Honors and Awards

2024

• Recipient of the 2024 RCE Award for Innovative Projects on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) - Honourable Mention, United Nations University. Project title: Municipal solid waste recycling and disposal behaviors in a mid-sized Canadian city during a global pandemic. (RCE Saskatchewan flagship project)

• Recipient of the 16th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: Environmental sustainability of Canadian agri-food systems.

• Recipient of the 16th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: Sustainability and resilience of Canadian waste management sectors.

• Recipient of the 16th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: The use of satellite imagery to quantify construction and demolition waste.

• Recipient of the 16th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: The role of BIM technologies in sustainable construction and demolition waste management.

• Recipient of the 16th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: E-waste collection and stewardship programs in Canada.

• Nominated for the FGSR Award for Outstanding Graduate Supervision, University of Regina 

2023

• Recipient of the 15th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: Municipal Solid Waste Modeling During COVID-19.

• Nominated for the Dorothy Killam Fellowship by the President Office

• Nominated for the Lieutenant Governor’s Post-Secondary Teaching Award - Distinguished Teaching by the President Office

• Nominated by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and the President Office at University of Regina for the Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education, Engineers Canada  

• Nominated for the FGSR Award for Outstanding Graduate Supervision, University of Regina  

• Nominated for the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Teaching Excellence Award, University of Regina  

2022

• Recipient of the 14th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: Mapping Probable Illegal Dumping Sites using Remote Sensing Indices.

• Recipient of the 14th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: Design of a Soil Farm for Mosaic Potash Belle Plain. 

• Nominated for the FGSR Award for Outstanding Graduate Supervision, University of Regina  

2021

• Recipient of the 2020-2021 Top Reviewer Award - Waste Management, Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam 

• Recipient of the 13th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: Designing A Small-Scale Styrofoam Composting System.  

2020

• Recipient of the 12th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: Design of a Conceptual Water Distribution System for the Village of Meath Park.  

• Nominated by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and the President Office at University of Regina for the Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education, Engineers Canada  

2019

• Certificate of Appreciation from the CSCE President for my service as the Technical Co-Chair of the 17th International Environmental Conference  

• Winner of Innovation Challenge Saskatchewan, Waste Diversion Challenge. Ministry of Environment and Innovation Saskatchewan, Canada  

• Recipient of the 11th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: Utilizing Landfill Waste Heat as a Heat Source for a City of Regina Facility.  

• Nominated by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and the President Office at University of Regina for the Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education, Engineers Canada  

2018

• Recipient of the 10th RCE Education for Sustainability Recognition Award, Saskatchewan Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Canada. Project title: University of Regina Sustainable Solid Waste Management Workshops.  

• Nominated by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan for the Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education, Engineers Canada  

2017

• McMaster Engineering Top 150 Alumni for Canada’s Sesquicentennial, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, Canada 

• Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam - Waste Management (Jul 2017); Sustainable Cites and Society (Nov 2017)

• University of Regina President's Award for Teaching Excellence, Centre for Teaching and Learning 

2016

• Finalist, the University of Regina Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching 

• Nominated by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science for the University of Regina President's Award for Teaching Excellence, Centre for Teaching and Learning 

2015

• Certificate of Appreciation from the CSCE President for my service as the Technical Program Chair/Coordinator at the Regina Annual Conference 

• Nominated by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science for the University of Regina President's Award for Teaching Excellence, Centre for Teaching and Learning 2015

• Finalist, the University of Regina Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching 2015

2014

• Featured in "Construction Innovations in Hong Kong - A Catalogue", City University of Hong Kong 

2012

• ECR Supplement, National Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada 2012-2017

• 2012 ERWI-ASCE Best Practice-Oriented Paper Award, JHTRW, Environmental & Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers  

2011

• Vice-President (Research) Scholarly Research Award (Formerly VPRO Bridge Funding), University of Regina, Canada  

2010

• Grand Prize, HKIE Innovation Awards for Young Members 2010 (Category I - An Invention), The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Hong Kong  

2009 or before

• University Postgraduate Studentship, HKUST, Hong Kong, 2004-2008

• Departmental Best Teaching Assistant Award, HKUST, Hong Kong, 2007

• UGC Research Travel Grant, HKUST, Hong Kong, 2007

• Departmental Best Teaching Assistant Award, HKUST, Hong Kong, 2006