- Quarterly Kudo’s Awards – Job Well Done, National Science Foundation/MPS/Division of Mathematical Science June 2015
- Guest professor at Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, School of Information Technology, Nanchang, China. 7.2011-7.2014
- Elected for Emerging Research Fronts in Mathematics 2006
- Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award 2005
- Senior Member IEEE 2004
- Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow 2000
- Honorable Mention in the Modeling Competition in Mathematics 1993
- Hua-Wei Fellowship (Prize given to one student per department) 1992
- University Fellowship 1990 – 1991
- Zhang-Zong-Zhi Fellowship (the highest award for freshman). USTC 1989