AWARDS

1. ACI (American Concrete Institute) Wason Medal Materials Research (Mar. 2020), for the paper “Dielectric Response of Concrete: Hardening and Hydration Development”, November/December 2018 issue, ACI Materials Journal (publication #20).  This is one of the most meritorious awards internationally in the field of concrete research.
2. University of Manitoba (Apr. 2018), 2018 Civil Engineering Graduating Class Teaching award, Price Faculty of Engineering.
3. University of Manitoba (Sep. 2017), 2016 Merit Award, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Engineering, Combinations of Research and Teaching Excellence Category.
4. Contribution awards (May 2017 and May 2014), in recognition of contribution to the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Manitoba Chapter.
5. Rh Award (Apr. 2016) for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship and Research in the Applied Sciences Category, University of Manitoba and Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation Inc.
6. ACI (American Concrete Institute) Outstanding University Award (Feb. 2019), for the ACI University of Manitoba Student Chapter Activities during 2018; I have been the Student Chapter advisor/Officer since Sept. 2013.
7. ACI (American Concrete Institute) Excellent University Award (Feb. 2017, 2016, 2014), for the ACI University of Manitoba Student Chapter Activities during 2016; I have been the Student Chapter advisor/Officer since Sept. 2013.

HONORS and Recognitions

1. Technical committee member (by invitation in Mar. 2018), Tenth International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Canadian Society for Civil Engineers (CSCE), Aug. 2018, Quebec City, Canada.
2. Member of FRP Group and theme leader of fiber reinforced cementitious composites (invited in Mar. 2017) in SIMTrec, University of Manitoba.
3. Program Committee member (by invitation in Aug. 2014), Fifth International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction, May 2015, Chicago, USA.
4. Nominated by the Head of Department of Civil Engineering (Aug. 2014 and Jan. 2017), University of Manitoba, for Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Advanced Cementitious Materials for Sustainable Civil Infrastructure.
5. Received several letters (2010-2017) of appreciation from the American Concrete Institute (ACI), international, for a number of technical presentations on durability of concrete as well as organizing three technical sessions on physical salt attack, thaumasite sulfate attack, and holistic aspects of sulfate attack on concrete with editing a special publication in 2012, 2014 and 2017, respectively.
6. Selected by the editorial board of Construction Materials as a finalist for the 2010 best paper (journal publication #55) awards of ICE journals, UK.
7. Received a letter of acknowledgment from the school probation committee at Queen’s University Belfast for the high-quality output in research, teaching and administration during the first year of service (2008-2009) in a three-year confirmation of post system (equivalent to the tenure-track system in North America).
8. Nominated by the academic advisor for the 2009 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Doctoral Prize.
9. Nominated by undergraduate students for the 2006-2007 Western Graduate Student Teaching Award.
10. Graduate student award in 2006, for the best research production within the structural materials research group at the University of Western Ontario.
11. Concrete Mixture Designer for the Western Engineering team at the Big Beam Contest (2005), organized by PCI (Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute). The team was awarded the fourth place in the international zone.
12. Received a letter of acknowledgement from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Western Ontario, as one of the best teaching assistants during 2004-2005.