Recognitions & Honors

2026

• Gregor Henze and his co-authors received an American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Best Paper Award.
  Mark Hernandez was recognized as an Indoor Air Fellow by the ISIAQ Academy of Fellows at the Indoor Air 2026 Conference in Singapore.
• Cresten Mansfeldt received the 2026 ISME-IWA BioCluster Rising Star Award from the International Society for Microbial Ecology-International Water Association.
• Dan Frangopol was selected to receive an Honorary Doctorate from Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, to be awarded in Nov. 2026.
• Bernard Amadei, CEAE Distinguished Emeritus Professor, received the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Award of Merit—one of the organization’s highest honors. 
• Srikanth Madabhushi received the Bright Spark Lecture Award at the International Conference on Physical Modeling in Geotechnics (ICPMG).
• Eight CEAE faculty members were named Dean’s Research and Policy Advancement Fellows: Evan Thomas,Sherri Cook, Wil Srubar, Abbie Liel, Ben Livneh, Aditi Bhaskar,Cresten Mansfeldt and Jay Arehart.
• Cresten Mansfeldt was selected for a 2026 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator Fellowship.
• Sheldon Masters and Julie Korak were selected for the 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in Environmental Engineering and Science, by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES).
• Abbie Liel and Wil Srubar were selected as inaugural members of the Sustainability Research Initiative (SRI) Research Fellows cohort.
• Shideh Dashti received a Fulbright award to study the combined impacts of seismic and rainfall-related geohazards.
• Karl Linden was honored with a CU Boulder Exceptional Graduate Student Mentor Award.
• Gregor Henze was awarded the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Fellow status.
• Karl Linden was named Distinguished Professor.
• Cresten Mansfeldt was selected as an inaugural SPIKE Faculty Fellow.

2025

• Anthony Straub earned an NSF CAREER Award.
• Evan Thomas won an International Water Association Career Award for Global Water Impact.
• Wil Srubar was named a fellow of The American Ceramic Society (ACerS), one of the highest honors for researchers in cement chemistry.
• Bernard Amadei, founder of Engineers Without Borders USA and former CEAE professor, was honored by the Boulder Rotary Club with the 2025 Jim Swaeby Peace Award for his global humanitarian work. 
• Bernard Amadei received the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Award of Merit.
• Gregor Henze was honored as an International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) fellow for building simulation research.
• Amy Javernick-Will received the 2025 Peurifoy Construction Research Award, the highest academic honor in construction engineering and management from the American Society of Civil Engineers. 
• Karl Linden received the American Water Works Association's A.P. Black Research Award for his pioneering contributions to UV water treatment technology.
• Dan Frangopol, distinguished professor emeritus, was elected to the 2025 class of National Academy of Engineering for advancing life-cycle civil engineering and leadership in its global development and adoption.
• Shideh Dashti received the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Distinguished Lecture Award for her groundbreaking work in geotechnical earthquake engineering.
• Sherri Cook and Assistant Professor Cresten Mansfeldt were honored by The American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists through its 40 Under 40 Recognition Program.
• Amy Javernick-Will received the Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research, American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Abbie Liel received the National Council of Structural Engineers Association James M. Delahay Award.
• Amir Behzadan is named a CU Boulder Research & Innovation Office Faculty Fellow.
• Wil Srubar/Srubar Lab won the Campus Sustainability Award. 
• Matt Hallowell won the CEAS Textbook Award for his book, “Energy-Based Safety: A Scientific Approach to Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities,” which summarized the research of more than 100 journal papers in reader-friendly terms.
• Ben Livneh won the CEAS Faculty Research Award.
• Ben Livneh was named a CEAS Dean’s Research and Policy Advancement Fellow.
• Assistant Professor Cresten Mansfeldt received the CEAS Faculty Research Advisor/Mentor Award.

2024

• Dan M. Frangopol received an Honorary Doctorate from the Polytechnic University of Timișoara, Romania.
• Rajagopalan Balaji was named an honorary fellow of the Indian Meteorological Society for his pioneering research on Indian monsoon variability and its impacts on public health and flood preparedness.
• Bernard Amadei was awarded Honorary Member, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.
• Amy Javernick-Will received the Pathfinder Award, the highest honor from the Engineering Project Organization Society, recognizing her research on improving disaster response and infrastructure sustainability in resource-limited communities.
• Shideh Dashti won the Campus Sustainability Award.
• Ben Livneh was selected as a CU Boulder Data + Art + Science for Youth (DASY) Fellow.  
• John Zhai won the CEAS Textbook Recognition Award.
• Mark Hernandez, Gregor Henze and Tony Straub were each awarded $125,000 with their researchers and graduate student innovators in CU Boulder's Lab Venture Challenge.

