- Engineer of the Year from the Nebraska Section of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The award is given to an ASABE member of the Nebraska Section to recognize outstanding achievement of an individual in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering field. October, 2009.
- National award in the Innovative Extension Methods and Impact Assessment category, Educational Programs Competition of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for the Nebraska Agricultural Water Management Demonstration Network (NAWMDN). One or two Extension programs in the country are selected for the award; the program was evaluated on the basis of innovation, creativity, and impact. Reno, NV, June 2009.
- New Holland Young Researcher Award presented at the annual American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers for recognition of dedicated use of scientific methodology to seek out facts or principles significant to the agricultural engineering profession. Providence, Rhode Island, July 2, 2008.
- Blue Ribbon Award, ASABE Educational Publications Competition for the publication Drip Irrigation Design and Management Considerations for Windbreaks. Providence, Rhode Island, July 2, 2008.
- Outstanding Young Scientist Award, presented by the UNL Chapter of Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society) for "novel contributions to understanding and optimizing water use in irrigated agriculture." April 2008.
- Distingusihed Extension New Employee Award. Presented by UNL Extension for recognition of outstanding extension programming. Grand Island, NE, October 2007.
- Gamma Sigma Delta (Agricultural Honor Society) in recognition of high scholarship, outstanding achievement or service. Lincoln, NE, October 2007.
- Holling
Family Teaching Excellence Award. Presented by the UNL Institute
of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) and the Nebraska College
of Technical Agriculture (NCTA), the award is given to outstanding faculty
for their innovation, impact and program quality in teaching. March
2007, Lincoln, Nebraska.
- Blue
Ribbon Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological
Engineers (ASABE), in the category of Educational Publications/Factsheets,
for Using Modified Atmometers (ETgage) for Irrigation Management (UNL NebGuide), July 2006.
- Excellent
Service Award, presented by the Environmental and Water Resources
Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
The award was presented for recognition of excellent service to the
2006 EWRI World Environmental and Water Resources Congress through hard
work, support and organization of the track titled “Irrigation
and Drainage Engineering." Omaha, Nebraska, May 2006.
- Best
Practice Paper in the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Award, "Solar and Net Radiation-Based Equations to Estimate Reference
Evapotranspiration" published by Suat Irmak, Ayse Irmak, Richard
G. Allen, and James W. Jones in 2003. The award was presented by the
Irrigation and Drainage Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Environmental and Water
Resources Institute (EWRI).
- Recognized
by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, ASAE, for being at
the top 5% among the technical reviewers for showing exceptional quality
in technical manuscript review for the refereed technical journals of
the society in 2004
- Young
Researcher Award presented by the Florida section of the American
Society of Agricultural Engineers, ASAE, May 2002
- University
of Florida Presidential Recognition Award in recognition of outstanding
achievement and contributions to the University of Florida, April 2000
- Gamma
Sigma Delta (The Honor Society of Agriculture) in recognition of high
scholarship, outstanding achievement and service, March 2000
- Gamma
Beta Chapter of Alpha Epsilon (The Honor Society of Agricultural, Food,
and Biological Engineering), March 1999
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