Honors, Awards, and Professional Activities

• Chair, Awards Standing Committee of IEEE Communications Society, 2018 – 2019
• Harold Sobol Award, IEEE Communications Society, December 2017
• Technical Program Co-Chair, IEEE Global Communications Conference, Singapore, December 2017
• Fellow, The Canadian Academy of Engineering, June 2017
• Faculty Excellence Award for Research, Teaching and Service, Missouri University of Science and Technology, February 2016
• Wireless Communications Recognition Award, IEEE Wireless Communications Technical Committee, December 2015
• Director of Conference Publications, IEEE Communications Society, (2014 – 2015)
• Joseph LoCicero Award, IEEE Communications Society, December 2014; Acceptance Speech.
• Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, June 2014; Awards Reception by German President Joachim Gauck.
• Keynote Speaker, IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, Xi’an, China, August 2013
• IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee for IEEE Communications Society, (2012 – 2015)
• Board of Governor, IEEE Communications Society, (2012 – 2014)
• Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, Huangshan, Anhui, China, October 2012
• Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, (2011 – 2015)
• Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Communications Society, (2011 – 2013)
• Faculty Research Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology, February 2011
• Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, (2010 – 2013); Incoming Editorial; Outgoing Editorial.
• Technical Program Chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010; Leadership Team and Keynote Speakers.
• Fellow, IEEE, 2010
• Founding Chair, IEEE Wireless Communications Technical Committee, (2007 – 2008)
• Founding Area Editor, Transmission Technology, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, (2006 – 2009)
• ETA KAPPA NU Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Missouri-Columbia, December 2004
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, (2002 – 2006)
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, (2002 – 2005)
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I, (2002 – 2003)
• Associate Editor, Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing, (1998 – 2005).