Arab-American Frontiers Fellowship by the US National Academies of Science (NAS) "given to increase and strengthen science and technology cooperation between researchers and institutions in the US and countries in the Arab league", 2018
Invited to attend the Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering and Medicene by the US National Academies of Science (NAS), 2017
University Faculty Scholar, In recognition of “outstanding faculty members who are on an accelerated path for academic distinction” , 2017-present
Excellence in Research Award, In recognition of world changing research and awards received given by the Office of Executive Vice President of Research and Partnerships at Purdue University (Received two times), 2015 and 2016
Selected as a Honorary Professor at Tsinghua University based on significant academic achievements and leadership, 2016-2019
Invited to attend the National Academies of Engineering Japan Academy of Frontiers of Engineering Conference, 2016
Selected to the High End Foreign Experts Program, People's Republic of China, 2015-2018
Fulbright Innovation and Technology Award, 2015-16
IMPACT Faculty Fellow, 2013
Discovery Park Faculty Scholar, 2013-2015
Roy E. and Myrna G. Wansik Civil Engineering Research Award, 2012
Emerging Scholars Grant, UTRC, 2007
CUTC-ARTBA New Faculty Award for contributions to transportation research and education, 2011
Emerging Scholars Grant, UTRC, 2007
CP-STIO Award, Govt. of India, 2007-2010
Howard A Blitman Career Development Chair, 2005-2009
Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC) Robert Herman Award for outstanding research and leadership, 2005
Five National Science Foundation (NSF) Awards, 2006 - Present
Students' Awards
STV Civil Engineering Graduate Assistantship Endowment 2018-19 to Hemant Gehlot
Finalist, Chorafas Award, Xinwu Qian, 2018
First Prize, Health and Disease: Science, Technology, Culture and Policy Poster Session at Purdue University, Xinwu Qian, 2018
Purdue Graduate Student Government Travel Award to Hemant Gehlot, 2018
College of Engineering Graduate student Travel Award to Wenbo Zhang, 2017
International Association of Taxi Regulators (IATR) Hackaton Winners (Prof. Ukkusuri mentored a team of his graduate students), 2017
James S McDonnell Post Doctoral Fellowship in Complex Systems to Xianyuan Zhan, 2016
Eldon Yoder Award for Best Graduate student to Sadri Arif Mohaimin, 2016
Pai Tao Yeh Travel Fellowship to Xinwu Qian, 2016
Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research from the Oce of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program to Sadri Arif Mohaimin, 2016
CE Best Dissertation Award given to the best dissertation in Purdue Civil Engineering, Rodrigo Mesa Arango, 2015
Microsoft Asia Internship, Xianyuan Zhan, 2015
INFORMS TSL Society Best Transportation Science Dissertation Award Finalist, Dr. Samiul Hasan, 2014
Eldon Yoder Memorial Award to Rodrigo Mesa-Arango, 2014
Pai Tao Yeh Travel Fellowship to Feng Zhu, 2014
Civil Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student to Abdul Aziz, 2014
International Road Fellowship to Rodrigo Mesa-Arango, 2013
College of Engineering Best Graduate Student Research Award to Samiul Hasan, 2013
Student Sustainability Research Project Award to Abdul Aziz, 2013
Pai Tao Yeh Travel Fellowship to Xianyuan Zhan, 2013, 2014
Pai Tao Yeh Travel Fellowship to Feng Zhu, 2014
Graduate School Travel Grant to Abdul Aziz, 2013
Best Poster Award, Shell Day at Discovery Park to Abdul Aziz, 2012
Colombia Student Association Travel Grant to Rodrigo Mesa-Arango, 2012
INFORMS TSL Society Best Transportation Science Dissertation Award, Dr. Gitakrishnan Ramadurai, 2009
Second Paper Award, Gitakrishnan Ramadurai at the ITSWorld Congress on "Next Generation Traveler Guidance Systems", 2008
MIT Clean Energy Prize, Semi-Finals, 2009
Founders Award, M.E. student, Courtney Sweeney, 2007
9/11 Fellowship from NYMTC/UTRC for Gitakrishnan Ramadurai, 2007-2008