Awards & Honors

• Fellow member Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), (Elected 2008), Chairman IIE Fellows (2010-2011), IIE Fellow Selection Committee Member (2010-2013).
• National Maritime Security Advisory Committee, Appointed by Tom Ridge, Inaugural Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, December, 2004–2007.
• Distinguished Alumnus, Department of Industrial Systems Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering University of Houston, selected in 2006.
• ABET visitor representing IISE, 2002- present.
• Honorary President, International Conference on Computer, Communication, and Control Technologies CCCT’ 03.  July 31-Aug. 2, 2003, Orlando, Florida.
• International Advisory Committee Member, International Conference on Manufacturing, Dacca, Bangladesh, August, 2002.
• Victor A. Zaloom Leadership in Quality Scholarship at Lamar at University
• Phi Kappa Phi, Elected as student
• Dean’s List, 5 of 6 eligible terms College of Engineering, University of Florida