Team for success! Our research has received:
- 2023, Best Paper Award, CIBW099W1234 Conference, CIB International Council for Research & Innovation in Building & Construction, Porto, Portugal.
- 2022, 1st Price , First Metaverse Hackathon in Construction, 22nd International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR), Seoul, Korea.
- 2020 Top Choice in Research Innovation, for “Early risk prediction and proactive prevention”, Dean of Engineering, Aarhus University, Denmark.
- 2020 1st Prize, Auf IT Gebaut, Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Co-advisor of Marcel Neuhausen and Dennis Pawlowski, Ruhr University Bochum), Munich, Germany.
- 2019 Tucker-Hasegawa Award, International Association for Automation and Robotics in Constrction, Banff, Canada.
- 2018 Ministry of Infrastructure Development, United Arab Emirates, Recognition for Safe Virtual Construction Testbed Environment, Berlin, Germany.
- 2018 CII CETI Award for Construction Engineering and Technology Innovation, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
- 2017 AEC Hackathon Award, Germany, Best Mash-up of Technologies, Autodesk @ TUM Department of Architecture and Leonhard Obermeyer Center, Munich, Germany.
- 2017 2nd Place, VDBUM-Förderpreis, Verband der Baubranche, Umwelt- und Maschinentechnik GmbH, Willingen, Germany.
- 2017 2nd and 3rd Prizes, Auf IT Gebaut, Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Mentor of Olga Golovina and Thomas Hilfert, Ruhr University Bochum), Munich, Germany.
- 2016 Best Paper Award, International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), Auburn, Alabama, U.S.A.
- 2016 1st Prize, Auf IT Gebaut, Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Industry mentor of Kevin Schwabe, Ruhr University Bochum), Munich, Germany.
- 2015 1st Prize, Auf IT Gebaut, Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Berlin, Germany.
- 2014 Outstanding Reviewer Award, American Society for Civil Engineering (ASCE), Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.
- 2013 Best Academic Poster Award, 30th Annual Conference of the Construction Industry Institute (CII), Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
- 2012 Outstanding Reviewer Award, American Society for Civil Engineering (ASCE), Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.
- 2012 Best Integrated Building Information Modeling (BIM) Solution to Enhance Safety, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), Marina Bay, Singapore.
- 2012 Best Academic Poster Award, 29th Annual Conference of the Construction Industry Institute (CII), Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
- 2012 Best Poster Award, Second Prize, Construction Research Congress, “Algorithms for Automated Operator Visibility and Proximity Hazard Evaluation” West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.
- 2012 Best Poster Award, Second Prize, Association for Iron and Steel Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
- 2012 JSPS Invitation Fellowship Program for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
- 2012 CETL/BP America Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
- 2011 Distinguished Professor Award, Construction Industry Institute (CII), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- 2011 Curriculum Partner Award, Construction Industry Institute (CII), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- 2010 FIATECH CETI Award, Outstanding Early Career Award for Construction Engineering and Technology Innovation, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
- 2010 Best Paper Award, Construction Research Congress (CRC), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)/Construction Institute (CI), Banff, Canada.
- 2009 Bill Schutz Junior Faculty Teaching Appreciation Award, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
- 2008 Best Poster Award, 25th Anniversary Conference of the Construction Industry Institute (CII), Keystone, Colorado, U.S.A.
- 2007 Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Teaching Fellowship, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, U.S.A.
- 2007 Best Paper Award, International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), Cochin, Kerala, India.
- 12 Presidential Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, U.S.A.
- 1 Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) scholarship
- 1 Georgia engineering student of the year award
- Several construction scholarships and fellowships