Faculty Honors and Recognition

SSEBE faculty are internationally renowned scholars and educators who are widely recognized for their contributions, service, and impact. This webpage provides a listing of honors, awards, and recognition won by SSEBE faculty since 2015.

Morteza Abbaszadegan
2017 AWA Nathan Burbank Environmental Educator Award

Samuel Ariaratnam
2022 Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
2022 Distinguished Member of ASCE
2021 Stephen D. Bechtel Pipeline Engineering Award
2019 Excellence in Pipeline Award (UESI)
2019 International Society for Trenchless Technology Gold Medal
2019 U.S. National Academy of Construction Member
2018 Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow
2015 ASCE Arthur M. Wellington Prize
2015 ASCE Fellow

Steven Ayer
2017 Cache Valley Electric Lecture Award
2017 SSEBE Teaching Award
2016 ASCE Outstanding Reviewer

Paul Basha
2016 Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Community Service Award

Wylie Bearup
2017 Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Community Service Award

Treavor Boyer
2019 SSEBE Service Award

Mikhail Chester
2017 ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
2017 Fulton Faculty Exemplar
2015 Fulton Top 5% Teaching Award

Aaron Cohen
2015 SSEBE Teaching Award

Otakuye Conroy-Ben
2019 Technical Excellence Award-American Indian Science and Engineering Society

Anca Delgado
2019 AZ Water Quentin Mees Research Award
2018 Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor

Mounir El Asmar
2022 Best Presentation Award, European and Mediterranean Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, Leipzig, Germany
2022 Best Seller: #1 New Release, Amazon, for the book The Secrets to Construction Business Success, in two categories (Construction Industry and Civil Engineering)
2021 SSEBE Service Award
2021 ASU Sun Award, Leadership, the Entrepreneurial Mindset Initiative
2021 Featured Expert, in Engineering News Record annual lead article on the Top 100 Project Delivery Firms
2021 ASCE Editor’s Choice Selection, ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering
2020 Literati Award, Journal of Built Environment Project and Asset Management, Emerald Publishing
2020 SSEBE Service Award
2018 ASCE Construction Research Congress Best Paper Award
2018 Fulton Faculty Exemplar
2017 Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Community Service Award
2017 Cache Valley Electric Lecture Award
2017 Design Build Institute of America Distinguished Leadership Award
2015 ASCE Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize
2015 SSEBE Service Award

James Ernzen
2019 PENTA Building Group Professor for Construction

Elham Fini
2020 ASCE Fellow
2020 Seventh Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium
2020 WTS NC Triangle Innovative Transportation Solution Award

Peter Fox
2016 WEF Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Medal

Matthew Fraser
2021 Fulton Top 5% Teaching Award
2017 Fulton Top 5% Teaching Award

Margaret Garcia
2020 NSF CAREER Award

Sergio Garcia-Segura
2020 ISE Elsevier Prize for Applied Electrochemistry

G. Edward Gibson
2020 ASCE Distinguished Member
2020 NAC Richard L. Tucker Outstanding Service Award
2018 ASCE Construction Research Congress Best Paper Award
2017 SSEBE Service Award
2016 ASCE Peurifoy Construction Research Award
2005 U.S. National Academy of Construction

David Grau
2017 Cache Valley Electric Lecture Award
2017 CII Outstanding Instructor Award

Rolf Halden
2019 J.M. Kaplan Innovation Prize

Kerry Hamilton
2020 NAE U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Keith Hjelmstad
2018 ASU President’s Professor

Sandra Houston
2017 ASCE Karl Terzaghi Award
2015 Daniel Jankowski Legacy Award

Kamil Kaloush
2020 FORTA Professorship
2017 Fulton Top 5% Teaching Award
2009 Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Community Service Award

Edward Kavazanjian
2022 ASCE Karl Terzaghi Lecturer
2018 ASCE Distinguished Member
2018 University of California Berkeley Civil & Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni
2015 ASU Regents Professor
2012 Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Community Service Award

Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown
2021 ASCE Rudolph Hering Medal
2020 AZ Bioscience Researcher of the Year
2019 Distinguished Alumni Award from Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana
2016 Fulton Faculty Exemplar

Anthony Lamanna
2020 ASCE Editor’s Choice Award

Michael Mamlouk
2010 Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Community Service Award

Giuseppe Mascaro
2019 SSEBE Teaching Award

Larry Mays
2016 Academy of Civil Engineers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology
2016 ASCE Ven Te Chow Award
2016 International Water Association Fellow
2015 Universities Council on Water Resources Warren A. Hall Medal

Barzin Mobasher
2021 ACI Charles S. Whitney Award
2016 ACI Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award
2013 Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Community Service Award

Rebecca Muenich
2022 University of Arkansas College of Engineering Early Career Alumni Award
2021 FWA Award for Outstanding Faculty Mentor
2020 Arkansas Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineers
2020 NAE U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
2020 New Faces of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

Narayanan Neithalath
2016 ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
2016 Fulton Faculty Exemplar

Kristen Parrish
2023 AE Outstanding Educator Award
2021 Fulton Top 5% Teaching Award
2018 CII Outstanding Instructor Award
2017 Fulton Top 5% teaching Award
2016 CII Outstanding Instructor Award
2015 Fulton Top 5% Teaching Award

Ram M. Pendyala
2022 TRB Pyke Johnson Award in Planning & Environment
2019 Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Community Service Award
2018 Fulton Faculty Exemplar
2017 ARTBA S.S. Steinberg Award

Francois Perreault
2020 Seventh Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium
2017 AZ Water Quentin Mees Research Award
2017 Emerging Investigator Award, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization

T. Agami Reddy
2014 ASME Yellott Award (Solar Energy Division)

Bruce Rittmann
2021 WEF Camp Applied Research Award
2021 ASCE Rudolph Hering Medal
2018 Stockholm Water Prize
2017 Telford Premium Award
2017 ASU Regents Professor
2017 Daniel Jankowski Legacy Award
2016 AAEES Gordon Maskew Fair Award
2016 AEESP Founders Award
2016 NAI Fellow
2016 Perry L. McCarty AEESP Founders’ Award
2015 Washington University Engineering Alumni Achievement Award

Thomas Schleifer
2016 College of Fellows of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association

Richard Standage
2021-2022 William W. Badger Endowment Award
2017 Fulton Top 5% Teaching Award

Jeffrey Stempihar
2018 Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Community Service Award

Kenneth Sullivan
2018 Fulton Faculty Exemplar
2017 PENTA Building Group Faculty Fellowship

Pingbo Tang
2017 Cache Valley Electric Lecture Award

Junliang Tao
2018 NSF CAREER Award

B. Shane Underwood
2015 Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Community Service Award
2015 Fulton Faculty Exemplar

Enrique Vivoni
2021 AZ Water Association Quentin Mees Research Award
2016-Present PLuS Alliance Fellow
2016-Present U.S. Fulbright Specialist Roster
2016 Fulton Faculty Exemplar
2015-2016 U.S. Fulbright Scholar
2015 Leopold Leadership Fellow

Edwin Weaver
2017 Top 5% Teaching Award

Paul Westerhoff
2021 Daniel Jankowski Legacy Award
2020 A.P. Black Research Award
2019 NWRI Clarke Prize Laureate
2018 IWA Fellow
2018 Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Award for Significant Research Contributions
2018 WEF Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Medal
2017 Lifetime Achievement Award, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization
2016 ASU Regents Professor
2016 Fulton Faculty Exemplar

Avi Wiezel
2017 Fulton Top 5% Teaching Award

Matthew Witczak
2016 ASCE Carl L. Monismith Lecture on Pavement Engineering

Claudia Zapata
2021 Dr. William Yslas Velez Outstanding S.T.E.M. Award (Sponsored by The Pete C. Garcia Victoria Foundation)
2018 Fulton Top 5% Teaching Award
2011 Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Community Service Award

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