Irene’s recent honors/awards

1. William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award (2023) Michigan State University

2. Featured in “Stories of Women in STEM: Biotechnology” (2022) Smithsonian Science Education Center, Washington DC

3. Wesley W. Horner Award (2022) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

4. State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award (2021) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

5. Featured in “Women in Water Quality: Investigations by Prominent Female Engineers” (2019) Springer Nature, Switzerland

6. Level I Scientific and Technological Achievement Award for Exceptionally High-Quality Research or Technological Effort: Award for Research of National Significance (2017-18) US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Student honors/awards

1. Liang Zhao (2024) Fitch Beach Award, College of Engineering, Michigan State University

2. Liang Zhao (2023) Outstanding PhD Student Award, Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University

3. Zach Gentry (2023) Outstanding MS Student Award, Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University

4. Brijen Miyani (2022) Outstanding PhD Student Award, Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University

5. Camille McCall (2019) Outstanding PhD Student Award, Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University

6. Camille McCall (2016) Outstanding MS Student Award, Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University

7. Mariya Munir (2015) Outstanding PhD Student Award, Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University

8. Mariya Munir (2011) Outstanding MS Student Award, Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University

9. Kelvin Wong (2009) Outstanding PhD Student Award, Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University

10. Camille McCall (2013-2015) Academic Achievement Graduate Assistantship, Michigan State University

11. Fred Simmons (2008-2010) Fellowship in Microbial Risk Assessment, US Department of Homeland Security

12. Rebecca Hullman (2008) Fellowship for Water Quality and Treatment Study, American Water Works Association-MI Section

Student presentation/publication awards

1. Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP) Outstanding Student Publication Award (2023) for: “Five-week warning of COVID-19 peaks prior to the Omicron surge in Detroit, Michigan using wastewater surveillance” by Liang Zhao, Yangyang Zou, Yabing Li, Brijen Miyani, Maddie Spooner, Zachary Gentry, Sydney Jacobi, Randy E. David, Scott Withington, Stacey McFarlane, Russell Faust, Johnathon Sheets, Andrew Kaye, James Broz, Anil Gosine, Palencia Mobley, Andrea W.U. Busch, John Norton, and Irene Xagoraraki , published in Science of the Total Environment.

2. Liang Zhao, Irene Xagoraraki (2023) 3rd Place Poster Award, Go with the Flow Conference: Public Health Wastewater Monitoring in Michigan, Michigan State University-Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

3. Brijen Miyani B., Yabing Li, Kenny Briceno, Sabrina Vieyra, Rene Hinojosa, Irene Xagoraraki (2023) Best Poster Presentation Award, Engineering Graduate Student Symposium, Michigan State University

4. Brijen Miyani, Yabing Li, Irene Xagoraraki (2022) Best Poster Presentation Award, Engineering Graduate Student Symposium, Michigan State University

5. Maddie Spooner, Brijen Miyani, Zachary Gentry, Sydney Jacobi, Yabing Li, Yangyang Zou, Liang Zhao, Irene Xagoraraki (2022) Best Poster Presentation Award, Engineering Graduate Student Symposium, Michigan State University

6. Liang Zhao, Yangyang Zou, Yabing Li, Irene Xagoraraki (2022) Best Poster Presentation Award, Engineering Graduate Student Symposium, Michigan State University

7. Camille McCall, Irene Xagoraraki (2018) First Place Poster Presentation Award, EWRA Congress, Minneapolis, MN

8. Camille McCall, Irene Xagoraraki (2017) First Place Poster Presentation Award, ESPP Symposium on Climate-Food-Energy-Water Nexus, Michigan State University

9. Huiyun Wu, Irene Xagoraraki (2016) First Place Poster Presentation Award, 16th Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes Beach Association

10. Evan O’Brien, Irene Xagoraraki (2015) Third Place Poster Presentation Award, Engineering Graduate Student Symposium, Michigan State University

11. Mariya Munir, Irene Xagoraraki (2014) First Place Poster Presentation Award, 6th Annual Graduate Academic Conference, Michigan State University