2023

• Dan M. Frangopol was awarded the Medal for Life-Cycle Engineering of Civil Structures (PDF). This award was officially instituted by action of the ASCE Board of Direction on Oct. 18, 2023. According to ASCE "The award recognizes his contributions as a pioneering researcher and educator and leading authority in the fields of life-cycle civil engineering and life-cycle cost optimization. This prestigious award will serve to recognize individuals who follow in his footsteps."
• Yida Zhang received a National Science Foundation CAREER award.
• Rajagopalan Balaji received a Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship from the US Department of State.
• Moncef Krarti received a Fulbright Global Scholar award to explore cultural influences on smart technology adoption in Saudi Arabia and Australia.
• John Zhai received a Fulbright Fellowship to investigate indoor air quality (IAQ) in affordable housing in hot, humid climates, exploring both technical aspects and the impact of cultural practices.
• Civil Engineering society established a medal to honor Dan Frangopol.
• Dan M. Frangopol was elected a corresponding member of the Mexican Academy of Engineering.
• Bernard Amadei was inducted into the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Hall of Fame.
• Karl Linden received the International Ultraviolet Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Wil Srubar won the Schmidt Science Polymaths Award.
• Wil Srubar received the American Ceramics Society (ACerS) Cements Division Early Career Award.
• Wil Srubar was honored as a Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award Nominee.
• Wil Srubar received the Top 25 Newsmakers from Engineering News Record.
• Evan Thomas received the AEESP Award for Global Outreach.
• Rajagopalan Balaji was elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Only three percent of ASCE members hold this prestigious honor. 
• Roseanna Neupauer was elected an ASCE fellow. Only three percent of ASCE members hold this prestigious honor.
• Matt Hallowell received the Edison Electric Institute Thomas F. Farrell Safety Leadership and Innovation Award.
• Chris Senseney won the ASCE Outstanding Faculty Advisor Region 7 award.
• Ross Corotis received the ASCE Shinozuka medal.
• Matt Hallowell was named the K. Stanton Lewis Professor.
• Kyri Baker received the Provost Faculty Achievement Award.
• Ben Livneh was selected as a CU Boulder Colorado Art Science Environment (CASE) Fellow. 
• Joel Sholtes was awarded an Outreach award from the Office of Outreach and Engagement for Crossing the Divide – Dialogue and Mentorship on Upper Colorado River Basin Water Issues.
• Kyri Baker received the CEAS Dean's Performance Award.
• Matt Morris received the John and Mercedes Peebles Innovation in Education Award. The award recognizes faculty in the college who have shown a unique commitment to students demonstrated through innovations in education.
• Julie Korak was named a University of Colorado Boulder Research & Innovation Office (RIO) Faculty Fellow, 2023–2024.

2022

• Dan M. Frangopol was elected an International Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
• Yida Zhang received an Early Career Research Award.
• Gregor Henze received the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Science, Technology, and Innovation to spend a semester at CSIRO in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
• Karl Linden was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award. His research in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia was focused on the water quality issues faced by rural and Indigenous communities.
• Ben Livneh received a Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
• Keith Molenaar received the President’s Award from the Colorado Chapter of American Consulting Engineering Companies.   
• Roseanna Neupauer won the Margaret S. Petersen Award from the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Michael Gooseff received the Robert L. Stearns Award from the CU Boulder Alumni Association.
• Sherri Cook received CU Boulder's Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award.
• Kyri Baker received a CEAS John and Mercedes Peebles Innovation in Education Award. 
• John Crimaldi was honored with the CEAS Outstanding Mentor Award.
• John Crimaldi received the Dean's Performance Award in the area of professional progress.

