- Supervisor of two M.Sc. thesis awarded by Qatar University as the best in academic years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016.
- Recipient of Qatar University Research Award (1st Place), 2011.
- Author of a paper listed in the Geoengineer Website as one of the best 10 papers published on the properties of municipal solid waste, 2003.
- Recipient of Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for authoring a paper judged worthy of special commendation for its merit as a contribution to geotechnical engineering, 1998.
- Author of four papers nominated by the ASCE for a national award, 1994, 1996, 2001 and 2017.
- Recipient of Ralph B. Peck Fellowship for outstanding performance at the graduate level in geotechnical engineering, University of Illinois, 1995.
- Recipient of Stanley D. Wilson Fellowship for outstanding graduate student in geotechnical engineering, University of Illinois, 1993.
- Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the International Geosynthetics Society, and the Egyptian Geotechnical Society.