2015 - U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium, invited participant, National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
2015 - Faculty Award for Excellence in Research , Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University
2014 - George T. Abell Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Award, College of Engineering, Colorado State University
2014 - Robert J. Dexter Memorial Lecture Award, The Steel Bridge Task Force of the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) of AISI and the AASHTO
2014 - Air Force Faculty Fellow, Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, Air Force Institute of Technology Wright Paterson Laboratory
2014 - Participated in the Hybrid Simulation Task Force, NSF Travel Support
2013 - Participated in the NEES Quake Summit Workshop on Hybrid Simulations, NSF Travel Support
2013 - Participated in the US-Vietnam Workshop on Multiple Natural Hazards Assessment and Mitigation under , NSF Travel Award
2012 - NSF Travel Award, to participate in the Second US-PRC Young Researcher's Forum in Harbin, China, NSF
2012 - ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, West Point Military Academy
2012 - Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Harbin, China
2011 - NSF Travel Award to attend a Two-day Workshop on Advances in Real-Time Hybrid Simulation, NSF
2010 - Best Presentation Award in recognition of Outstanding Contributions by a Young Researcher, 5th International Conference on Urban EQ Engr. & 7th International Conference on EQ Engr.
2009 - Tokyo Institute of Technology Travel Award, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2002 - The Claire and Simon Benson Award for Outstanding Performance, University of Minnesota
2002 - Graduated Magna Cum Laude, University of Minnesota
2001 - Minnesota Surveyors and Engineer Society Scholarship, University of Minnesota
2001 - James Grant Waits Scholarship, University of Minnesota
2001 - ASCE Scholarship, University of Minnesota
2001 - Outstanding Achievement Award, ASCE, University of Minnesota
2001 - Dean''s List, University of Minnesota
2001 - Chi-Epsilon Honor Society , University of Minnesota
2000 - Sommerfeld Scholarship, University of Minnesota
2000 - Ulland Scholarship, University of Minnesota
2000 - Dean''s List, University of Minnesota
2000 - Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, University of Minnesota