| Shamsher Prakash Award for International Contributions to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering | |
1997 |
| Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers | |
1996 |
| Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | |
1989 |
| Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award, American Society of Civil Engineers | |
1989 |
| Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California at Berkeley | |
1989 |
| Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, American Society of Civil Engineers | |
1987 |
| Presidential Young Investigators Award, National Science Foundation | |
1985 |