• 2006 Kirwan Undergraduate Education Award of the University of Maryland
• 2005 Maryland Professor of the Year, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
• 2004 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, University System of Maryland Board of Regents.
• Elected to the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995.
• 1992 Achievement Award for Contribution to Science of the University of Maryland Sigma Xi Chapter.
• Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1989.
• 1987-88 Distinguished Scholar - Teacher, University of Maryland, College Park.
• 1984 Achievement Award in the Engineering Sciences of the Washington Academy of Science.
• Bourse de Haut Niveau de Ministre d'Education et Research (France), 1996-97 (sabbatical leave).
• Delegation Generale a la Research Scientific et Technique Fellowship (France), 1981-82 (sabbatical leave).
• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Fellowship, 1971-72.
• British Ministry of Technology Fellowship, 1966-1969.
• U.S. Geological Survey Fellowship, 1962-1963.
• Armco Steel Scholarship, 1959-1960.