2014 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) National Conference Faculty Fellowship.

Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award, winter 2013.

2011- 2013 Provost Teacher Scholars Program Fellow

2012 USDA E. Kika De La Garza Science Fellow, summer 2012.

2011 CPP Lyle Center Faculty Fellow

Department of Civil Engineering Student Award to the Most Caring Professor, spring 2011.

Assistant mentor for the Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) teaching workshop of the ASCE, West Point Military Academy, summer 2010, 2011 and 2012. Invited by ASCE ExCEEd.

2009 ASCE ExCEEd Fellow

Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Member of the California Water Environment Association /Water Environment Federation

Member of the American Chemical Society

Member of the Groundwater Resources Association of California

Member of the Environmental Engineering and Science Professors

Advisor for the California Water Environment Association, Cal Poly, Pomona, Student Chapter

Co-advisor for the Engineers without Borders Cal Poly, Pomona, Student Chapter

Member of the Graduate Studies Committee , CE Department

Member of the Assessment and Accreditation Committee, CE Department

Member of the Recruitment and Retention Committee, CE Department

Member of the Teaching Methods Committee, CE Department (ad-hoc)

Member of the Strategic Planning Committee, CE Department (ad-hoc)

Student Advisor

CPP ADVANCE member

UR Bronco Representative for the College of Engineering

Maximizing Engineering Potential associated faculty

Sustainability Faculty Learning Community, 2009-2010

Visting Associate Researcher, Department of  Chemical and Environmental Engineering , UCR, spring-summer 2015.

Reduction of Arsenic bio-availability research project, summer 2012, in collaboration with Dr. Moore USDA-ARS scientist.

Development of a Water Education Project, in collaboration with Golden State Water Company spring 2012.

Visiting Scientist, Groundwater Management Division. Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) June 22 to September 10, 2010. Work funded by the ADVANCE career award Cal Poly, Pomona.

Decentralized microfiltration wastewater treatment facility, technical support to the Water Action Group, Claremont CA

Nutrient loss in runoff from a Golf Course, Kansas

Bio availability of zinc, cadmium and lead under submerged conditions in contaminated soil systems. Analysis done by means of synchrotron light, Advance Photos Source, Illinois. Kansas

Surface water testing, Kansas Watershed Restoration Plan

Environmental and Remediation Research Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, KSU: a) Use of enzymes to remediate pesticide derivatives in contaminated soils, b) Investigation of oxidative cross-coupling of phenols. Use of HPLC, radioactive tracers and NMR.

Ballasted flocculation and analysis of surfactants in wastewater. Black & Veatch Corporation.