- UC College of Engineering Distinguished Researcher Award, April 2018
- UC College of Engineering Master Educator Award, April 2015
- UC Department Master Educator Award, April 2015
- Who’s Who in America 2015-17 (69th-71th editions)
- UC College of Engineering Research Award for Young Faculty, April 2014
- Outstanding ChE Research Professor Award, UC, April 2014
- UC Technology Accelerator Award, November, 2013
- Outstanding ChE Research Professor Award, UC, May 2012
- NSF CAREER Award, January, 2012
- UC|21 Entrepreneurial Launch Pad Award, December, 2006
- Engineering Tribunal Teaching Award: Professor of the Quarter, Winter, 2006
- University Graduate Scholarship University of Cincinnati – 1998 to 2002
- The 15th National Paper Competitions for College Students | The 2nd Prize at the Engineering and Science Field Cosponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Research Foundation, November 1990
- Academic scholarship, Sogang University, South Korea – 1987, 1989, 1990