- Best Poster Award, 64th Annual Transportation Research Forum (TRF), April 2023.
- 2023 Best Member Technical Paper Award (Runner-up), Southern District of Institute of Transportation Engineers (SDITE), March 2023.
- 2022 Best Paper Finalist, ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference, November 2022.
- 2020 Outstanding Community Service Project- Girls in Science and Engineering Day, Project Director and SWE Faculty Advisor, UAB, April 2020.
- 2018 Certificate of Meritorious Achievement, Southern District Institute of Transportation Engineers Leadership Development Program, October 2018.
- 2017 Engineering Educator of the Year Award, Engineering Council of Birmingham (ECOB), February 2018.
- 2017 Best Member Technical Paper Award (Runner-up), Southern District of Institute of Transportation Engineers (SDITE), March 2017.
- Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, September 2014.
- 2013 Best Paper Merit Certificate, 2013 International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE/IEEE), December 2013.
- Best Research Paper Award, Southern District of Institute of Transportation Engineers (SDITE), June 2012.
- 2010 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship, UAB Graduate School, April 2010.
- 2007 UAB Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, April 2007.
- 2007 Senior Research Award, NSF-sponsored UAB ADVANCE, May 2007.
- 2006 Scholar Award, NSF-sponsored UAB ADVANCE, May 2006.
- 2005 Faculty Research Award, NSF-sponsored UAB ADVANCE December 2005.
- Best Sponsored Technical Paper Award, Southern District of Institute of Transportation Engineers (SDITE), April 2005.
- 2004 Junior Faculty Research Award, NSF-sponsored UAB ADVANCE, September 2004.
- 2004 Acknowledgement Award, NIH/NIDDC-Charles R. Drew University, August 2004.
- Faculty member of Chi Epsilon, the Civil Engineering Honors Society, inducted April 2004.
- Dwight David Eisenhower Faculty Fellowship Award, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Washington, D.C., 2003, 2002, and 1995.
- 1993-94 Illinois Section ITE Technical Paper Award; Illinois Section Institute of Transportation Engineers, Chicago, Illinois, April 1994.
- 1992 Grant Show Memorial Scholarship; Illinois Association of Highway Engineers, Palatine, Illinois, June 1992.
- 1992 Federal Highway Administration Grant for Research Fellowship, McLean, Virginia, May 1992.
- 1991 Outstanding Student Paper National Award, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., September 1991.
- 1991 ITE District IV Student Paper Award; North Central Section Institute of Transportation Engineers, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 1991.
- 1991 Helen Overly Scholarship; Women's Transportation Seminar National Scholarship, Seattle, Washington, April 1991.
- 1991 Women’s Transportation Seminar Scholarship, Greater Chicago Chapter, Chicago, Illinois, March 1991.