Selected Awards:

• 2008 University of Minnesota Award for Outstanding Contributions to Post-baccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, and was inducted into the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers "in recognition of excellence in instruction, instructional program development, intellectual distinction, advising and mentoring, and involvement of students in research, scholarship, and Professional development," April 28, 2008


• 2007 Fellow of the Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance (IIIA), "for contributions to homeland security, scholarly achievements in infrastructure protection and information assurance, effective leadership, and commitment to teaching and mentoring university students." Washington, DC, May 2007


• 2004 ASME certificate of appreciation, "for services as a leader of Critical Asset Protection Initiative (CAPI), launched in February 2002, to help the U.S. government formulate practices and strategies to protect against future attacks." American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), NYC, May 2004


• 2002 Chauncey Award, the highest annual EPRI Award in recognition for "leadership in creation and execution of the Infrastructure Security Initiative", March 2003


• 2002 President's Award, for the Infrastructure Security Initiative, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, April 2002


• 2002 Performance Recognition Award, "for creating and implementing the Infrastructure Security Initiative", EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, September 2002


• 2002 Performance Recognition Award, "for development, preparation and major focusing of the 2003 Power Delivery and Markets R&D programs", EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, October 2002


• 2001 Special Commendation, "for outstanding contribution in the development of the Electricity Infrastructure Security Assessment", EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, December 2001


• 2001 Performance Recognition Award, "for helping build the CEIDS R&D plan (Consortium for Electricity Infrastructure for a Digital Society, http://www.epri.com/ceids)", EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, September 2001


• 2001 Performance Recognition Award, "for commitment to society in the development and advocacy of the Common Information Model (CIM), the Application Program Interface (API) standards and the application of API to Grid Operations and Planning software products", EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, June 2001


• 2000 Chauncey Award, the highest annual EPRI Award in recognition for "creation of a world-class analytical capability for electricity market design" by the six-member power market design team, March 2001


• 1999 Performance Recognition Award, "for leadership in launching the EPRI/DoD Complex Interactive Networks/Systems Initiative", Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, July 1999


• 1992-93, 93-94 , 94-95 Professor of the Year, School of Engineering & Applied Sci. , Washington University


• 1995-96 AGES "Big Fish" Award, given to the faculty member "who best exemplifies excellence in graduate education" by the Association of Graduate Engineering Students (AGES), Washington Univ., February 1996


• Best Session Paper Presentation Awards, American Control Conference, sessions WA9 and TA5, June 1997


• Leadership Award, Washington Univ., May 1995


• Young Professional Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (St. Louis, May 1991)