Awards and Honors

• Fellowship `E. Rossi', University of Udine, December 1990, awarded to distinguished students.
• Special Mention (outsanding academic performance --- assigned to the top 1% ranked students), University of Udine, March 1991.
• `Diritto di Stampa' (assigned to recognize outstanding thesis works --- assigned 5 times in the last 12 years), University of Udine, March 1991.
• E.E.C. Fellowship to complete a Master Program at University of Houston, University of Udine, August 1991 - July 1992.
• 1993-94 Phillips Petroleum Fellowship in Parallel Computing.
• 1994-95 Phillips Petroleum Fellowship in Parallel Computing.
• 1994 Commission on Higher Education Graduate Student Research Project Award
• 1995 Special Phillips Petroleum Award
• 1996 Commission on Higher Education Graduate Student Research Project Award
• 1997 NSF Career Award
• 2002 Roush Award for Teaching Excellence