Outstanding Researcher Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996-97
Registered Professional Engineer State of Utah, 1996
Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004
Outstanding Researcher Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2005-06
EWRI Expression of Appreciation Environmental and Water Resources Institute, Annual Congress, Omaha, NE, May 2006
Outstanding Researcher Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006-07
Outstanding Researcher College of Engineering, 2006-07
Associate Editor Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2006-present
Outstanding Researcher College of Engineering, 2007-08
Robins Award for Faculty Researchers of the Year Utah State University, 2007-08
Diplomate American Academy of Water Resources Engineers, 2008
Invited Keynote Speaker International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (WEES), National Institute of Hydrology, India, January 2009
Invited Keynote Speaker Second International Conference on Water: Values and Rights. Palestinian Academy for Science and Technology, Jericho, Palestine, April 2009
EWRI Expression of Appreciation as the Chair of the Watershed Council Environmental and Water Resources Institute, Annual Congress, Rhode Island, May 2010
Invited Keynote Speaker 5th International Groundwater Conference (IGWC-2012), Association of Geologists and Hydrogeologists, India, December 2012
Fellow, Environmental and Water Resources Institute, 2014