MEDIA & RECOGNITION

Selected milestones and public coverage.

Academic progression, student achievement, research recognition, and invited professional contribution across the faculty career.

SELECTED RECOGNITION

Milestones supported by the record.

Tafazzoli holding the WSU Heavy Civil team’s first-place trophy. — **A shared student achievement**Tafazzoli with the 2022 ASC Heavy Civil first-place trophy. The award recognizes the student team’s achievement.

WSU Heavy Civil students and faculty gathered with the first-place competition trophy. — **WSU Heavy Civil team**Washington State University’s Heavy Civil team, coached by Tafazzoli, earned first place at the 2022 ASC Regions 6 & 7 competition.Related publication or coverage ↗

2026

Invited Best Paper Award judging

Construction Research Congress

2023

Promotion to Associate Professor

Washington State University

2022

First place · Heavy Civil team

Faculty coach, ASC Regions 6 & 7 Student Competition

2017 & 2016

Public Education Foundation awards

Awards listed in the supplied CV

2016

Best Paper Award

International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies

2016

First place · Graduate Slam preliminary round

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

PUBLIC COVERAGE

Research and student achievement in the news.

WSU INSIDER · FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Students take top awards at construction management competition ↗

University coverage of student competition outcomes, including the Heavy Civil team coached by Tafazzoli.

WSU INSIDER · OCTOBER 2, 2019

Researchers develop healthy housing measure ↗

Coverage of collaborative research on social sustainability in mass housing.

LEED AP Building Design and Construction certificate for Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli. — **LEED AP BD+C**Building Design + Construction credential, first awarded September 10, 2015; this certificate is valid through September 8, 2027.

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL

LEED AP Building Design + Construction.

First awarded in 2015, the credential supports teaching and scholarship in sustainable building. The supplied certificate is valid through September 8, 2027.

Credentials & professional development ↗

EDITORIAL & PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Sustained participation in scholarly communities.

Service & leadership ↗

Editorial board work, guest editorships, and recurring journal and conference review support the quality and exchange of research in construction and the built environment.