Sugar and Mike Barnes Department Head Chair in Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017
Judge for Edelman Award, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2017
Faculty Exceptional Service Award (ISEN), 2016
Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), 2015
TEES Research Endowment, Texas A&M University, 2014
Chancellor’s One Health Designation, Texas A&M University, 2014
Provost Fellow for Engagement, Purdue University, 2012
Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Transactions, Best Applied Paper Award, 2011
Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Transactions, Best Applied Paper Award, 2008
Purdue University “Seeds for Success” Award, 2006, 2007 (for funded grants exceeding $1M)
James H. Greene Graduate Educator Award, School of IE, Purdue University, 2006
Regenstrief Faculty Scholar, 2005
Kayamori Best Paper Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2002
Best Paper Nomination, Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering (ANNIE) Conference, 2002
Commendation from the U.S. Postal Service, 2002
Best Theoretical Paper, Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, 1998
Outstanding Industrial Engineering Faculty Member, University of Alabama, 1997
Sigma Xi, Research Society, 1995
Phi Kappa Phi, General Academic Honors, 1995
U.S. Department of Energy Integrated Manufacturing Fellowship, 1994
Award of Excellence, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 1994
Outstanding Industrial Engineering Senior, Tennessee Technological University, 1982
Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honors, 1981
Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honors, 1981
Kappa Mu Epsilon, Mathematics Honors, 1980