Academic Recognition

University Education Award (Lehrpreis), University of Münster, 2004

Best Paper Award (with Martin Raubal), AGILE 2003

Educator Best Practices 3rd Place Winner, Intergraph Geospatial World Power to Learn Competition (with Catharina Riedemann), 2002

Oracle Spatial Center of Excellence (with MUSIL), 2002

Best Diploma Thesis, Schweizerischer Verein für Vermessungswesen und Kulturtechnik, SVVK, (Professional Society of Swiss Surveyors), 1982

Patent

Assistance System for Selecting Routes (Assistenzsystem zur Auswahl von Strecken), with Markus Kober, Christoph Rüther, Dieter Vollmer, Daimler-Chrysler, 2001