American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE).

Grand Prize in Environmental Engineering Award in Research Category by American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE). Research Topic: “Using Environmental Engineering Tools, Scientific Analyses, and Epidemiological Studies to Quantify Human Exposure to Contaminated Drinking Water and to Benefit Public Health," Joint award with ATSDR . June 2015

CEE, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Sustained Interdisciplinary Research Award, in Recognition for Developing a Consistent, Comprehensive and Integrated Research Program within CEE, Georgia Institute of Technology. June 2013

American Institute of Hydrology

Founders Award, American Institute of Hydrology for dedicated contribution to the profession. July 2011

ASCE EWRI

James R. Croes Medal, ASCE EWRI, for the paper: “Optimal Design of Sensor Placement in Water Distribution Systems,” ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 136, No. 1, pp.5-18, 2010. April 2011

ASCE Water Resources Management Council

Best Paper Award, ASCE Water Resources Management Council, for the technical paper “Saltwater Intrusion Hydrodynamics in a Tidal Beach,” ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 13, No. 9: pp. 863-872126 (with co-authors). June 2010.

National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)

Excellence in Applied Environmental Health Research, National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for our work in assisting NCEH/CDC in an epidemiological study of childhood leukemia and central nervous system cancers that occurred in the period 1979 through 1996 in Dover Township, New Jersey and Camp Lejeune (Air Force Army Base) at North Carolina. May 2006.

American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE)

Excellence in Environmental Engineering Award in Research Category, American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE). Research Topic: “Enhancing Environmental Engineering Science to Benefit Public Health: Integrating Hydraulic Network Modeling, Spatial Analysis, and Genetic Algorithms with Epidemiologic Studies," Awarded to ATSDR – MESL/GT Research Group. July 2003.

Society of American Military Engineers

Cuming Award 2000, The Society of American Military Engineers award to Dover Township Water Distribution System Modeling Research Team. July 2000.

Huazong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China.

Honorary Professor of Environmental Sciences, Huazong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China. June 1998

Public Health Serv., USDHHS

Engineering Literary Excellence Award, Public Health Serv., USDHHS for the technical paper: “Exposure Assessment Using Analytical and Numerical Models: A Case Study,” in ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive waste Management, April 1998