- Winner of the William H. Miernyk Research Excellence Medal, Regional Research Institute at West Virginia University and Southern Regional Science Association, 2014
- Fellow of the 22nd ENO Transportation Foundation Leadership Development, 2014
- Winner of the 12th Annual Student Paper Competition of the Section on Transportation Policy and Administration, American Society for Public Administration, 2014.
- Graduate Student Best Paper Award, Transportation Research Forum, the 55th Annual Forum, 2014.
- Winner of the 28th Annual Charles M. Tiebout Prize in Regional Science, Western Regional Science Association, 2014.
- International Road Federation Executive Leadership Fellowship, International Road Federation, Washington DC, 2014.
- Winner of the Fourteenth Annual Benjamin H Stevens Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science, North American Regional Science Council, $30,000 awarded for dissertation study, 2013.
- Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Fellowship Award, Economic Club of Washington, D.C. and the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, $10,000 awarded for dissertation study, 2013.
- Student Research Grant, $5,500 awarded for dissertation study, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 2013.
- Second Prize of Student-Led Paper Competition, the 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association, 2012.
- Student Research Grant, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 2012.
- First Prize of the International Student Competition, the 8th World High Speed Rail Congress, International Union of Railways (UIC) and American Public Transportation Association (APTA), 2012.
- Student Research Grant, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 2011.
- Graduate Student Best Paper Award, Transportation Research Forum, the 51st Annual Forum, 2010.
- Student Research Grant, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 2010
- 2nd Award of Excellent Paper awarded by Logistics Productivity Promotion Centre of China, 2008.