1. Invited to join the Club de Monte Carlo, an International Philatelic Elite Club formed by A D. Kroo and Prince Rainier III of Monaco, December 2014.
2. Received Certificate of Recognition at the 2011-2012 Annual Author Awards, San Jose State University, 2012.
3. Received Certificate of Appreciation from the SSCE for two lectures on plastic recycling in concrete and long-term performance of admixtures on concrete behavior, May 2010.
4. Received Certificate of Appreciation for serving as the president of the ACI of Northern California and Nevada Chapter, 2007.
5. Received the Julian Chapman Memorial Scholarship from The Royal Philatelic Society London for work on the 1917 Baghdad and 1919 Mosul stamps, November 2007. (International Award)
6. Chi Epsilon honorary faculty Member selected by SJSU student chapter, May 2006.
7. Chi Epsilon Certificate of Appreciation for Contributions to the SJSU chapter, 19th Annual Pacific District Conference, 12th November 2005.
8. Elected to the grade of “Fellow” of the Royal Philatelic Society London, November 2004.
9. Received Certificate of Appreciation for Serving as the Chair of ACI National Student Cube Competition, October 2004.
10. Received the William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship, University of Sharjah, January-August 2003.
11. Elected to the grade of “Fellow” in the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, June 2001.
12. Received Certificate of Appreciation from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering for many contributions as the Chair of the 1997 International Conference on Engineering Materials, June 1998.
13. Supervised MSc. thesis entitled “Ultimax Cement and Nondestructive Testing of High Strength Concrete.” The thesis received the outstanding thesis award of San Jose State University, May 1998.
14. Elected to the grade of “Fellow” in the American Concrete Institute, March 1997.
15. Elected to the grade of “Fellow” in the American Society of Civil Engineers, October 1995.
16. Received Certificate of Appreciation for serving as the president of the ASCE Illinois Valley Branch, September 1995.
17. Received Certificate of Appreciation from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering for many contributions as the Chair of the Engineering Materials Division of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, June 1995.
18. Received Certificate of Appreciation from the American Society of Civil Engineering for chairing the 1995 National Engineering Week sponsored by the Illinois Valley Branch, Peoria, Illinois, February.
19. Awarded Certificate of Appreciation from Bradley University for supervising the best graduate thesis, 3rd Annual Research/Creative Production Exhibition, March, 1995.
20. Awarded Bradley University Outstanding New Faculty Award for Research, October, 1993.
21. Awarded the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) University Research Fellowship, February 1988.