Received the Award for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). “This award recognizes those who have distinguished themselves through contributions to the welfare of mankind in the field of industrial engineering. The contributions are of the highest caliber and nationally or internationally recognized,” 2017.

Inducted into the inaugural Cowboy Academy of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) at Oklahoma State University, 2016.

Received the Distinguished Alumni Award in Academic and Research Excellence from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 2013.

Received the Best Paper Award for a paper presented at the 22nd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2012), Helsinki, Finland, June 10-13, 2012. From over 210 abstracts submitted for the conference, 122 papers were selected after review to be published in the conference proceedings and presented at the conference.

AcademicKey's Who's Who in Engineering Higher Education (WWEHE), 2012.

Received the Best Paper Award, based both on paper content and presentation, for a paper presented at the 2009 International Conference on Value Chain Sustainability (ICOVACS 2009) held on October 19-21, Louisville, KY, USA.

Elected Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), 2009.

Marquis Who’s Who in America, 56th Edition, New Providence, NJ, 2002.

Fulbright Scholarship, University of Science, Malaysia, awarded by the Fulbright Commission in Washington, D.C. and Malaysia, June-September 2000.

Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, June-August, 1997.

"Most Favorite Teacher of the Year - 1996," awarded by the IISE Student Chapter at Oregon State University.

Boeing A.D. Welliver Fellowship Award, The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA., June-August, 1996.

Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Award, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) – McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento, CA., June-August, 1995.

"Outstanding Industrial Engineering Faculty Member in Appreciation of Excellence in Teaching for 1987-88," awarded by the IISE Student Chapter at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

Graduated with a straight A (4.0/4.0) GPA in all courses taken for the PhD degree received from the School of Industrial Engineering and Management at Oklahoma State University.

Honorary award citation, for high standards of academic excellence, in the U.S. National Dean's List 1982-83.

Received a full scholarship from Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, Germany for pursuing a master's degree in industrial engieering and management at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.

Ranked first in the First Examination in Engineering held at the University of Sri Lanka.

Student Awards

My PhD student, Mohammad Yazdani, received the 2013 IE Outstanding GRA Award in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University.

My PhD student, Mohammad Yazdani, received the First Place Award in the Doctoral Poster Competition for his poster titled "Group Scheduling in Electronics Manufacturing with Integration of Internal and External Setup Times," from among 43 doctoral poster presentations that were made at the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC 2013), held May 19-22, 2013, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

My PhD student, Yasaman Mehravaran, received the 2012 IE Outstanding GRA Award in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University.

My MS student, Lijuan Wang, received the 2008 IE Outstanding GRA Award in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University.