| Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Who's Who in America |
| Outstanding Senior Student in Agricultural Engineering, 1971 |
| Lorenz G. Straub Award (by St. Anthony Falls Hydraulics Lab, for most meritorious Hydraulics Ph.D. dissertation), 1977 |
| University of Michigan Class of 38E Distinguished Service Award, 1980 |
| James R. Rumsey (publication award from Michigan Water Pollution Control Federation), 1983 |
| Swiss National Science Foundation International Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1984 |
| J.C. Stevens Award (ASCE publication award), 1986 |
| ASCE Student Chapter "Professor of the Year," Teaching award, 1990 |
| Visiting Erskine Fellowship, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1992 |
| ASCE Student Chapter "Professor of the Year," Teaching award, 1993 |
| Excellence in Service Award, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Michigan, 1994 |
| ASCE Student Chapter "Professor of the Year," Teaching award, 1995 |
| Excellence in Teaching Award, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Michigan, 1998 |
| ASCE Student Chapter "Professor of the Year," Teaching award, 1999 |
| ASCE, Ann Arbor Branch, Engineer of the Year, 1999 |
| Michigan Section, ASCE, Outstanding Civil Engineer award, 1999 |
| Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2001 |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Teaching Award, 2003 |
| College of Engineering Teaching Academy |
| University Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2004 |
| Chi Epsilon, Outstanding Faculty Advisor, Great Lakes District, 2004 |
| Nominated by University of Michigan for U.S. Professors of the Year Award, 2005 |
| Arthur F. Thurnau named professorship, 2006 |