Awards

Selected Awards

2017 Certificate of Appreciation for >10-years of service on the Environmental Engineering P.E. Exam Development Committee, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).

2009 Outstanding Service Award, New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers (NMSPE).  Recognition for outstanding service to practicing engineers and students within the State of New Mexico.

2002 Distinguished Teaching Award, New Mexico Tech.  Awarded to no more than one faculty member per year.

2001 Young Civil Engineer Achievement Award, Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Alumni Association, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Not more than 0.1% of UIUC CEE Alumni receive this award.

1997 R.A. Glenn Best Paper Award, American Chemical Society, Fuel Chemistry Division.  Paper entitled “Cleanup of Hot Coal Gas with Carbon-based Sorbents.”

1997 Outstanding Staff Member Award, Illinois State Geological Survey, “In recognition of your distinguished achievements in the field of environmental engineering through research on clean coal technology, improvement of laboratory facilities, and mentoring of colleagues for the benefit of the Survey and the people of Illinois during the first three years of your employment.”

1992 First place award, student paper competition, Lake Michigan States Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA).  Paper entitled “Theoretical and Experimental Results Describing the Adsorption of VOCs onto Activated Carbon Fibers.”

1992 First place award, student poster competition, 85th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of AWMA, Kansas City, Missouri, June. Poster entitled “Theoretical and Experimental Results Describing the Adsorption of VOCs onto Activated Carbon Fibers.”

1992 Graduate student scholarship awarded by the Central Illinois Chapter of AWMA.