Professional Honors and Distinctions



ISI Highly Cited Researcher, Thomson Reuters
2010 Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award, Purdue University, USA
Vice-President of IEEE Communications Society, 2010-11
Recipient of the 2007 IEEE Communications Society Publications Exemplary Award (Worldwide award with a maximum of one recipient/year)
Promoted to IEEE Fellow, 2003 (The highest honor bestowed in IEEE)
Founding Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, 2004-2008
Plenary Speaker at the 2008 United States National Science Foundation/North American
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association Globalization Workshop
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Journal Selected Areas in Communications - Wireless Series
Technical Program Chair, 2008 IEEE International Conference on Communications, the premier and flagship IEEE conference in telecommunications (> 3000 paper submissions)
General Chair, 2007 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, the premier IEEE conference wireless communications (> 1500 paper submissions)
Promoted to Senior Member of IEEE, 1997
URSI Young Scientist Award, Paris, September 1992
David Ross Fellowship at Purdue University, 1986-1988
US AID Fellowship, 1981-1990