2007,                Best Paper Award Nomination, IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD);

2006-2008,        Analog Devices Chair Professorship (the 2^nd term);  

2006,                AAFSAA Outstanding Faculty Award at the University of Arizona;

2004-2006,        Analog Devices Chair Professorship;

2004,                Best Design Award, IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, Asia &  South Pacific (ASP-DAC);

2002,                Schmidt Award of Excellence (Sole recipient for outstanding young scientist in Asia);

2002,                Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaft (Germen Research Foundation) Fellowship;

2002,                STMicroelectronics Ltd. Scholarship

2001,                Outstanding Paper Award, IEEE student paper contest, Hong Kong (2000);

1997,                Guang Hua Foundation Scholarship (2nd prize);

1996,                Hua Wei Scholarship (1st prize);

1995,                Excellent Graduate Student of the year, NanKai University;

1992-1994,        Motorola Fellowship for academic excellence, (all are 1st prize);

1991,                NanKai University Excellent Freshman Fellowship, (for ranking 1^st place in College of Engineering).