| 2014 |
ASEE Donald E. Marlowe Award |
American Society for Engineering Education |
| 2012 |
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award |
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| 2012 |
Robert W. Angus Medal by CSME for outstanding contributions to the management and practice of mechanical engineering |
Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering |
| 2011 |
C.N. Downing Award by CSME for excellence in mechanical engineering and for significant contributions to the profession |
Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering |
| 2010 |
Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering |
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| 2009 |
Best Paper Award at 5th ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and applications |
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| 2008 |
Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award of NSERC |
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| 2007 |
Fellow of AAAS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 2006 |
Fellow of ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| 2006 |
Fellow of EIC |
Engineering Institute of Canada |
| 2004 |
Outstanding Oversea Scholar Award |
Chinese Natural Science Foundation |
| 2002 |
Chinese Canadian Outstanding Achievement Award |
Toronto Community & Culture Centre |
| 2001 |
Research Fellowship to Tongji University, Shanghai |
Chinese Ministry of Education |
| 2001 |
Fellow of CSME |
Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering |
| 1997 |
I. W. Smith Award |
Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering |
| 1993 |
Amelia Earhart Fellowship |
Zonta International Foundation |
| 1992 |
Amelia Earhart Fellowship |
Zonta International Foundation |
| 1991 |
Donald M. Stephens Memorial Fellowship |
Manitoba Hydro Inc. |