Sanjay Govindjee
- Humboldt-Forschungspreis (Humboldt Research Award), 2018
- Fellow of the US Association for Computational Mechanics, 2015
- University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor's Professor, 2006-2011
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, 1999
- Zienkiewicz Prize and Medal, The Institution of Civil Engineers in the United Kingdom, 1998
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1998