Recipient of the Jim Beamish Award from the Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering for outstanding achievements in research and teaching in the area of soil & water engineering, July, 1996.
Recipient of the 2003 Nova Scotia Agricultural College Research Excellence Award.
Recipient of the best paper award, Canadian Society of Plant Science, 2005
Recipient of the best poster award, Multi-Functions of Wetland Systems Conference, Padova, Italy, 2007
Recipient of the 2008 Nova Scotia Agricultural College Teaching Excellence Award
Fellow of the Canadian Society of BioEngineering, 2008
Recipient of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Award for outstanding leadership as the Chair of the 9th International Drainage Symposium
Recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Life Member Award from the Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists