Certifications, honors and awards

Professional certifications
•  Professonal Engineer, state of Nevada, license 15507
•  Diplomate in Geotechnical Engineering

UNLV
•  UNLV Sabbatical Leave award, 2003-2004 and 2012-2013
•  Tau Beta Pi NV Beta Chapter Award for Excellence in Teaching in Civil Engineering, 2001
•  UNLV Faculty International Development Award, 2001
•  Outstanding Professor, UNLV's Mitzi Hughes Scholarship Luncheon, 1999
•  Outstanding Faculty Member in Science and Engineering, UNLV Women in Science and Engineering, 1998
•  Outstanding Professor, UNLV Alumni Association Annual Scholarship Recognition Luncheon, 1996

External to UNLV
•  National Science Foundation CAREER award, 1998
•  Best Paper nomination, 70th Shock and Vibration Conference, 1999
•  Outstanding Presentation, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1996
•  U. S. Army Summer Faculty Research and Engineering Program Fellowship, 1996
•  Dean T. U. Taylor Endowed Fellowship in Geotechnical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin , 1993
•  Texas Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin , 1992
•  University Presidential Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin , 1991–1992

Honor societies
•  Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2006
•  Golden Key International Honor Society, Honorary Member, 2002
•  Elected to Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society by Nevada Beta Chapter, 1999

Professional service
• Elected to Fellow grade of American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010
• Outstanding Service Award, Nevada Earthquake Safety Council, 2002