2021

• Sherri Cook, Mija Hubler and Kyri Baker received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards.
• Keith Molenaar received a Peurifoy Construction Research Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers Construction Institute.
• Shideh Dashti received an American Society of Civil Engineers Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Price award.
• Yida Zhang received an American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) Future Leaders award.
• Bernard Amadei received a Maverick Influencer Award from BuiltWorlds.
• Wil Srubar received a BioEnvironmental Polymer Society (BEPS) Outstanding Young Scientist award.
• Ross B. Corotis was elected as a Fellow of the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
• Ben Livneh was selected as a CU Boulder Research & Innovation Office (RIO) Faculty Fellow.
• Cresten Mansfeldt was part of a Pandemic Scientific Steering Committee and Science Team that received a Robert L. Stearns Award for his efforts on the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020

• Wil Srubar received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award.
• Dan M. Frangopol was elected a member of the National Academy of Construction.
• Dan M. Frangopol was elected as a foreign associate of the Engineering Academy of Japan.
• Ross B. Corotis received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Lifetime Achievement Award in Education.
• Angela Bielefeldt was named a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education.
• John Crimaldi was inducted as Fellow of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
• Mija Hubler was awarded the Leonardo Da Vinci Award from the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute.
• Mija Hubler was a recipient of the Gustavo Colonnetti Medalist, from the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM).
• Bernard Amadei was awarded the seventh honorary doctorate degree of his career, from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at State University of New York.
• Bernard Amadei was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science, SUNY-ESF.
• Karl Linden receives the prestigious Clarke Prize from The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) and the Joan Irvine Smith and Athalie R. Clarke Foundation.
• Scott Summers was awarded the Charles R. O’Melia Distinguished Educator Award by the Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors.
• Karl Linden received the Borchardt-Glysson Water Treatment Innovation prize.
• Angela Bielefeldt was honored with a University of Colorado President’s Teaching Scholar Award (lifetime guild appointment).
• Shideh Dashti received a CU Boulder Provost Faculty Achievement Award.
• Matt Morris received a College of Engineering and Applied Science Charles A. Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award.
• Keith Molenaar received the College of Engineering and Applied Science Outstanding Graduate Advisor award.
• John Crimaldi was honored with the Dean's Faculty Fellow, CU Boulder's College of Engineering and Applied Science.
• John Zhai was awarded the CEAS Faculty Research Award.
• Matthew Morris was awarded the CEAS Max S. Peters Faculty Service Award.
• Kyri Baker received the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Best Paper Award.

2019

• Angela R. Bielefeldt was elected a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education.
• John Crimaldi was elected a fellow of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
• Keith Molenaar was elected a Design-Build Professional Fellow by the Design-Build Institute of America.
• Bernard Amadei received an Honorary Doctor of Science, SUNY-ESF.
• Bernard Amadei received an Honorary Doctor of Science from The College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF).
• Dick Kuchenrither was recognized by the Water Environment Federation (WEF) with the WEF Fellows for Contribution to Water Profession.
• Karl Linden was awarded the Dr. Pankaj Parekh Research Innovation Award from the Water Research Foundation at the American Water Works Association Annual Conference.
• JoAnn Silverstein was awarded the Perry L. McCarty Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Foundation (AEESP) Founders’ Award.
• Karl Linden was selected to receive the Walter J. Weber Jr. AEESP Frontier in Research Award.
• John Zhai was elected a fellow by the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA).
• Ross Corotis was announced as a 2019 OPAL Leadership Award Winner by the American Society of Civil Engineers.The award highlights the lifetime achievements of civil engineers.
• Angela R. Bielefeldt was named a CU Boulder President’s Teaching Scholar, a lifetime guild appointment.
• Joseph Ryan’s Oil and Gas Contamination of Jackson County Waters project received the CU Boulder Outreach Award.
• Matt Morris was honored with a College of Engineering and Applied Science Max S. Peters Faculty Service Award.
• Julie Korak received the Best Paper Award in membrane technology for a paper published in the Journal of the American Water Works Association titled "Nanofiltration to Improve Process Efficiency of Hexavalent Chromium Treatment Using Ion Exchange."

2018

• Dan M. Frangopol was appointed Honorary Professor at Shenyang Jianzhu University (Shenyang, China).
• Rajagopalan Balaji was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
• Sherri Cook received a CU Boulder Bennett-Lindstedt Faculty Fellowship.
• William Becker received an American Water Works Association (AWWA) George Warren Fuller Award.
• Abbie Liel was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers Structural Engineering Institute.
• Yunping Xi received the Eckel Award from the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (CEAE).
• Shideh Dashti received an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award.
• Amy Javernick-Will received the ASCE Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction.
• Ben Livneh received an Early Career Investigator Award in Earth Sciences from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
• Matt Morris received the College of Engineering and Applied Science Top 20 Teaching Performers award.
• Mark Hernandez won a $117,669 grant from CU’s Technology Transfer Office as part of the first annual Lab Venture Challenge.
   

