ExxonMobil Lecture, University of Massachusetts, 2007

Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 2007

Kun Li Award for Excellence in Education, 2007

Pfizer Distinguished Lecture, University of Kansas, 2006.

Kelly Lecture, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 2005

Fellow AIChE, 2004

10th Roger Sargent Lecture, Imperial College, 2003

INFORMS Computing Prize Award, 2003

Fulbright Senior Lectureship, 2003

Fellow INFORMS, 2002

Top 15 Most Cited Author in Computer Science, ISI, 2002

Doctor of Technology h.c., Abo Akademi, 2002

Ashton Cary Lecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002

Best Technical Paper 2000, Computers and Chemical Engineering

University Professor, Carnegie Mellon, 2001

Steven J. Fenves Award for Systems Research, CIT, Carnegie Mellon 2000

Member of National Academy of Engineering, 2000.

Corresponding Member of Mexican Academy Sciences, 2000

Oustanding Technical Achievement in Academic Research, HENAAC, 2000

Best Technical Paper 1998, Computers and Chemical Engineering

Academic Member Mexican Academy of Engineering, 1999

Gambrinus Fellowship, University of Dortmund, 1998-99

William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature, AIChE, 1997

Best Technical Paper 1996, Computers and Chemical Engineering.

Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, CAST Division, AIChE, 1994

Best Technical Paper 1988, Computers and Chemical Engineering.

Mary Upson Visiting Professorship of Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1986-87

Robert W. Vaughan Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1986

Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1984

Medal Best Student of Mexico, National Council of Science and Technology, 1974.