Systems Engineering Fellowship, Virginia Tech (1979-81)
NATO Fellowship, MIT (1983)
Apple Europe Idea Contest (1986)
Fulbright Fellowship, Cornell (1988-89)
Best Paper Award, European Conference on Water Resources Management and Technologies, (1994)
FLAD Fellowship, MIT (1998-99)
Best Educational Site, National Multimedia Award, (1998)
Short Listed for Best Paper in Applied Research in Civil Engineering, ASCE, (1998)
IST Prize for Speed FX, EU, (2004), EU Top 15 projects in the last 15 years. The project result was used in the post-production of Oscar winner’s “The King’s Speech”
Gold Award for Interactive Environment, Industrial Design Society of America, (2004). Also featured by Business Week as one of the top 3 design projects in Europe in 2004
30 years after April 25th celebration of personalities and companies with international impact, Publico, (2004)
Prémio Português de Multimedia, Aplicações Móveis, (2004) para Undercover (jogo baseado em localização)
COTEC Honorable Mention, (2005)
Grande Oficial da Ordem de Mérito, Presidência da Republica, (2005)
One of the 15 innovators in GIS featured on Paul Longley, Michael Goodchild, David Maguire e David Rhind, Geographic Information Systems and Science, (most used textbook in the field), 2005
Personality of the Year, Portuguese Association of Marketing Professionals, (2005)
Pessoa Award, (2006)
National Innovation Prize, (2006)
Innovative Management Award, Mondragon, (2006)
Medalha de Ouro, Cidade de Almada, (2007)
Entrepreneur of the Year Award (one of several entrepreneurs distinguished by the European Union), (2008)
Auggies for Best Augmented Reality Application, (2010)
Honorable Mention for Extension Service, NOVA SST, (2012)
Engadget Award for upcoming gadget, (2013)
Social Innovation Award, Portugal Tech, (2023)
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