2002

Distinguished Teaching Award, New Mexico Tech

2001

Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association's Young Civil Engineer Achievement Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

1997

R.A. Glenn Best Paper Award, American Chemical Society (ACS), Fuel Chemistry Division

1997

Outstanding Staff Member Award, Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS)

1993

List of courses ranked as excellent by their students (Air Resources Engineering, CE 349), University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign (UIUC)

1992

First place award, student paper competition given by Lake Michigan States Section of the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA)

1992

First place award, student poster competition, 85th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of AWMA, Kansas City, Missouri, June

1992

Graduate student scholarship awarded by the Central Illinois Chapter of AWMA