Awards & Honors

  1. Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship at Saitama University, Japan, February 16 – March 16, 2014.
  2. “Outstanding Contributions” award given by the 8th International Conference on Road and Airfield Pavement Engineering, July 2013.
  3. Invention disclosure: “A Method to Determine the Stiffness of a Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavement During its Construction” (with Dr. Commuri), February 22, 2011.
  4. IACMAG Outstanding Contribution Award for life-long contributions in geomechanics, 2011
  5. IJOG Excellent Paper Award (2008) given by IACMAG for the paper “Modeling Fully Coupled Oil-Gas Flow in Dual-Porosity Medium” (R. Nair, Y. Abousleiman, M. Zaman), Int. J. of Geomech., ASCE, Vol. 5, 2005, pp. 326-338.
  6. Chandra Desai Medal (2005) from the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG).
  7. David Ross Boyd Professorship (2003, life-time teaching award for outstanding contributions to teaching).
  8. Kerr-McGee Presidential Professor (1997-2001).
  9. Agilent Technologies Award for Excellence in Laboratory Instruction, ASEE (2000)
  10. ASEE Midwest Section Teaching Excellence Award (1998)
  11. College of Engineering Distinguished Lectureship Award (1997).
  12. Citation of Meritorious Achievement by International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England (1996).
  13. Who’s Who in the World (1995, 1996).
  14. Who’s Who in South and Southwest (1995).
  15. C.S. Desai Biennial Prize, Indian Geotechnical Society (1994) for the best paper published in Indian Geotechnical Journal during 1991-1992.
  16. IACMAG Award for significant contribution in Constitutive Laws and Application (1994).
  17. Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (1993, 1996/1997).
  18. Regents’ Award for Superior Research and Creative Activity, The University of Oklahoma (1992).
  19. Regents’ Award for Superior Teaching, The University of Oklahoma (1990).
  20. CoE Distinguished Lectureship Award, College of Engineering (for a five year period: 9/88 to 9/93).
  21. National Science Foundation Travel Award to attend the International Symp. on Tunnelling for Water Resources and Power Projects, held in New Delhi, India, 19-23 Jan., 1988.
  22. Summer Faculty Research Participation Fellowship, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois (1987).
  23. Associates Distinguished Lectureship Award, College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma (1986, 1987).
  24. Outstanding Young Men of America – 1983, 1984, 1986 by U.S. Jaycees
  25. Young Faculty Development Award, College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman (1985).
  26. Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship, University of Oklahoma (1985).
  27. Young Faculty Development Award, College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman (1984).
  28. Annual Dissertation Award, College of Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson (1983).
  29. Merit Award (given to top student of the year), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka (1975).
  30. Merit Scholarship, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1970-1975).