founder of AutoSyringe, Inc., a medical device company that he built around his first breakthrough innovation—the novel portable drug infusion pump, AutoSyringe™. At age 30, Kamen sold AutoSyringe, Inc. to Baxter Healthcare Corporation.

Kamen also is the Founder of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization dedicated to motivating the next generation to understand, use and enjoy science and technology. Founded in 1989, FIRST has supported more than one million young people, ages 6 to 18, in more than 113 countries around the globe, and 10,000 students in Florida through notable programs like AMRoC Fab Lab in Tampa, the ROBOTICON FIRST Showcase held in Tampa each fall at the University of South Florida, and the Orlando Regional, one of the nation’s oldest FIRST Robotics Competition held each spring at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

Kamen was awarded the National Medal of Technology in 2000 by President Clinton. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1997. He was awarded the Lemelson-MIT Prize in 2002, and he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005. He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering, as well as many other national and international engineering organizations.

Norma A. Alcantar, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemical, Biomedical & Materials Engineering
College of Engineering
University of South Florida

23 U.S. Patents

Norma A. Alcantar is a Professor of Chemical, Biomedical & Materials Engineering at the University of South Florida. Internationally known for her breakthroughs using plant-based technology to decontaminate water, Alcantar’s applications are imperative to future global sustainability and advances in biomedical applications for Alzheimer’s and cancer.

Over the course of the last 20 years, Alcantar has harnessed her research to invent new technologies using biomaterials derived from cactus plants that can expand the molecular removal of heavy metals, bacteria, sediments, radioactive isotopes, volatile organic compounds, and hazardous concentrations of fluoride and ammonia from water and soil. She has successfully demonstrated its use in many applications around the world, including Mexico, Bangladesh and notably in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. She has further applied this technology for sustainable soil systems that renew ground nutrients and enhance crop production. Alcantar has also developed a series of patents pertaining to improving capabilities of fish farming by enabling faster and more efficient removal of the bacteria that forms in the water tanks, and greatly reducing the amount of water and time previously required for mitigation. All of these innovations are playing a critical role in the global food-water-energy nexus.

Alcantar’s recent patents are biomedical applications of her technology for novel therapies to fight a number of disease processes. She designed new methods to treat amyloid diseases such as Alzheimer’s, by disrupting the formation of the plaques that can cause damage to brain tissue and function, and she developed a transformative drug delivery system to enhance treatment of brain and ovarian cancers.

Alcantar is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and an NAI Senior Member. She has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award, Jewish National Fund Fellowship, Excellence in Innovation Award, and USF NAI Chapter Outstanding Faculty Award.