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Rafael L. Bras

Provost & Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs, K. Harrison Brown Family Chair

Honors

  1. Honorary Diplomate of Water Resources Engineering, American Academy of Water Resources Engineers, 2007
  2. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006
  3. Boussinesq-KNAW (Dutch National Academy of Sciences) Hydrology Lecture, Amsterdam, October 2005
  4. Edward A. Abdun-Nur Professor, MIT, 2004-2008
  5. Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Hall of Fame, 2003
  6. Lorenz Lecturer, AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2003
  7. Society of Presidential Fellows Lecturer, MIT, 2002
  8. Kisiel Distinguished Lecturer, The University of Arizona, April 2002
  9. National Academy of Engineering, elected 2001
  10. William Mong Distinguished Lecture, 1999-2000, The University of Hong Kong
  11. Horton Lecturer, American Meteorological Society, 1999
  12. The International Water Academy, elected 1999
  13. Clarke Prize Laureate for Outstanding Achievement in Water Science and Technology, 1998
  14. Named Top 100 Most Influential Hispanics, Hispanic Business, 1997
  15. Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations Professor, MIT, 1995-2004
  16. Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994
  17. Fellow, American Meteorological Society, 1992
  18. Honoris Causa Laurea, Instituto di Idraulica Agraria, Universita Degli Studi di Perugia, Italy, 1992
  19. William E. Leonhard Professorship, MIT, 1989-1995
  20. James B. Macelwane Award, American Geophysical Union, 1982
  21. Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 1982
  22. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1982
  23. Gilbert Winslow Career Development Chair, MIT, 1979-1982
  24. Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, Sigma Xi
  25. Graduate Fellowship from Puerto Rico's Economic Development Administration

Awards

  1. A. J. Drexel Exceptional Achievement Award, Drexel University, November 2010
  2. National Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico, 2009
  3. James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, MIT, 2008
  4. Simon W. Freese Environmental Engineering Award and Lecture, ASCE, 2008
  5. Horton Medal, AGU, 2007
  6. AGU Hydrology Days Award, March 2006
  7. MIT Alumni Association highest award, Bronze Beaver Award, September 2005
  8. Corresponding Member, National Academy of Engineering, Mexico, elected 2003, awarded 2004
  9. NASA Public Service Medal, December 2002
  10. Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Mathematics, Science and Engineering Network 2001 Giants in Science Award
  11. MIT Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award, February 2000
  12. Albert Baez Jr. Award and the Outstanding Educator Awards of the
  13. Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, ASCE, 1993
  14. Horton Award, American Geophysical Union, 1981