2017

• Dan M. Frangopol was elected an Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy.
• Bernard Amadei was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from Technion in Israel. 
• Michael Gooseff was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.
• Keith Molenaar was elected to the National Academy of Construction.
• Fernando Rosario-Ortiz was selected as the inaugural Emerging Investigator Lecturer by the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) at the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Quality Technology Conference.
• Fernando Rosario-Ortiz was selected as Trustee for the Water Quality and Research Division of the American Water Works Association.
• Wil Srubar received the Engineering News Record (ENR) Mountain States Top 20 Under 40.
• Matt Hallowell was named a University of Colorado President’s Teaching Scholar, a lifetime appointment.
• Keith Molenaar was named CU Boulder's Campus Global Citizen of the Year by the Office of International Education.
• Kyri Baker received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois.

2016

• Dan M. Frangopol received an Honorary Doctorate from the Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano), Milan, Italy.
• Dan M. Frangopol was appointed Honorary Professor at Hunan University (Hunan, China).
• Dan M. Frangopol was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.
• Dan M. Frangopol received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Lifetime Achievement Award in Education.
• Amy Javernick-Will received the Distinguished Professor Award from the Construction Industry Institute.
• Karl Linden was named a Nirit and Michael Shaoul Fellow by Tel Aviv University.
• Bernard Amadei received the Construction Industry Institute's C.H. Dunn Award.
• Bernard Amadei was named a CU Distinguished Professor.
• Roseanna Neupauer received the Best Should Teach Faculty Gold Award.
• Fernando Rosario-Ortiz received a University of Colorado Boulder Provost Faculty Achievement Award.
• Fernando Rosario-Ortiz received a CU Boulder Shaye Faculty Fellowship.
• Matt Hallowell received the Charles Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS).

2015

• Shideh Dashti and Fernando Rosario-Ortiz received National Science Foundation Early CAREER Awards.
• Dan M. Frangopol was appointed Honorary Professor at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University (Melbourne, Australia); Beijing Jiaotong University (Beijing, China); Chongqing Jiaotong University (Chongqing, China); and Changsha University of Science and Technology (Changsha, China).
• Dan M. Frangopol was elected Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe, London).
• Roseanna Neupauer was named a Fulbright Scholar.
• Moncef Krarti was elected as an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow.
• Karl Linden was named a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, University of Tokyo.
• Matt Hallowell received the Outstanding Researcher Award from the Construction Industry Institute.
• Karl Linden received the Pioneer Award in Disinfection and Public Health from the Water Environment Federation.
• Bernard Amadei received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) award (education).
• Bernard Amadei received the Washington Award from the Western Society of Engineers.
• Jennifer Scheib received the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Outstanding New Partnership Award.
• Shideh Dashti received the CEAS Dean’s Faculty Fellowship.
• Fernando Rosario-Ortiz received a CEAS Dean’s Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty.
• Amy Javernick-Will received the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award from the University of Colorado Boulder.
• Roseanna Neupauer was named a CU Boulder President's Teaching Scholar.

2014

• Dan M. Frangopol was appointed Honorary Professor at Dalian University of Technology (Dalian, China).
• Dan M. Frangopol received an Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Iaşi, Romania.
• John Z. Zhai was named an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
• Bernard Amadei received an Honorary Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa) from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
• Gregor Henze received the Endowed Lewis-Worcester Faculty Fellowship.
• Amy Javernick-Will received the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award.
• Karl Linden received the WateReuse Association's WateReuse Person of the Year Award.
• Fernando Rosario-Ortiz received the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Science & Research Division Volunteer Recognition Award.
• Jennifer Scheib received the National Renewable Energy Laboratory President’s Award for Excellence in Campus Development.
• Matt Hallowell held the Beavers Endowed Professorship in Construction Engineering from 2014 to 2021.
• Rajagopalan Balaji received the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) Research Award.
• Amy Javernick-Will received the CEAS Outstanding Advisor Award.
• Fernando Rosario-Ortiz received the CEAS Dean’s Award for Professional Development.

