Awards/Recognitions | AdeebARaheem

Honors/Awards earned by the Lab Director

Teaching

2024 - Maura Women Helping Women Leadership Award, Texas Women's Foundation
2024 - El Paso Hall of Fame, El Paso Commission for Women
2023 - Regional Outstanding Educator Award, Associated Schools of Construction
2023 - Inducted to the UTEP Academy of Distinguished Teachers
2022 - UT Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
2022 - Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) HENAAC Education Award
2022 - UTEP Academy of Distinguished Professors’ Outstanding Teaching Award
2021 - Outstanding Young Faculty Award, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)-Gulf Southwest Section. The award recognizes a faculty member’s contributions to engineering education.
2020 - Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers STAR Educator of the Year Award, The STAR awards are major honors that recognize the contributions of professionals to the fields of science, technology, and engineering. The 27 recipients of the 2020 STAR awards were selected from a field of 181 nominees that include top individuals and institutions in the industry, academia, and government. SHPE is the nation’s largest association dedicated to fostering Hispanic leadership in the STEM field.
2020 - Selected as a member of the inaugural cohort for the ASEE CDEI Cultivating Inclusive Communities Program, This effort is led by the American Society for Engineering Education Commission for Diversity Equity, and Inclusion (ASEE CDEI) Professional Development Committee’s Cultivation Team.
2020 - Selected to participate in the Academic Leadership for Women Engineers (ALWE) 2020-21 Program, Society of Women Engineers, January 8- January 9, 2021
2020 - The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE’s) Scholarship to attend the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education
2020 - NSF ASSIST award to attend the AISES 2020 Fall Engineering Faculty Career Workshop and AISES National Conference (one of the 40 awardees selected nationwide)
2020 - American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Foundation Professional Development Grant
2020 - Selected to attend Building a Stronger Curriculum with Kiewit, Kiewit University, July 22-23, 2020
2020 - U.S. Department of States Travel Award for the IDEAS Incubator Workshop
2020 - Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Engineering, UTEP
2020 - STEM Women of Color Conclave Travel Award
2020 - NSF ASSIST travel award for the AISES 2020 Spring Engineering Faculty Career Workshop, Temecula, California
2020 - Unity Education Grant for Software License
2019 - Teach Tech Research Cohort, 18 UTEP faculty members were selected university-wide to participate in the OER/Affordable Materials Integration Program
2019 - NSF ASSIST travel award for the 2019 Academic Leadership for Women Engineers (ALWE) program at the WE19 Annual Conference, Anaheim CA
2019 - Recognized as one of the twenty-two faculty members from the UT System who earned national teaching credentials
2019 - Awarded Certificate of Effective College Instruction by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), This certificate signifies my completion of a 25-module course in effective teaching practices requiring the implementation of evidence-based instructional approaches. The credential is co-issued by the American Council on Education and distinguishes faculty for their commitment to educational excellence and student success.
2019 - Selected as one of the attendees, Building a Stronger Curriculum with Kiewit, Kiewit University, Omaha Nebraska, July 22-23, 2019
2019 - College Nominee for the UT Regents Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering, UTEP
2019 - Department Nominee for the Teaching Excellence Award, Civil Engineering, UTEP
2018 - Selected as one of the UT System- Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Pilot Program Participant
2018 - ASEE travel award (one of the ten awardees), NSF- Rethinking Engineering Education at Hispanic Institutions Grant, $1,750
2018 - Olin Summer Institute Scholarship, Olin College of Engineering, $11,200 (for a team of three members)
2017 - College Nominee for the UT Regents Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering, UTEP
2017 - Department Nominee for the UT Regents Outstanding Teaching Award, Civil Engineering, UTEP
2017 - STEM Accelerator Faculty Partner, Educate Texas- STEM Accelerator project, $8,500, 2017-18
2017 - TeachTech Program, Academic Technologies UTEP, 2017-18
2016 - ASCE ExCEED Fellow
2016 - Dean’s nomination for ASEE-NETI-1 workshop
2016 - DBIA Instructor

Research

2023- Outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas, El Paso
2022- Outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas, El Paso
2022- Faculty Mentor for the Inaugural National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) STAR Program
2021- Outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas, El Paso
2020 - NSF ASSIST Award for the 2020 Academic Research Leadership Symposium (ARLS)
2020 - Outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas, El Paso
2019 - NSF ASSIST travel grant to attend the SHPE Faculty Development Symposium (FDS) during the SHPE National Convention, Oct. 30th-Nov. 3rd, 2019, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ
2019 - NSF ASSIST travel award for the 2019 Academic Research Leadership Symposium (ARLS), Detroit, MI
2019 - Outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas, El Paso
2019 - NSF travel award for attending the Engineering Sustainability Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
2018 - Outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas, El Paso
2017 - Alternate-Invite for NSF S-STEM proposal workshop
2017 - Outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas, El Paso
2016 - Outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas, El Paso
2016 - Travel award- professional development workshop on Bioenergy and Bioproducts, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
2015 - Best Paper Award, Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Advanced Communications and Computation (INFOCOMP), Brussels, Belgium
2015 - Outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas, El Paso
2014 - Outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas, El Paso
2014, 2012 - College of Design, Construction and Planning research travel grant
2014,2012 - UF Division of Sponsored Research (DSR), research travel grant
2014, 2012 - UF Graduate Student Council, research travel grant
2011-2014 - U.S. National Academy of Sciences, research fellowship under US-Pakistan Science and Technology Program Grant
2011- South Florida Ecosystem Summer Course scholarship, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), UF
2010 - UF Rinker Graduate Fellowship for Masters studies

