Distinguished Professor of Engineering Award, College of Engineering, 2001

General Electric Senior Research Award, ASEE, 1999

Steven Fenves Award for Excellence in Systems Research, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998

E.V. Murphree Award, American Chemical Society, 1997

Founders Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1995

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellow, 1993

University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, 1992

Best paper award, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 1991

Fifth Jerry McAfee Award, Pittsburgh Section, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, April 1990

Institute Lecture, Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, CA, 1989

Engineering News Record Citation for Contributions to the Construction Industry, 1989

William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1987

Member of National Academy of Engineering, 1987

Hougen Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, August 1984-June 1985

Computers and Systems Technology (CAST) Division Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1983

John E. Swearingen Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1982-present

ASEE Chemical Engineering Division Award (3-M Award), 1981