2013

• Matt Hallowell received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
• R. Scott Summers received the A.P. Black Award from the American Water Works Association..
• Dan M. Frangopol was appointed Honorary Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology (Harbin, China).
• Karl Linden was named an Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence Fellow.
• Bernard Amadei was elected to the National Academy of Construction.
• Bernard Amadei received an Honorary Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa) by Drexel University.
• Ross B. Corotis was elected a Charter Fellow of the Engineering Mechanics Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
• Matt Hallowell was named one of Engineering News-Record's (ENR) Mountain States Top 20 Under 40.
• Moncef Krarti received the New Inventor Award from the University of Colorado Boulder.
• Karl Linden received the Boulder Faculty Assembly Research Award.
• Matt Morris received CU Boulder's Marinus Smith Award.
• Matt Hallowell received the Outstanding Advisor Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS).
• Fernando Rosario-Ortiz received the CEAS Student Leadership Council Outstanding Faculty Award.
• Michael J. Brandemuehl received the Max S. Peters Faculty Service Award.

2012

• Abbie Liel received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award.
• Dan M. Frangopol was appointed Honorary Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China) and Chang'an University (Xi'an, Shaanxi, China).
• Bernard Amadei was appointed a Science Envoy for the U.S. Department of State.
• Matt Hallowell was selected as an ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Mentor in 2011 and 2012.
• Amy Javernick-Will was named a Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) Faculty Fellow.
• Amy Javernick-Will was named to Engineering News Record (ENR) Top 20 under 40, Mountain States Region.
• Abbie Liel received a CU IMPART (Implementation of Multicultural Perspectives and Approaches in Research and Teaching) Faculty Fellowship Award.
• Keith Molenaar was elected to the Pan-American Academy of Engineering.
• Michael J. Brandemuehl received the ASHRAE Exceptional Service Award.
• Angela Bielefeldt received the University of Colorado Boulder Outstanding Service Award from the Boulder Faculty Assembly.
• Harihar Rajaram was named a President’s Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder.
• Harihar Rajaram received the Boulder Faculty Assembly Teaching Excellence Award.
• Harihar Rajaram received the Best Should Teach Gold Award from CU Boulder's Graduate Teacher Program.
• Matt Hallowell received the John and Mercedes Peebles Innovation in Education Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS).
• Karl Linden received the CEAS Faculty Research Award.

2011

• Dan M. Frangopol was appointed Honorary Professor at Tianjin University (Tianjin, China) and Southeast University (Nanjing, China).
• Bernard Amadei received an Honorary Doctor of Science from Clarkson University.
• Ross B. Corotis was named a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
• Matt Hallowell received the ASCE New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award.
• Matt Hallowell was selected as an ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Mentor in 2011 and 2012.
• Paul Chinowsky received the Distinguished Service Award from the Engineering Project Organization Society.
• Bernard Amadei was named Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS-CO) Honoree of the Year.
• Gregor Henze received the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association Research and Commercialization Award.
• Roseanna Neupauer received the Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Teaching Award.
• Matt Hallowell received a Dean’s Performance Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

2010

• Dan M. Frangopol was named a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
• Bernard Amadei received a Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) from Carroll College, Helena, MT.
• John Z. Zhai received the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
• John Z. Zhai was selected to participate in the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Symposium and was invited to serve as an organizer for the 2011U.S. FOE Symposium by the National Academy of Engineering.
• Amy Javernick-Will received the CU Boulder ‘Women Who Make a Difference' Award.
• Keith Molenaar was named a CU Boulder Excellence in Leadership Fellow.
• Yunping Xi received a Faculty Fellowship from the University of Colorado Boulder.
• Gregor Henze was named a Founding Fellow of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) served on its executive committee.
• Roseanna Neupauer received the CEAS John and Mercedes Peebles Innovation in Education Award.

2009

• Bernard Amadei was named an Ashoka-Knight Fellow.
• Michael J. Brandemuehl was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
• John Z. Zhai received the William Mong Visiting Research Fellowship in Engineering, The University of Hong Kong.
• Rajagopalan Balaji received the Department of Interior, Partners in conservation award. Award presented to the group by the secretary of Interior in Washington D.C. on May 6, 2009.
• Rajagopalan Balaji received the World Meteorological Organization Norbert Gerbier – MUMM International Award for 2009, for the paper entitled “Unraveling the Mystery of Indian Monsoon Failure During El Nino”, published in SCIENCE, Vol. 314, Oct. 6, 2006.
• Bernard Amadei received the Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award, Center for Global Leadership, Tufts University.
• Bernard Amadei was named a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
• Matt Hallowell received an ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Fellowship.
• Bernard Amadei received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
• Bernard Amadei received the National Ground Water Association Honorary Member Award.
• Paul Chinowsky received the Distinguished Professor Award from the Construction Industry Institute.
• Roseanna Neupauer received the CEAS Sullivan-Carlson Innovation in Teaching Award.

