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Honor/Awards

Miller Scholar Award, FY2010-2011, School of Engineering, the University of Kansas

 

Recognition Award for Establishing GeoShanghai International Conference, 2010 GeoShanghai Organizing Committee, June 3, 2010

 

Miller Scholar Award, FY2007-2008, School of Engineering, the University of Kansas

 

Best Paper Award, Soil Mechanics Section, Transportation Research Board, 2008

 

Miller Professional Development Award for Distinguished Service to the Engineering Profession, FY2006-2007, School of Engineering, the University of Kansas

 

Bellows Scholar Award, FY2005-2006, School of Engineering, the University of Kansas

 

Recognition Honor for Outstanding Contributions to the Organization of GeoShanghai International Conference 2006, Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University, China, June 2006

Widener Faculty Development Option Award, awarded on March 3, 2003

Member of Organizing Committee and Session Chair, the 1st World Forum of Chinese Scholars in Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China, August 21-23, 2003

Chair of Sessions, Use of Wastes in Construction and Landfill Covers and Liners, the 18th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, USA, March 23-26, 2003

Who's Who, Americas Registry of Outstanding Professionals, 2003-2004

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Short-Term Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and recommended by U.S. National Science Foundations, 2002

Invited speaker for Panama Geotechnical Community, Fall, 2002

Chair of Session, Advances in Land Disposal and Remediation, the Seventeenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, October 21-24, 2001

Invited Top Name Speaker, Geosynthetic-Reinforced and Pile Supported Embankments, ASCE/Pa DOT Geotechnical Seminar, Hershey, PA, April 14-16, 1999

Whatever It Takes - Outstanding Technology and Software Development Award, Tensar Earth Technologies, Inc., 1998

Distinguished Future Leader in Geosynthetics, presented by the North American Geosynthetic Society and the Industrial Fabrics Association International, 1997. 

Finalist Paper for the General Award Competition at the Conference of Geosynthetics 97

Finalist Paper for the Student Paper Award Competition at the Conference of Geosynthetics 97

Co-author of the 2nd Best Book, Soil Improvement and Underpinning, awarded by Ministry of Construction, the People's Republic of China, December 1996

Outstanding Young Faculty in Tongji University, 1992 & 1993

Outstanding Young Faculty in Shanghai, 1992

Invited Keynote Speaker, Stone Column Technologies, the 3rd Chinese Soil Improvement Conference, Qengwangdao, P.R. China, 1992

Invited Keynote Speaker, Underpinning, the 3rd Chinese Soil Improvement Conference, Qengwangdao, P.R. China, 1992

Soft Soil Session Chair, First Young Asian Geotechnical Engineers Conference, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand, January 7, January 11, 1991