Honors

2019 Prairie View A&M Presidential Medal and Commencement Speaker
2019 Outstanding TMS Paper Award, The Masonry Society.
2019 Arnold D. Kerr Distinguished Lecture, University of Delaware.
2018 John A. Blume Distinguished Lecture, Stanford University.
2018 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Distinguished Lecturer Award.
2016 UC Davis Distinguished Lecturer – College of Engineering.
2016 Selected, Professional Achievement in Academia Award, ADIHA.
2016 Selected, 1804 Haitian American Changemaker Award.
2016 Elected, Fellow, Structural Engineering Institute.
2015 Inducted into UC Berkeley Civil & Environmental Engineering , Academy of Distinguished Alumni.
2015 Elected, Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers.
2015 ASCE Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award.
2014 Distinguished Lecture Series, Northeastern University Department of CEE.
2013 Distinguished Lecturer for Structural Engineering and Mechanics Lecture Series, UCLA.
2012 Georgia Engineer of the Year in Education Award, Georgia Engineering Alliance.
2011 GEM Consortium Alumni of the Year Award.
2011 Richard Carroll Lecturer, John’s Hopkins University.
2010 Subaru Professor of Excellence Award.
2010 John A. Blume Distinguished Lecture, Stanford University.
2010 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor Award, Georgia Institute of Technology.
2009 1st China-America Frontiers of Engineering, Session Chair, National Academy of Engineering.
2007 Walter L. Huber Prize, ASCE.
2007 ANAK Award for Outstanding Research, Teaching, and Service, Georgia Tech.
2006 University Leadership Program, Georgia Tech.
2004 US-Germany Frontiers of Engineering Invitee, National Academy of Engineering
2004 Innovation Award, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
2004 Excellence in Mentoring Award, NASA Sharp Program.
2002 Frontiers of Engineering Invitee, National Academy of Engineering.
2002 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers (PECASE).
2001 National Science Foundation Career Award.
2001 Outstanding Teacher Award, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering.