recognitions

Fine Fellow, Fine Outreach for Science endowment, GigaPan / Global Connection project, Carnegie Mellon University, class of 2009.

Brazilian
Institute of Architects Award  for Outstanding Achievement in UrbanismTheoretical Works, for Águas Urbanas (Tângari, Schlee, Andrade, and Dias 2007) (Tamminga: chapter author, chapter co-author), 2008.

Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Certification,
Elk's Country Club riparian ecological restoration project, from Audubon International, with ClearWater Conservancy, 2008.

National Wildlife Habitat Certification, Corporate Lands category, Lime Lakes phytoremeditation project, from the Wildlife Habitat Council, with PPG Industries, Inc. and Key Environmental, Inc., 2006.

Promotion to Full Professor, College of Arts & Architecture, Penn State University, spring 2006.

Governor’s Award for Watershed Stewardship, for the Maiden Creek Watershed Keystone Plan, from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as Heinz Faculty Fellow with the Center for Watershed Stewardship, 2001.

Governor’s Award for Watershed Stewardship, for the Nine Mile Run Project, with T. Collins, R. Goto, R. Bingham and CMU core team, 2001.

Toronto Architecture & Urban Design Award, for the Don Valley Brickworks, Large Places category, from the City of Toronto, with Hough Stansbury Woodland Ltd. (also The Landplan Collaborative), 2000.

Bronze Plaque Award, for the Don Valley Brickworks, from the Aggregate Producers Association of Ontario, with HSW (also The Landplan Collaborative), 2000.

National Award of Recognition for Research and Teaching, from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, 1998.

Three Rivers Environmental Award, for the Nine Mile Run Project, from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, as CMU Research Fellow with T. Collins, R. Goto, R. Bingham and team, 1998.




W.E. Buker Award, museum residency for
research proposal “Re-presenting the Remnant ‘Great Plains’ – An Inquiry into the Herbs of Pennsylvania’s Tall Grass Prairies, from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1998.

Commendation, for the Millbrook Marsh Protection and Management Plan, from the ClearWater Conservancy, with R. Brooks, C. Lipton, and B. Carline, 1998.

Urban Design Award of Excellence, for the Hewlett Packard Canadian Headquarters, from the City of Mississauga,
with STHIP and HSW, 1993.

Second Place Finalist, for Humberwood Elementary School green design competition, from the Etobicoke Board of Education, Toronto Separate School Board, with R. Robbie and M. Hough, 1993.

National Award for Planning Excellence, for the Don River Restoration Plan, from the Canadian Institute of Planners, with M. Hough et al., 1992.     
 
National Citation Award, for the Toronto Brickworks Master Plan, from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, with M. Hough, G. Baird, et al., 1991.

Regional Merit Award, for the Toronto Brickworks Master Plan, from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, with M. Hough, G. Baird, et al., 1991.   

Urban Design Award of Excellence, for the Hurontario Streetscape Enhancement, from the City of Mississauga,
with TSH, 1989.  

CMHC Graduate Fellowship, Canadian Government (CMHC), for studies at Queen's University, 1985.

Queen's University Graduate Scholarship, for studies at Queen's University, 1984.

Award of Honor, from the American Society of Landscape Architects, recognizing excellence in studies at the University of Guelph, 1983.

Award of Merit, from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, recognizing excellence in studies at the University of Guelph, 1983.




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