- Malaysia Outstanding Water Award for Research 2019 by The Malaysian Water Association.
- Tokoh Penyelidik 2018 by the School of Civil Engineering, UTM
- UTM’s 2018 Best Journal Publication Award.
- UTM’s 2018 Excellence Service Award
- Appointed as World Class Professor by Insitute Teknologi Sepuloh Nopember, Surabaya. 18-24 August 2019.
- Visiting Professor to National Tsing Hua University of Taiwan, 19-23 March 2019
- Visiting Professor to Oxford University, UK, 2 – 10 Nov 2018.
- Invited as Research Collaborator by Newcastle University, 13-16 February 2019.
- Research Award 2017, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UTM
- Visiting Sientist to Kumamoto University 2-5 July 2017
- UTM’s Best Consultancy Award 2016: Integrated Lake Basin Management Plan for Semberong and Batang ai Reservoirs for NAHRIM/NRE, value RM 1,262,073 (As Project Leader)
- Silver Medal, 17th Industrial Art and Technology Exhibition (INATEX) 2015. PES-SiO2 Hollow Fiber Membrane for Bisphenol A (BPA) Removal.
- Visiting Scientist of the Asia Core Program –Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (25-29 Jan 2014)
- Visiting Scientist to University of Kyoto (27 Oct to 30 Oct 2013)
- Fellow Akademi Sains Malaysia (Jun 2012 -now)
- UTM’s Best Consultancy Award 2011, Water Resources study in Gugusan FELDA Sahabat , Lahad Datu, Sabah for FELDA, Value RM 1.09 million (as project leader)
- UTM’s 2010 excellence service award
- INATEX 2010, Brownse Medal. Sofware and technique for optimization of raingauge network
- UTM’s 2009 excellence service award
- Visiting Professor at Lund University, Sweden. January 2009
- UTM’s Publication Award 2006 for International Journal Category
- UTM’s sabbatical program – 1 December 2004 to 31 August 2006
- Eco-Frontier Fellowship, Ministry of Environment, Japan: 12 December 2005 to 31 March 2006
- UTM’s 2004 Excellence Award for Best Research Group.
- Eco-Frontier Fellowship, Ministry of Environment, Japan: 18 Jan to 30 March 2005
- UTM’s 2003 excellence service award
- Eco-Frontier Fellowship, Ministry of Environment, Japan: 4 Jan to 30 March 2004
- Technical visit grant from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Nov 2001
- FRIM’s Best Publication Award for technical category – 1999 (2nd prize)
- FRIM’s Best Publication Award for Manual and Guidelines Category – 1998 (1st prize)
- Research Award for Foreign Specialist by Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan (1998)
- FRIM’s Best Publication Award for technical category – 1994 (1st prize)
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (STA) Fellowship , February and March 1987