• Faculty Excellence Award. UC. 2025. co-sponsored by the Office of Research and the Office of the Provost. 2025
  • UC Research Mentor Award. 2023. Excellence in undergraduate research mentorship. 
  • Team Award: 2022 Outstanding AAA Partnership of the Year. “Evrtalk” project.  Live Well Collaborative and Council of Aging of SW Ohio. Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging Annual Partnership Award.
  • DAAP Faculty Research Award. University of Cincinnati. 2022
  • Team award. The rural public restroom design build project won the First Place  in the 19th 2021 Asian Design Award in the “Ecological Healthy and Sustainable Design” section. 2021
  • Team award. The rural public restroom design build project  was exhibited in 2021 DAAPcares and won the 2021 DAAPcares Sustainability award.
  • Team award. The tilted deck project, design build project won the Second Place in the Rural Design Build competition 2021. China. 2021
  • Team award. The tilted deck project won the Excellent Award of the 19th 2021 Asian Design Award. 2021
  • Team award. The Tiniest Cottage design-build project by the University of Cincinnati and Beijing Jiao tong University won the Second Place in the “Ecological Healthy and Sustainable Design” section at the 2020 ASIAN DESIGN AWARD.  2020
  • Student award. 2020 DAAPworks Director’s DAAPcares award. Portable Disaster Relief. Students: Noah Nicolette, Jamie Waugaman, Travis Rebsch. 2020
  • Team award. . UIA-CBC Pear Orchard Cabins Competition. “The Tiniest Cottage” design + build project by UC + Beijing Jiao tong University.  Third Prize. 2019.
  • Team award. Finalist of 2018 Crystal Cabin Award. Project: Virtual Assistant, Boeing Onboard. 2018
  • DAAP Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, University of Cincinnati. 2015
  • Best in Show. Sculpture in Rapid Conference. 2013.  Fabricator: American Precision Prototyping. 2013
  • Student Trey Meyer won the First Place of the 2013 ACSA Fabric in Architecture Competition. 2013. 
  • Honorable mention, 10UP 2011 competition. Young Architects Forum. Atlanta. GA. 2011
  • First Prize, d3 natural systems, international architectural design competition, d3. 2010  
  • Special mention, 2010 Skyscraper Competition, eVolo. 2010  
  • Honorable mention, TOGS3 competition. Temporary Outdoor Gallery Space. Austin. TX. Art Alliance Austin. 2010               
  • Special award, Re: Vision: Dallas Competition, Urban Revision. 2009  
  • Special mention, 2A International students and young architects competition. Du(b)ailities: Supra_global_culture, 2A Magazine, UAE. 2009  
  • Finalist , The Earth Award, Jury: Nicky Gavron. (Former Deputy Mayor of London), Peter Head (Director, ARUP), Dr. Kenneth Yeang (Architect, Llewelyn Davies Yeang), Thom Mayne (Architect and Founder, Morphosis Architects), Paola Antonelli (Senior Curator of Architecture and Design, MOMA), Adam Bly (Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Seed Media Group) . 2009  
  • Citation awards, 20+10+X World Architecture Community Awards, Second cycle. 2009  
  • Citation awards, 20+10+X World Architecture Community Awards, Fourth cycle. 2009              
  • The first prize, Chichen Itza Lodge-Museum International Design Competition, Aquitectum. 2008
  • The second prize, Streetscape in a New World—International Competition of Urban Streetscape Design, New World China Land Limited, di magazine, China. 2008
  • The third prize, Live the Box competition, AIA Newark and Suburban and the Young Architects Forum. 2008
  • The third prize, Vertical Farm—Rehabilitating Wenchuan Earthquake-Stricken, Wenchuan, China. 2008
  • Honorable mention, Just Jerusalem competition, Jerusalem 2050, Department of Urban Studies & Planning, the Center for International Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2008
  • Honorable mention, Re: Construct, Sustainable materials and building practices competition, Urban Revision. 2008
  • The first prize, Self-Sufficient Housing, 2nd Advanced Architecture Contest, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Spain, Jury: Yung Ho Chang, Greg Lynn, Neil Gershenfeld. 2007  
  • Honorable mention, Immigration Tower Museum Design Competition, New York City, Aquitectum. 
  • Honorable mention, 07 Skyscraper Design Competition, eVolo. 2007  
  • Semi-final, The 2007 Far Eastern International Digital Architectural Design (FEIDAD) Award , The Far Eastern Memorial Foundation of the Far Eastern Group, Taiwan. 2007            
  • Semi-final, The 2006 Far Eastern International Digital Architectural Design (FEIDAD) Award , The Far Eastern Memorial Foundation of the Far Eastern Group, Taiwan. 2006              
  • The second prize, Miami Monument International Design Competition, AIA the South Florida Chapter, Spine3D. 2005
  • The Best of Show, DMAT 2003 showcase, Michigan State University. 2003
  • Best Computer Graphic, 3DCAFE Awards. 2002        
  • The first prize, Cities with Soul – The Urban Design Competition, British Council, U.K. 1998
  • The second prize, Shanghai University Campus Planning and Design Competition, China, Shanghai University.1998          
  • Honorable mention, The competition of Tianjing Qiande Urban Housing, The Association of Tianjing Urban-Rural Planning Department, China. 1996
  • Honorable mention, The Third Ring Road Planning, Beijing Municipal Committee, China. 1995