| 2012 | GE Healthymagination Cancer Challenge Award |
| 2011 | Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering AIMBE; Women of Achievement Award |
| 2009 | Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award, ACS Rubber Division |
| 2009 | Polymer Teacher of the Month, Akron Global Polymer Academy. |
| 2008 | Inventors' Wall of Fame, UA: US 4,946,899 generated >$5 million in royalties |
| 2004-08 | LANXESS Industrial Chair in Polymer Science |
| Best Paper – Honourable Mention; Best Symposium, ACS Rubber Division |
| 2002-04 | DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) – Mercator Visiting Professor, University of Bayreuth, Germany |
| 2000 | Premier's Research Excellence Award, Canada |
| 1999 | Professional Engineers Ontario – Engineering Medal, Research and Development |
| 1998-03 | Bayer/NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Elastomer technology |
| 1997 | Bayer Sarnia Site Quality Excellence Award |
| 1995 | Bayer North American Quality Excellence Award |
| 1985 | National Award for Outstanding Research in Polymer Science, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 2013 | Undergraduate Presenter Award: Cleveland ACS MIM Grace Kim (Mentor: Marcela Castano) |
| 2012 | Best Graduate Student Poster Award: ACS Rubber Division Attila Gergely |
| 2012 | Best Student Poster Award: 31st Tire Society Conference Alejandra Alvarez |
| 2012 | Ohio Rubber Groups Graduate Student Award for 2012: Ohio Rubber Group Marcela Castano |
| 2012 | DPS Travel Award for ACS Fall Meeting: Polymer Science, UA Marcela Castano |
| 2012 | DPS Travel Award for ACS Fall Meeting: Polymer Science, UA Andrea Charif |
| 2012 | First place STEMM Symposium: Hawken School, Kathleen Graham (Mentor: Marcela Castano) |
| 2012 | DPS Travel Award for ACS Spring Meeting: Polymer Science, UA Alejandra Alvarez |
| 2011 | Best Graduate Student Poster Award: ACS Rubber Division Alejandra Alvarez |
| 2011 | DPS Travel Award for ACS Spring Meeting: Polymer Science, UA Kwang Su Seo |
| 2010 | Ohio Rubber Groups Graduate Student Award for 2010: Ohio Rubber Group Kurt Chiang |
| 2010 | Best Graduate Student Poster Award: ACS Rubber Division Emily Rosental |
| 2010 | Best Student Poster Award: CUGSR, UA Emily Rosental |
| 2009 | Goodyear Fellowship: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Andy Heidenreich |
| 2009 | LANXESS Award: LANXESS Co. Andy Heidenreich |
| 2008 | Best Student Poster Award in Green Polymer Chemistry: ACS Rubber Division, Kurt Chiang |
| 2008 | Ticona Award for Best Formal Seminar Performance: Polymer Science, UA Andy Heidenreich |
| 2008 | DPS Travel Award for ACS Spring Meeting: Polymer Science, UA Andy Heidenreich |
| 2008 | DPS Travel Award for ACS Spring Meeting: Polymer Science, UA Kurt Chiang |
| 2008 | Maurice Morton: Polymer Science, UA Andy Heidenreich |
| 2007 | Best Student Poster Award in Green Polymer Chemistry: ACS Rubber Division, SPE Mustafa Sen |
| 2007 | Outstanding Student Reseacrh Award: Graduate School, UA Lucas Dos Santos |
| 2006 | Best Student Poster Award: CUGSR, UA Lucas Dos Santos |
| 2006 | Poster on the Hill (Washington), REU Program |
| 2003 | Best student poster Award ACS Rubber Division |
