Precision Water Management

Awards and Recognitions

(2025) Florida Association of Natural Resources Extension Profession (FANREP) Outstanding Specialist Award: Recognizes UF/IFAS Specialists who collaborate regionally with FANREP members on natural resource extension projects demonstrating leadership and excellence in program design and evaluation.
(2025) Educational Aid Blue Ribbon Award: Awarded by ASABE in the “High Impact Extension Methods” category for the Florida Stakeholder Engagement Program (STEP).
(2024) UF-IFAS Research Large Grant Leadership Award: Presented by the UF-IFAS research office to faculty who are principal investigators on a new external research award exceeding $1 million, recognizing impactful and productive programs.
(2024) Outstanding Service Award: Presented by Florida Section ASABE to members serving the section with distinction and representing the Agricultural Engineering community in their workplace.
(2023) UF-IFAS Research Large Grant Leadership Award: Recognizes principal investigators leading external research awards totaling over $1 million for significant program impact.
(2023) University of Florida Water Institute Faculty Fellow Award: Presented to faculty making outstanding interdisciplinary contributions to water-related research, Extension, or education.
(2023) ASABE Larry W. Turner Young Extension Professional Award: Honors individuals under 40 for excellence in disseminating engineering knowledge, motivating clientele, transferring research into practice, and advancing the profession.
(2023) Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award: Presented by ASABE for the paper “Methods to Quantify in-field Nutrient Leaching (EDIS AE581)” at the ASABE Annual International Meeting, Boston, MA.
(2023) Outstanding Young Researcher Award: Florida Section ASABE award recognizing under-40 researchers demonstrating significant contributions to agricultural engineering.
(2022) Outstanding Young Extension Worker Award: Florida Section ASABE award for motivating people to acquire knowledge and improve agricultural operations.
Art Hornsby Extension Faculty Fellowship Award (EPAF): Recognizes creative outreach and contributions related to soil and water sciences.
(2019) Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award: ASABE award for “Irrigation Management: Basics of Soil Water” (University of Wyoming Extension Bulletin B-1330).
(2019) Irrigation Association Irrigation E3 Leader Travel Award.
(2018) New Face of ASABE, Class of 2018: Recognizes early-career ASABE members for their professional contributions and achievements.
(2016) Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award: ASABE award for “Spatial and Temporal Variation of Corn Evapotranspiration across Nebraska EC 2010.”
(2015) Boyd-Scott Graduate Research Paper Award: ASABE award for “Impact of scale/resolution on evapotranspiration from Landsat and MODIS.”
(2015) Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Presented by Gamma Sigma Delta, The Honor Society of Agriculture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
(2014) Superior Paper Award: ASABE award for “Development of predictive models for maize and soybean yields using ordinary least square regression across Nebraska.”
(2014) David H. & Anne E. Larrick Memorial Travel Fellowship Award: $500 fellowship to attend the ASABE International Symposium on Evapotranspiration, Raleigh, NC.
(2013–2014) Milton E. Mohr Graduate Fellowship: Awarded to outstanding College of Engineering students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
(2012–2013) Milton E. Mohr Graduate Fellowship: Recognizing academic excellence in the College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
(2012–2013) Nebraska Department of Natural Resources/Nebraska Water Center Graduate Research Assistantship: $49,000 research award as part of the Robert Daugherty Water for Food Institute.
(2012) Bill A. and Rita L. Stout Outstanding International Graduate Student Award: Recognizing exceptional international graduate student contributions to Biological Systems Engineering at UNL.
(2011–2012) Widaman Trust Distinguished Graduate Assistant Award: Awarded by the Agricultural Research Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
(2011) Nebraska Water Environment Association Student Scholarship Award.
(2008) Gold Medal: For securing the highest OCPA in B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering.
(2008) Batch-1979 All-rounder Trophy: Awarded to the best all-round undergraduate student, College of Engineering.
(2008) TAFE Sivasailam Prize: Recognizing the most outstanding Agricultural Engineering graduate of the year.
(2008) Ashok Kumar Mattoo Running Trophy: For best academic performance in the first year of B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering.
(2008) Mrs. Leela Wanti Running Trophy: For best academic performance in the pre-final year of B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering.
(2004–2008) Academic Scholarship: Awarded for consistent academic excellence at the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.