de los Reyes Awards
- 2020 Patents for Humanity Award, US Patent Office (for Flexcrevator invention)
- 2020 Elected Corresponding Member, National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines
- 2019 NC State Academy of Excellence in Global Engagement
- 2018 RELX Group Environmental Challenge, First Prize (for Flexcrevator project)
- 2018 NC State Outstanding Teacher Award (inducted into Academy of Outstanding Teachers)
- 2017 AEESP Steven K. Dentel Award for Global Outreach
- 2017 Honor Award, Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
- 2015 Gordon Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Medal, Water Environment Federation
- 2015 NC State Alumni Outstanding Extension Award (inducted into Academy of Outstanding Faculty in Extension and Engagement)
- 2015 Marist School Outstanding Alumnus Award
- 2014-2018 University Faculty Scholar
- 2014 Outstanding Global Engagement Award
- 2013 AEESP (Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors) Service Award
- 2013 Transatlantic Partnership in Excellence in Engineering Scholarship (to Univ. of Ghent, Begium)
- 2013 At Home In The World Faculty Fellow, NCSU
- 2013 Koh Lectureship Award in Engineering, Phil.-American Academy of Scientists and Engineers
- 2012 Jackson Rigney International Service Award, NCSU
- 2011 Gawad Lagablab Award, Philippine Science High School
- 2011 Selected Participant, National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
- 2010 Selected Participant, National Academy of Engineering, Frontiers of Engineering Workshop
- 2010 Iowa State University Outstanding Young Alumnus Award
- 2010 NCSU Earthwise Award
- 2009 TEDIndia Fellow
- Distinguished Alumnus Award in Engineering Education and Research, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, 2008
- Selected as Philippines Balik-Scientist Awardee, July/December 2008
- NSF CAREER Award, 2001-2006
- Kimley- Horn Faculty Award, 2004
- Elected member, Philippine-American Academy of Scientists and Engineers, 2004
- Selected Speaker for Sustainability and Excellence in Water Research (#1 rated paper submitted for 73rd Annual Water Environment Federation Conference), 2001
- ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering Editor’s Award, 2001
- First Place, Ph.D. Student Paper Competition, Water Environment Federation, 1999
- Best Student Paper Award, Illinois Water Environment Association, 1998
- Integrated Academic Program for the Sciences (INTAPS) Scholarship,1986-1990
- Gamma Sigma Delta Academic Excellence Award, 1989, 1990
- Third Place, MS Student Paper Competition, Water Environment Federation, 1995
- Rotary Foundation International Scholarship, 1992-1993
- University of the Philippines (System-Wide) Outstanding Student Award, 1990
- Bank of the Philippine Islands Science Award, 1990
- Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Award for Over-all Academic Excellence,1990
Student Awards
- Joe Weaver, 3rdPlace, Student Poster Competition, 2017 NC AWWA/WEA (American WaterWorks Association/Water Environment Association) Annual Conference
- Amanda Karam, 3rdPlace, Student Poster Competition, 2015 NC AWWA/WEA (American WaterWorks Association/Water Environment Association) Annual Conference
- Ling Wang, 1st Place; Catherine MacMillan, 3rd Place, Student Poster Competition, 2013 NC AWWA/WEA (American WaterWorks Association/Water Environment Association) Annual Conference
- Jory Wahlen, 2012 Society for Risk Analysis and Microbial Risk Analysis Specialty Group Student Merit Award Competition Winner
- Xia He, 2012 Inaugural W. Eckenfelder Graduate Research Achievement Award, American Academy of Environmental Engineers
- Xia He, 1st Place; Ling Wang, 2nd Place, Student Poster Competition, 2011 NC AWWA/WEA (American WaterWorks Association/Water Environment Association) Annual Conference
- Antonio Sobremisana, 3rd Place, Student Poster Competition, 2008 NC AWWA/WEA (American WaterWorks Association/Water Environment Association) Annual Conference
- Hyunsuk Hong, 2nd Place, Student Poster Competition, 2007 NC AWWA/WEA (American WaterWorks Association/Water Environment Association) Annual Conference
- Gamze Gulez, 2006 Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association Grant Recipient, Engineering and Applied Sciences, for work on Filamentous Foaming in Activated Sludge
- Jon Williams, Best Student Poster (Session I), 2005 International Water Association Activated Sludge Population Dynamics Conference, Gold Coast, Australia
- Matt Skidmore, 1st Place; Cesar Mota, 2nd Place; Gamze Gulez, 3rd Place- Student Poster Competition, 2004 NC AWWA/WEA (American WaterWorks Association/Water Environment Association) Annual Conference
- Matt Skidmore, 2nd Place, Student Poster Competition, 2004 WEFTEC (Water Environment Federation National Conference)
- Matt Skidmore, 1st Place, Student Poster Competition, 2004 Water Resources Research Institute Annual Conference
- Jon Williams, 1st Place, and Cesar Mota, 2nd Place, Student Poster Competition 2003 NC AWWA/WEA (American WaterWorks Association/Water Environment Association) Annual Conference
- Julia Keith, 3rd Place Student Poster Competition, 2000 NC AWWA/WEA (American Waterworks Association/ Water Environment Association) Annual Conference