IEEE Centennial Medal, 1984.
Doctor of Engineering, (honoris causa), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, May 1987.
Elected Honorary Professor at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples Republic of China, September 1995.
Doctor of Engineering, (honoris causa), Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada, May 1997.
Eminent Member Award, Eta Kappa Nu,, April 2002.
Pioneer Award, International Council on Systems Engineering, July 2002.
Joseph G. Wohl Outstanding Career Award, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, (first recipient) 1991.
Elected Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2004, for contributions to systems engineering and systems management.