| 1988 |
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award |
| 1988 |
Dow Teaching Excellence Award |
| 1989 |
DuPont Young Faculty Award |
| 1989, 91 |
Observer for United States, IUPAC General Assembly |
| 1994 |
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (Chemistry) |
| 1995 |
Inventor Recognition Award, Semiconductor Research Corporation |
| 1996 |
Teaching Excellence Award, School of Chemical Sciences, UIUC |
| 2000 |
Fellowship for Study in a Second Discipline (Philosophy), UIUC |
| 2001 |
Fellow, American Vacuum Society |
| 2004-06 |
IEEE Electron Device Society Distinguished Lecturer |
| 2004 |
Beckman Associate, Center for Advanced Study, UIUC |
| 2005 |
Excellence in Advising Award, College of Engineering, UIUC |
| 2007 |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 2008 |
Fellow, American Physical Society |
| 2008 |
Triennial Paper Prize for Theory/Methodology, J. Process Control (with 7 co-authors) |
| 2011 |
Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers |