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Honors and Awards
- 2006 Board of Directors, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
- 2006 Honorary Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- 2005-2006 President, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
- 2005 Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- 2004 Reviewer Award, Environmental Science and Technology
- 2003-2006 Board of Directors, Nicaragua’s Water Management Agency (ENACAL)
- 2003 Consul of Nicaragua for Iowa (ad honorem)
- 2003 Best Poster Award, EPA International Applied Phytotechnologies Conference. Chicago, IL
- 2002 Research project of the year award, SERDP cleanup division, Department of Defense.
- 2002-2006 Board of Directors, Assoc. Env. Engrg. and Science Professors (AEESP)
- 2002 Editorial Board Member of Bioremediation and Bioavailability, The Scientific World
- 2000 Awarded the Button of the City of Valencia, Venezuela, by the Mayor of the City
- 2000 Best Student Paper Award, Battelle 6th Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, CA
- 1998 The UI Collegiate Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Iowa
- 1997 Participant, National Academy of Engineering’s Symposium: Frontiers of Engrg.
- 1997 Best Student Paper Award, WEF 70th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
- 1997 Listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
- 1997 Appointed Adjunct Professor, Universidad Autónoma de México, Mexico, D.F.
- 1996 Honored Member, Strathmore’s Who’s Who Register of Business Leaders
- 1996 Listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and Who’s Who in Environ. Engrg.
- 1996 Awarded the Alejo Zuloaga Medal by the Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela
- 1995 Inducted into the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, Diplomate Status
- 1995 Career Award, National Science Foundation.
- 1995 Best Paper Award, EPA Hazardous Substance Research Center for Regions 7 and 8
- 1995 Appointed Adjunct Professor, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil
- 1995 Old Gold Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa
- 1994, 2002 Elected to The University of Iowa Faculty Senate
- 1994 Old Gold Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa
- 1992 Outstanding Presentation Award, AIChE Summer Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
- 1992 The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- 1991 The Outstanding Achievement Award in Environmental Engineering, U. of Michigan
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