Honors and Awards

NATIONAL AWARDS

2001 NASA Public Service Medal for pioneering contributions to scientific visualization

1993 University Space Research Association's Creativity and Innovation science award in recognition of pioneering advances in quantitative visual analysis related to satellite remote sensing and numerical modeling

1982 - 1988 Natural Sciences and Eng. Research Council of Canada postgraduate scholarship

MAJOR AWARDS

2002 University of Missouri William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (Highest teaching award given by the University of Missouri with $10,000 grant)

2001 University of Missouri Faculty Performance Award with monetary award

2000, 2001 University of Missouri College of Engineering Outstanding Lab Exhibit Awards with grants of $13,000

1998, 2002 University of Missouri College of Engineering Teaching Award (by Seniors)

1998 NASA Research and Education Network (NREN) Certificate of Appreciation for superior services towards advancing NASA’s efforts in networking research

1998 NASA Technology Commercialization Office and Federal Laboratory Consortium Award of Merit for Excellence in Technology Transfer

1993 NASA Mesoscale Dynamics and Precipitation Branch Outstanding Achievement Award for accomplishments and leadership in the development of software systems for the visualization of large datasets

1990 University of Illinois Research Board Grant

University of Illinois List of Outstanding Teachers

1982 - 1984 University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering postgraduate scholarship

1981, 1980 University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering undergraduate research