| Award and Honors |
Date |
Edward W. and Jane M. Gutgsell Endowed Professorship |
2008 |
ACSE Computing in Civil Engineering Award |
2008 |
Member, National Academies Committee on Advancing the Productivity
and Competitiveness of the U.S. Construction Industry |
2008 |
Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
|
2007 |
Dean's Distinguished Lecture, Rice University. |
2005 |
Plenary Speaker, National
Academies Convocation on Facilitation Interdisciplinary Research,
Washington DC. |
2004 |
Keynote Speaker at the ASCE 2003 Convention, Information Technology
in Civil Engineering Conference, Nashville, TN. |
2003 |
Plenary Speaker, National
Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Irvine,
CA. |
2003 |
William E. O'Neil Faculty Scholar |
2003-2005 |
Caterpillar Lecture, University
of Iowa |
2001 |
White House PECASE Award |
1999-2004 |
NSF CAREER Award |
1999-2003 |
Cordell W. Hull New Initiatives
in Engineering Education Award |
1998-1999 |
Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation
Fellowship |
1997-1998 |
James H. Ferry Fund Award |
1997-1999 |
Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development
Chair |
1996-1998 |
ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering Best Paper Award |
1995 |
| Panelist, National Academies (NAS/NAE/IOM) Committee on
Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) |
1994 |
Ford Foundation Fellowship |
1991-94 |
NSF Minority Fellowship Honorable Mention |
1991-92 |
Magna Cum Laude Post-Graduate Degree UNPHU |
April 1988 |
Magna Cum Laude Bachelor's Degree UNPHU |
Nov. 1987 |
Valedictorian, UNPHU* Engineering School |
Nov. 1987 |
Dominican Board of Universities Academic Excellence
Award |
Nov. 1987 |
UNPHU* Honor Board |
1982-84, 1985-87 |
Valedictorian, Colegio Evangelico Central |
1982 |
Honor Student, Colegio Evangelico Central |
1978-1982 |
Professional Biography 