2008

• Dan M. Frangopol received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
• Ross B. Corotis was selected as a Jefferson Science Fellow, U.S. Department of State, 2008-2013.
• Mark Hernandez received the Great Minds in STEM Foundation, Hispanic Educator of the Year award.
• Bernard Amadei received an International Human Rights Award, United Nations Association, Boulder County Chapter.
• Bernard Amadei received a Golden Vector Award of the Pan American Federation of Engineering Associations.
• Bernard Amadei was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
• Bernard Amadei received the Engineering News-Record Award of Excellence.
• Bernard Amadei received Drexel University College of Engineering’s Engineer of the Year.
• Bernard Amadei received the Maurice L. Albertson Medal in Sustainable Development from Village Earth.
• Joseph Ryan received the Pacesetter Award; Science, Medicine and Health from the Boulder Daily Camera.
• Mark Hernandez received the President’s Commendation for Advancing Diversity, University of Colorado System.
• John Crimaldi received a CU Boulder Faculty Fellowship.
• John Z. Zhai received the CU Boulder Green Faculty Sustainability Award.
• Keith Molenaar was named the K. Stanton Lewis Chair of Construction Engineering and Management at CU Boulder.
• Roseanna Neupauer received the CEAS Charles A. Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award.

2007

• John Z. Zhai received the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation Project Award.
• Bernard Amadei received the Hoover Medal from ASCE, ASME, IEEE, AIME and AIChE.
• Bernard Amadei received the Heinz Foundation Award for the Environment (co-recipient).

2006

• Dan M. Frangopol was named the inaugural holder of the Fazlur Rahman Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture at Lehigh University. 
• Keith Molenaar received a Fulbright Scholar Award from the Fulbright Commission of Chile. 
• Joseph Ryan received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Notable Achievement Award as a member of the Lefthand Watershed Revitalization Team.
• Bernard Amadei received a General Palmer Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado.
• Bernard Amadei received a Ralph Coats Roe Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Roseanna Neupauer received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award.
• Roseanna Neupauer received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize.
• Keith Molenaar received the CU Boulder Provost Faculty Achievement Award.
• Ross B. Corotis received the CU Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Teaching Award.

2005

• Ross B. Corotis received the Distinguished Research Prize from the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability.
• Bernard Amadei received the Nayudamma Award from the Nayudamma Center for Development Alternatives in Nellore, India.
• Bernard Amadei received the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) Norm Augustine Award.
• Bernard Amadei received the Service Award for Professional Excellence from Rotary International.
• Bernard Amadei received the Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for Excellence in Engineering Construction (with Engineers Without Borders USA) from the World Federation of Engineering Organizations.

2004

• John Crimaldi received a National Science Foundation Early Faculty Career Development (CAREER) Award.
• Kaspar Willam was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE Class of 2004).

2003

• Kaspar Willam received the Nathan M. Newmark Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
• Bernard Amadei received an E-Achievement Award from E-Town.
• John Crimaldi received the CEAS Charles A, Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award.

2002

• Bernard Amadei received the Colorado Bank One Award for Outstanding Community Outreach and Service.

2001

• Dan M. Frangopol received an Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania.
• Dobroslav Znidarcic was named a Fulbright Scholar.
• Kaspar Willam was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
• Mark Hernandez received the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Advisor to Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation.

2000

• Dan M. Frangopol was elected an Honorary Member of the Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania.
• Ross B. Corotis received the CU Boulder Distinguished Alumnus Award.
• Mark Hernandez received the CEAE Young Researcher Award.

1999

• Harihar Rajaram received the Charles Hutchinson Memorial College of Engineering Teaching Award from the University of Colorado Boulder.
• Kaspar Willam was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
• Dobroslav Znidarcic received the Special Service Award from the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Committee D18.

1998

• Harihar Rajaram received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation's Hydrologic Sciences Program. 
• Kaspar Willam received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award and was named an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow.

1997

• Mark Hernandez received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.