Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards:
ASCE Fellow, 2023, American Society of Civil Engineers.
John O. Bickel Award, 2023, American Society of Civil Engineers. Awarded for paper entitled “Trajectory-Based Skill Learning for Overhead Construction Robots Using Generalized Cylinders with Orientation" published in Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, March 2022.
Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, 2022, American Society of Civil Engineers.
Arthur M. Wellington Prize, 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers. Awarded for the paper entitled “Evaluation of Preference and Constraint Sensitive Path Planning for Assisted Navigation in Indoor Building Environments” published in Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, June 2020.
Collingwood Prize, 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers. Awarded for the paper entitled “Evaluation of Preference and Constraint Sensitive Path Planning for Assisted Navigation in Indoor Building Environments” published in Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, June 2020.
Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service as Construction Research Council Chair, 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers Construction Institute (ASCE CI).
CEE Department CEEFA Award, 2018, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan.
Alfred Noble Prize, 2017, American Society of Civil Engineers. Awarded for the paper entitled “Modeling the Effect of Building Stakeholder Interactions on Value Perception of Sustainable Retrofits,” published in Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, July 2015.
Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction, 2017, American Society of Civil Engineers.
Outstanding Early Career Researcher (1-10 years) Award, 2017, Fiatech CETI (Celebration of Engineering and Technology Innovation).
Best Paper Award, 2016, 33rd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2016). Awarded for paper entitled: "Semi-Autonomous Mobile Robots for Ambient Data Collection in Indoor Environments".
CEE Department Excellence Award, 2016, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan.
Outstanding Reviewer, 2015, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE.
Best Paper Award, 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Journal of Management in Engineering. Awarded for paper entitled: “Determining the Optimal Premium for ADR Implementation Insurance in Construction Dispute Resolution”.
Distinguished Professor Award, 2015, Construction Industry Institute (CII). This award recognizes faculty who integrate professional practice into their teaching by incorporating published CII research findings in the courses they teach.
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2014 – 2019, Awarded from the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) in the Engineering Directorate for the proposal “Career: Multi-Level Occupancy Intervention, Simulation and Education for Energy Reduction in Existing Buildings”.
John L. Tishman Construction Management Faculty Scholar, 2013 - present, University of Michigan.
Best Paper Award, 2013, ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering. Awarded for paper entitled: "Influence of Social Sub-networks on Energy Conservation from Occupancy Interventions in a Typical US Commercial Building".
Distinguished Young Alumni Award, 2013, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, American University of Beirut (AUB). This award honors young alumni for their overall career accomplishments and contributions to the profession, their community, and service to AUB.
Outstanding Reviewer, 2010, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE.
Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Fellowship, 2010, ASCE. One of 24 U.S. Civil Engineering Faculty selected for $2,500 teaching fellowship and workshop.
M. A. Mortenson Company Assistant Professor in Construction Engineering and Management, 2009 - 2013, University of Wisconsin – Madison.
William E. O'Neil Pre-Doctoral Fellow, 2007, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). A merit based scholarship awarded to the most deserving new student entering the Ph.D. program in construction engineering and management.
Dispute Resolution Board Foundation Certificate of Appreciation, 2006, Certificate of appreciation from the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation for the best presentation at the Foundation's 10th Annual Meeting and Conference.
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2006, UIUC. Honors high level of exemplary scholarship across all disciplines. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent graduate students.
Dean's Honor List, 1992-1995, AUB. Honors students who attain an overall academic average greater than or equal to 85/100 or rank in the top 10 percent in their class.