- Service Excellence Award, May 2014
- Excellence in student advising award, January 2014
- Energy Legend Award and Recognition by AEE in 2009
- Best paper recognition award for the paper submitted to the Energy Conversion and Conservation Division of ASEE year of 2010. The recognized paper is: “AC 2010-635: NATIONAL HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL EDUCATION PROGRAM PART I: CURRICULUM” by Blekhman, D., J. Keith, Sleiti, E. Cashman, P. Lehman, R. Engel, M. Mann, and H. Salehfar.
- Fellowship to attend the Critical Issues and Best Practices (CIBP) Forum and the High Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HI-TEC) in Orlando, Florida. Awarded by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC) NetWorks.
- Nominated for Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Educator Award, ASEE ME Division Awards Committee, May 2012.
- Nominated for the ASEE Southeastern Section Outstanding Teaching Award, May 2012.
- Nominated for “Sustain Charlotte (nonprofit organization, which advocates for environmental sensitivity in business practices) community sustainability award in category of outstanding educator. March, 2012.
- Certified Energy Manager (CEM) 2009.
- Certified Energy Auditor (CEA) 2009.
- Selected as judge expert for ASHRAE CFD contest 2010.
- Expert reviewer in vetting (selecting and evaluating) resources for the electronic Environmental and Energy Resources Library (eERL, eerl.org).
- Teaching awards at UCF 2006 and 2008.
- Summer Faculty Conference Award at UCF.
- DOE Director of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Award, Information Fluency Initiative Award, Consistently received excellent and very good teaching evaluations at UCF.
- Nominated for Best Ph.D Dissertation of 2004.
- Full Tuition Waiver from Graduate Studies at UCF (2001-2004).
- Travel Grants (03–06),
- Graduate Merit Fellowship/UCF, 02-03 ($5000).
- Seminar Participation and Travel Award from Japanese Agency (JICA),
- Distinguished Student Award – Full Scholarship to Pursue B.S and MS in Russia (1985-1991).
- Best Employee Award (1996-1997) & (1999-2000) – Ministry of Labor –Jordan.
