Awards & Honors

  1. Awarded Dr. Tseng Huang Endowed Professorship, 2024
  2. Nominated for the President’s Award for Teaching Excellence, 2023
  3. College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award, 2022
  4. Lockheed Martin Teaching Excellence Award, UT Arlington, 2019
  5. University Award for Distinguished Record of Research, 2016
  6. Nominated for the University Award for Distinguished Record of Research, 2014, 2018
  7. Fellow, Life Member, ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), 2013 – present
  8. Research Excellence Award, UT Arlington, 2007, 2008
  9. Davis Productivity Award, State of Florida, 2005
  10. Fellow, ASCE, 1998 – present
  11. Fellow, American Concrete Institute (ACI), 2008 – present
  12. Nominated for the University Teaching Award, Florida State University, 2005
  13. Top overall performing faculty in the Civil/Environmental Engineering Department at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2001-2005
  14. NCHRP Project 12-71 Panel Member, 2003-2009
  15. TV Channel 27 and 40, aired 5 times in fall of 2004, coverage on hurricane room technology research
  16. Extensive coverage in multiple newspapers for hurricane sheltering research
  17. Invited Professional Team Member, Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology, 2004 – 2006
  18. Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, 2004 – present
  19. ASCE Certified ABET Civil Engineering Program Evaluator, 2003 – present
  20. FSU Superior Achievement Award, 2003
  21. 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century
  22. U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2001
  23. Strathmore’s Who’s Who, 2001-present
  24. FAMU University Service Award, 1990, 2001
  25. PCI Daniel P. Jenny Fellowship, 1999
  26. Dean’s List at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Maryland, 1979-84
  27. Silver Award in Engineering Design Competition, James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, 1985
  28. Bangladesh Government Federal Scholarship Award, 1969-76