• Awardee, 2003 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
Science Advisory Board (SAB) Recognition Awards, Ronald Reagan Building, Washington,
DC, December 11, 2003.
• 2003 Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), Washington,
DC, Selectee for U. S. Team to Sao Paulo, San Salvador and Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil (June 3-12, 2003).
• 2003, Board of Trustees, Akwa Ibom State Association of Nigeria, USA,
Inc. Recognition Award for Distinguished Professional Accomplishments, Washington,
DC, August 7, 2003.
• 2002 Nigerian Association of Geosciences and Mining Students Award for
Distinguished Accomplishments in Geosciences, Silver Jubilee Event, Calabar,
Nigeria, May
18, 2002.
• 2001 SWISS FORUM Fellow selected by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS).
• Honorary Theme Editor, appointed by the United Nations Educational Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for Section 6.38 on Environmental Monitoring,
Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) Project (1999-2003).
• 1999 University Medal for Distinguished Public Service, University of
Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, awarded during Commencement Ceremonies (June 6,1999).
• 1996 Young Investigator, National Research Council / National Academy
of Sciences, Washington, DC.
• 1996 Healey Endowment Grantee of the University of Massachusetts System.
• 1993 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award of Iowa State University, presented
in Ames, Iowa (June 5, 1993).
• 1992/93 Eisenhower-Jennings Randolph Award of the World Affairs Council/International
Public Works Federation, awarded to the winning nominee from all member countries
to celebrate the international achievements of former U.S. President Dwight
Eisenhower, presented in Boston (August 31, 1992).
• 1991 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)/U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA) Environmental Science and Engineering
Fellowship,
notified (April 26, 1991).
• Nominated by the Earth and Environmental Science Division of Los Alamos
National Laboratory for the 1991 Robert Oppenheimer Research Fellowship (January,
1991).
• Iowa State Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute (ISMMRRI)
Scholarship (1986-1988).
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) First Prize for Best Engineering
Student Essay, ASCE Regional Conference in Minneapolis (April, 1984).
• Federal Government of Nigeria Post-Graduate Scholarship Award (1983-1984).
• Shell-British Petroleum Corporation Award for Excellence in Geology (April,
1978, 4-year scholarship).
