Honors and Awards

Paul K. Shumaker Endowed Professorship, January 2006
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career (CAREER) Award, July 2005
NSF CAREER award is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the most prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. This award gives $500,000 funds to support research and education endeavors from July 2005 to June 2010.
College of Engineering Junior Faculty Research Award
This award publicly recognizes a College of Engineering junior faculty, who have distinguish research achievement, during the Missouri Honor Awards Banquet on March 11, 2005.
Outstanding CE/CS Professor Awards (F01, F02, S04, S05, and F05)
This award publicly recognizes a faculty member during the annual Fall or Spring Commencement ceremony. It is given by the graduating seniors to a faculty member they feel has significantly impacted their education.
Faculty Performance Award for FY 2000
University of Missouri, Columbia, September 2001
In September of each year, the University of Missouri awards Faculty Performance Share options to faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding performance in the previous school year.