University of Maryland 1994-1995 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher

Fellow, American Nuclear Society

1996 Maryland Inventor’s Award (in Information Sciences)

Listed in "Who is Who in America"

FDA Commissioner Special Citation for Contributions to Risk Assessment  Methods, 2004 

Professional Societies

American Nuclear Society (ANS)

Institute of Electrical And Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

ANS Human Factors Division Executive Committee Member, 1989-92, Chair 1996-1997.

Local IEEE Reliability Society, Treasurer, 1989-1991, Vice-Chair, 1991-92, Chair, 1992-1993

ANS Artificial Intelligence Committee, 1988-199; ANS Human Factors Technical Program Committee, Chair, 1990-91

ANS National Meeting, Session Chair 1989 (Atlanta), Nov. 1989 (Sari Francisco), June 1990 (Nashville), Nov. 1990 (Wash., D.C.), June 1991 (Orlando), June 1992 (Boston), 1995 (San Francisco), 1996 (Washington, D.C.), 1997 (Orlando), 2000 (Washington), 2002 (Washington).

Technical program chair, 2000 ANS/ENS International Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2000

Technical Program Chair, PSA’99 Topical Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2000.

International Conference on Global Environment and Advanced Nuclear Power Plants, Kyoto, Japan, 2003, Member, Technical Program Committee.

ANS Reactor Safety Division Program, Member 1993-1994, Chair 1997-1998.

PSAM-7 Conference Technical Program Committee, Member, 2003.

Embedded Topical Meeting on Operating Nuclear Facility Safety, Technical Program Committee, Member, Nov. 2004.

Technical Program Committee, Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA'2005) San Francisco, Sep. 2005.