EMSL (Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory) Large-Scale Research Award, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2023.
Award citation: "The awarded projects represent research that will advance scientific understanding and pioneer new capabilities in each of EMSL’s science areas—Environmental Transformations and Interactions; Functional and Systems Biology; and Computing, Analytics, and Modeling." [Award announcement]
Research title: "Scale-bridging soil imaging and modeling using physics-informed machine learning." [Project link]
Advisor of Maruti Mudunuru, who got the 2016 Melosh Award for the best paper in computational mechanics.
Advisor of Mohammad JOSHAGHANI: Winner of Computational Mechanics Student Competition at EMI 2018, Boston.
In the top 2% (out of over 100,000 students) in the entrance examination for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, 1996.
Secured a rank of 197 out of over 100,000 students all over India in the Roorkee Entrance Examination, 1996.
Received a merit certificate from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), India, for being among the top 0.1% in Mathematics nationwide, 1996.
University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 2025. (University link) (Cullen College news link)
Award citation: "In recognition of outstanding achievement in teaching at the University of Houston."
TAMU Student-Led Award for Teaching Excellence (SLATE), Texas A&M University, 2009.
Andrea Prosperetti Research Computing Faculty Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2023.
Award citation: "The award recognizes tenured and tenure-track faculty within the Cullen College of Engineering who have demonstrated a singular achievement in the prior calendar year in the broadly defined topics of scientific computing and data science."
W. T. Kittinger Teaching Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2019. (College of Engineering News Article)
Award citation: "The W. T. Kittinger Teaching Excellence Award is the highest teaching honor conferred by the Cullen College of Engineering on its full-time faculty and recognizes an extended commitment to excellence in teaching and instruction."
Teaching Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2015.
Award citation: "This award recognizes outstanding teaching by full-time, tenured, or tenure-track faculty in the Cullen College of Engineering."
New Faculty Award, University of Houston, 2012.
2018, Mohammad JOSHAGHANI: Winner of Computational Mechanics Student Competition at EMI 2018, Boston. (UH eNews Coverage)
2016, Maruti MUDUNURU: Melosh Medal, which is given to the best student paper in finite element analysis, Duke University. (Medal website)
2014-2015, Justin CHANG: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Award, awarded based on a research proposal. (UH eNews Coverage)
2025, Kripa ADHIKARI, Andrea Prosperetti Research Computing Student Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston. (UH eNews Coverage)
2023, Kripa ADHIKARI, UH Chevron Energy Fellowship, given based on a research proposal on Geothermal Energy. (UH eNews Coverage) (energy-capital-htx coverage)
2015, Maruti MUDUNURU: Best Dissertation Award, Cullen College of Engineering. (College of Engineering News Article.)
2021, Hsuan-Wen (Sharon) HUANG: Best Dissertation Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. [Co-advised the student with Dr. Yi-Lung Mo.]
2018, FNU WITARTO: Best Dissertation Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. [Co-advised the student with Dr. Yi-Lung Mo.]
2017, Justin CHANG: Best Dissertation Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
2015, Maruti MUDUNURU: Best Dissertation Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.