Dr. Tiezheng Tong

Honors and Awards

2024 – James J. Morgan Early Career Award (honorable mention), American Chemistry Society
2023 – George T. Abell Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Award, College of Engineering, Colorado State University
2023 – Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University
2023 – CAPEES/UCEEF Early Career Award, Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES)
2022 – CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
2022 – 40 under 40 award, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
2022 – Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University (awarded to PhD student Yiming Yin)
2020 – Young Membrane Scientist Award, North American Membrane Society
2016 – Excellence in Reviewing Award, Water, Air & Soil Pollution, Springer
2015 – Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Student Abroad, China Scholarship Council
2014 – Royal E. Cabell Terminal Year Fellowship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2013 – Student Award, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization
2013 – Certificate of Merit Award for presentation at the American Chemistry Society National Meeting, Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society
2013 – Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Student Scholarship Award, Illinois Section of the ASCE
2012 – Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award, American Chemistry Society
2012 – Goldschmidt Travel Grant
2011 – Student Research Award, Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern
2010 – Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University
2009 – Mei-shang International Scholarship (top 5%), Tsinghua University
2008 – Outstanding Senior Undergraduate Award of Beijing City, The City of Beijing
2008 – Undergraduate Thesis with Honor, Beijing Normal University
2008 – Outstanding Senior Award of Beijing Normal University