HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS



  1. Alvin & Sally Beaman Distinguished Professorship, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

  2. Civil & Environmental Engineering Award for Excellence in Research, UTK

  3. Honored/Plenary Session Speaker for 11th to 17th COTA (Chinese Overseas Transportation Association) International Conference of Transportation Professionals in plenary sessions, Nanjing, Beijing, Shenzen, Changsha, Beijing, Shanghai, & Nanjing, China.

  4. Shining Star Award in 2010, Old Dominion University, for commitment to students’ academic, professional & personal development

  5. Frank Batten endowment at Old Dominion University ($1.5 Million endowment)

  6. National recognition: Ranked 4th in terms of faculty with the greatest number of publications in national survey of 84 US planning schools & 856 planning faculty members, Stiftel B. et al. Faculty Quality at U.S. Graduate Planning Schools: A National Research Council-Style Study, Journal of Planning Education & Research, 24:1.

  7. Awarded W.R. Kenan competitive leave, UNC-Chapel Hill, with $4000 cash award

  8. Best paper awards, 1) Committee on Pedestrians, 2) Safety Data, Analysis & Evaluation, Transportation Research Board, National Academies

  9. Invited by the Government of France & China to help develop research & development agenda on Intelligent Transportation Systems

  10. Recognized as person with extra-ordinary ability, U.S.

  11. Center for Urban & Regional Studies Award for Excellence in Research, UNC-CH

  12. Faculty Development Award UNC-CH Foundation

  13. TNT North America Scholarship for graduate studies, Northwestern University

  14. Transportation Center Dissertation Year Fellowship, Northwestern University