Awards
Professional Awards
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2002
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002
Sloan Pre-Tenure Leave Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2004
Young Engineer of the Year, Northeast Agricultural and Biological Engineering Conference (NABEC), 2005
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)/Montgomery Watson Harza Master's Thesis Award, Second Place (with Ilisa Tawney), 2006
Presidential Council of Alumnae, Michigan Technological University, 2007
Junior Faculty Award, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, 2007
Distinguished Service Award For Outstanding Service as Chair of the AEESP Awards Committee, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), 2010
Post-undergraduate Awards
First Place Student Paper Award, Illinois Water Environment Association, 1992
Department of Education Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1992-1993
Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University, 1993-1994
Robert A. Canham Award, Water Environment Federation, 1993
Montgomery-Watson and Association of Environmental Engineering Professors (AEEP) Master's Thesis Award, First Place, 1993
Sustaining Member Student Travel Grant Award, American Society for Microbiology, 1997
National Science Foundation Engineering Education Scholar, 1998
Undergraduate Awards
United States Scholarship, Michigan Technological University, 1984-1989
Naperville Garden Club Scholarship, 1984-1989, 1990-1992
Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society, 1986
Awards to Graduate and Undergraduate Student Advisees
Maryland Water Resources Research Center Summer Research Assistantship (awarded to Carey Nagoda), 2002
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results (STAR) graduate fellowship (awarded to Carey Nagoda), 2003 (declined)
Second Place, Student Paper Competition, Chesapeake Water Environment Association (CWEA) (awarded to Jason North), 2003
Maryland Water Resources Research Center Summer Research Assistantship (awarded to Emily Devillier), 2004
American Water Works Association (AWWA) Larson Aquatic Research Support (LARS) Scholarship (awarded to Ilisa Tawney), 2004
The Fifth International Battelle Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Student Paper Competition Winner (awarded to Ilisa Tawney), 2006
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)/Montgomery Watson Harza Master's Thesis Award, Second Place (awarded to Ilisa Tawney), 2006 (also listed above under Personal Awards)
Maryland Water Resources Research Center Summer Research Assistantship (awarded to YenJung Lai), 2008
Graduate School Dean's Award for Outstanding Scholarship Award, Michigan Technological University Graduate School (awarded to Eric Wesseldyke), 2011
National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Honorable Mention (awarded to Eric Wesseldyke), 2011
National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship (awarded to Jennifer Fuller), 2012-2015
Civil and Environmental Engineering (Michigan Technological University), Nicole Bloom Award for Environmental Sustainability (awarded to Christa Meingast), 2013
