Teaching Awards

  • 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)