(1) 1999 Shedden Uhde Medal The best young chemical engineer award (for Excellence in Practical Services to the Profession and Practice of Chemical Engineering in Australasia made by a person younger than 40, Chemeca'99, Newcastle, Australia)

(2) 2000 Elected Fellow of Royal Society of New Zealand

(3) 2001 Elected Fellow of Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK)

(4) 2002 E R Cooper Medal Royal Society of New Zealand

(5) 2005 Hood Fellow The University of Auckland

(6) 2006 Inaugural Fonterra Award (a top award for Australasian chemical engineers)

(7) 2007 Elected Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

(8) 2008 Monash Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

(9) 2010 Monash Vice-Chancellor's Special Commendation Award for Excellence in HDR Supervision Monash University,

(10) 2015 IAEF Lifetime Achievement Award (Highest honor in Food Engineering worldwide)

(11) 2017 Arun Mujumdar Medal (The most prestigious award for drying research)

(12) 2017 Docteur Honoris Causa The First One ever in the 170+ years of history of Agrocompus Quest, France

(13) 2023 Drying Technology – An International Journal Award for Original Innovative Contribution in Drying R & D and Extensive Achievements in Food Science and Technology (Taylor and Francis)

(14) 2024 Founding Fellow International Academy of Drying Science and Technology (International Research Association for Drying Science and Technology)

(15) 2025 Founding Member Global Academy of Chinese Scholars