Honors and Awards

Awards (National/International):

• Honorary Doctorate, University of Thessaly, Greece (2013).

• Best Paper Award, 5^th ASME Conference on Dynamic Systems and Control, Ft. Lauderdale, (2012).

• James A. Robbins Award, Chi-Epsilon - Civil Engineering Honor Society (2009).

• Bernard S. Baker Award for a directed Ph.D. thesis (2008).

• James A. Robbins Award, Chi-Epsilon - Civil Engineering Honor Society (2001).

• Best Research Paper Award, EWRI, American Society of Civil Engineers (2000).

• Lorenz G. Straub Award for a directed Ph.D. thesis (1999).

• Outstanding Paper Award, 3^rd ICHE, Berlin/Cottbus, Germany (1998).

• Alexander von Humboldt Award, Federal Republic of Germany (1997).

• Karl Emil Hilgard Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers (1990).

• Alexander von Humboldt Award, Federal Republic of Germany (1988).

• J.C. Stevens Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1984).

Awards (University of Michigan):

• Monroe-Brown Foundation Excellence in Education Award (2017).

• ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award for a directed Ph.D. thesis (2017).

• Horace H. Rackham Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award (2010).

• Professor of the Year,  Student Chapter (2008).

• Chapter Honor Member, National Civil Engineering Honor Society Chi Epsilon (2002).

• College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award (1999).

• Civil & Environmental Eng. Excellence in Research Award (1995).

• College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award (1994).

• Civil and Environmental Eng. Excellence in Teaching Award (1993).

Fellowships:

• Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (2008).

• Fellow, Academic Leadership Program, CIC - Big Ten Universities (2002-03)

• Fellow, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Univ. of Michigan (1998-01).

• Fellow, German Research Society (1988).

• Fellow, Dutch Science Foundation (1988-89).

• Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1987).