Keynote speaker at the 8th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering (8ACEE), November 2022.
2021 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Mete A. Sozen Award for Excellence in Structural Research (with Dr. Younjae Choi). Paper: “Analysis and Design of Double-Beam Coupling Beams (DBCBs),” ACI Structural Journal, V. 117, No. 5, September 2020, pp. 79-95.
2011 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Mete A. Sozen Award for Excellence in Structural Research (formerly: Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence in Structural Research) (with Drs. Antoine Naaman and Gustavo Parra-Montesinos). Paper: “Bond Behavior of Reinforcing Bars in Tensile Strain-Hardening Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites,” ACI Structural Journal, V. 106, No. 6, November-December, 2009, pp. 897-906.
2011 American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Milek Fellowship Award.
2010-2011 Outstanding Civil Engineering Instructor Award, University of Texas at Arlington.
