2016 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (University of Texas System) (August 2016)
Member, UT Austin Academy of Distinguished Teachers (top 5% at UT Austin) (inducted Fall 2015)
William David Blunk Memorial Professorship (award given to one faculty member per year across the UT Austin campus), UT Austin (held 2015/16)
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin (2013)
Ervin S. Perry Teaching Award, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, UT Austin (1999; 2006; 2007; 2013) Presented to a faculty member who best meets the ideals of “an excellent teacher and a good friend.”
Cockrell School Faculty Appreciation Award, awarded by the UT Austin Student Engineering Council (2013)
Departmental Teaching Award, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, UT Austin (2006; 2010) Presented to a faculty member who has excelled in teaching and has demonstrated exceptional motivation of students in the classroom.
University of Texas Professor of the Month, awarded by the UT Senate of College Councils (entire university) (November 2009)
Gold Medal, 10th Annual Innovative Instructional Technology Awards Program – IITAP 2007, The University of Texas (2007) [with Jeffrey Siegel and Michael Waring]
Student Appreciation Award, College of Engineering Students with Disabilities, UT Austin (2005)
Student Engineering Council, Faculty Excellence Award, Received from students of Architectural Engineering, UT Austin (2005)
Student Engineering Council, Faculty Excellence Award, Received from students of Civil Engineering, UT Austin (2004)
Engineering Foundation Faculty Excellence Award, UT Austin (1996)
Professor of the Year, School of Engineering, University of Guelph (1991)
