Awards, recognitions, grants, competitions:

1. 2007 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Research Funding Program (RFP) Award for the research proposal “Exploring Public Realm-understanding multiple ways of publicness in urban America: learning from the college towns.” May 2007

2. 2007 American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Architecture Design Competition, honorable mention for the “Inter-modal Transit Hub in Detroit” (guided the student design project by Justin Brevick, Mike Jacobs, and Jordan Whitted). April 2007. (To be published in the AIAS journal).

3. “Inter-modal Transit Hub in Detroit” (student project) exhibited at the 2007 Detroit Transit Council Exhibition, April 2007.

4. Guest Paper Reviewer for selecting papers submitted to the “Urban Design” panel. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Conference, Chicago. 2004-2005.

5. “Marans Fellowship” for Certificate Program in Survey Methodology. College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 2004-2005.

6. “Victoria J. Lentz Memorial Scholarship” for outstanding progress in the doctoral program. College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. September 2004.
7. “The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Henry Adams Medal” for overall academic excellence in Architecture graduate program. University at Buffalo, School of Architecture and Planning, State University of New York. June 2003.