Service

2020 - University of Texas at El Paso 5 year-Service Recognition Award
2020 - Certificate of Appreciation- Merit Review for the 2020 U.S. DOE Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF), to evaluate multimillion-dollar funding applications
2019 - Invited Reviewer, Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education managed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) for DOE
2018 - Invited independent merit reviewer for the 2018 U.S. DOE Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF)
2017 - Outstanding Contributions in Reviewing, Elsevier Applied Energy
2017 - Certificate of Participation as a scientific reviewer for 2017 AASHE Conference and Expo
2017 - Certificate of Participation as a scientific reviewer for 2017 AASHE Conference and Expo
2016 - Invited member of the President’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability at The University of Texas at El Paso
2015 - Who’s Who in Higher Education, AcademicKeys
2014 - UF Science Policy Training Award- awarded to one graduate student per year under NSF I-CUBED grant
2012 - Green Chord Award, Green Graduation Challenge, Gators Going Green organization, University of Florida
2011 - Prairie Project Graduate Fellow, Sustainable UF, the University of Florida, awarded to only ten students/year
2010 - UF Altrusa Marilyn Little Scholarship Award, awarded to only two international students per year
2009 - CEMEX scholarship, UF
2009 - Honorary membership of Sigma Lambda Chi, USA, awarded to top 5% graduate students at the Rinker School of Construction Management

Honors/Awards earned by the Supervised Students

Christopher Moreno, 2023 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Student Training in Applied Research (STAR) Program Fellow
Emiliano Del Rio Reyes, 2022 Outstanding Academic Award, Civil Engineering Department UTEP
Kamalen Santos-Diaz, 2022 American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)-Women Leaders Future Industry Spotlight Award
Congratulations, Nanette Giron for being one of the seven recipients of the 2022 National Academy of Construction Scholarship! We are so proud of you!
Congratulations, Hector Cruz for receiving the 2021 College of Engineering Outstanding Thesis Award! Way to Go!
Congratulations to our Construction Management undergraduate student Nanette Giron on her acceptance into the inaugural NREL Student Training in Applied Research (STAR) internship program with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). We are proud of you!
Congratulations to Hector Cruz, a doctoral student and recipient of the prestigious 2021-22 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship (DDETF), awarded to exceptional students pursuing degrees in transportation-related disciplines.
Kamalen Santos - Diaz, 2021Transportation Research Board Minority Student Fellow
Martin Saucedo and Gerardo I. Valenzuela, Best Senior Design Drawings, Senior Design, Fall 2020
2020 - Gerardo I. Valenzuela, selected as one of the two student members selected nationwide, Engineering for One Planet Advisory Group, mobilized by The Lemelson Foundation and VentureWell, the Engineering for One Planet (EOP) initiative is building a coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to the ambitious goal of creating systems change in engineering education.
Gerardo I. Valenzuela, College of Engineering Dean’s List, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020
2020 - Gerardo I. Valenzuela, Diana Natalicio Environmental Internship with the CERM at UTEP, Summer 2020, ~4,000
- Gerardo was one of the four students accepted for this internship program. The goal of the internship program is to provide UTEP students a professional experience in research, education, and/or outreach focused on environmental science and/or “real-life” environmental issues, especially in the border region.
2019 - Liliana Lozada, CONACYT Ph.D. Scholarship, National Council of Science and Technology, Mexico, 2019-2022, ~$48,000
- Liliana is the first Ph.D. student in the Construction Management program who has been awarded this scholarship. The CONACYT scholarship is a highly competitive program for Mexican students pursuing a doctoral degree abroad. The CONACYT is the advisory entity that articulates the public policies of the federal Mexican government.
2019 - Joanne Moyer was interviewed by the KZSU STANFORD 90.1 FM regarding her research topic and use of the InVEST tool during the 2019 Natural Capital Symposium. "InVEST informs urbanization in and around El Paso-Juarez, the largest metropolitan area on an international border". http://www.cleancopperradio.net/natcap-2019.html
- Joanne was one of the three presenters chosen to be interviewed by KZSU including Professor Bhasker Vira (Professor of Political Economy, Director of University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute) and Dr. Nilan Gosh (Director, Observer Research Foundation Kolkata, India & Senior Advisor, Worldwide Fund for Nature).
2019 - Joanne Moyer, UTEP Graduate School Research Travel Grant to attend NatCap Symposium at Stanford, Summer 2019, $850
2019 - Joanne Moyer, Civil Engineering Department Research Travel Grant to attend NatCap Symposium at Stanford, Summer 2019, $500
2018 - Liliana Lozada, selected for the teaching workshop organized by the UTEP Office of Provost, Fall 2018
2018 - Joanne Moyer, Recipient of the NSF H-AGEP (Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Program) fellowship, Spring 2018, ~$4,000
- Joanne was one of the 3 students selected in 2018 as a part of first cohort.
2017- Joanne Moyer, Recipient of the first annual scholarship, American Society of Professional Estimators Rio Grande Chapter 40, Spring 2017, $2,000
- This prestigious award is given to a student with outstanding academic performance and exceptional service to the estimators’ community.
2016 - Joanne Moyer, Civil Engineering Department Travel Grant for ERC proposal- student presentation, ~$800
2016 - Robert Moss, Civil Engineering Department Travel Grant for ERC proposal- student presentation, ~$800