2019–Present – Ranked annually among the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University since 2019.

2025 – Recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal, in recognition of outstanding contributions to science and exemplary commitment and dedication to society, awarded by the House of Commons of Canada.

2023 – Claude de Tourreil Memorial Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions over many years to advancing the field of outdoor electrical insulation, INMR World Congress.

2021 – Elected Fellow of the Academy of Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).

2020 – Elected Fellow of CIGRE (International Council on Large Electric Systems).

2019 – Recognition Award for dedicated and outstanding contributions to atmospheric icing of power network equipment and for promoting international participation in the International Workshop on Atmospheric Icing of Structures (IWAIS 2019).

2017 – Recognition Award for outstanding contributions to the development of the IET High Voltage journal, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

2017 – Best Paper Award, International Workshop on Atmospheric Icing of Structures (IWAIS 2017), for “Process and Characteristics of Icicle Growth along a Line Insulator String under DC Voltage,” co-authored with Y. Liu and B. X. Du.

2017 – Elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE).

2016 – Elevated to Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

2015 – IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) Recognition Award for outstanding service and contributions to the development of IEEE standards.

2013 – IEEE DEIS Whitehead Memorial Lecture Award, for outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge in dielectrics and outdoor insulators under winter conditions.

2013 – Recognized by Expo-Science as one of 16 scientists who left their mark on the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.

2012 – Urgel-Archambault Award, for outstanding contributions to engineering, Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS).

2010 – ADRIQ/NSERC Award, recognizing a successful university–industry partnership with Hydro-Québec.

2009 – Tribute of the President Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to the development and reputation of engineering in Québec, Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ).

2009 – Research on icephobic nanostructured coatings selected by Québec Science magazine as one of the 10 most important discoveries of 2008.

2008 – Recipient of the Charles-Biddle Prize, recognizing an exceptional contribution by a member of a cultural community to the development of Québec society.

2007 – Elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), in recognition of international leadership and outstanding contributions to understanding insulator flashover mechanisms under icing conditions and to developing international practical guides for evaluating and selecting insulators.

2005 – NSERC Leo-Derikx Synergy Award, recognizing the successful long-term partnership between UQAC and Hydro-Québec, which enabled the establishment of major research infrastructure for atmospheric icing.

2005 – Appointed Honorary Professor at Chongqing University, China, in recognition of fruitful collaboration with the institution.

2005 – Elected to the Université du Québec Excellence Circle, in recognition of academic achievements and the significance of research contributions.

2005 – Elected Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), in recognition of creativity and outstanding contributions to the development of engineering in Canada.

2004 – Selected by Maclean’s magazine as one of the 100 Canadian leaders and innovators who contributed to changing the world.

2004 – Best Paper Award, Eastern Snow Conference, for “Flashover Performance of EHV Station Post Insulators Covered with Ice,” co-authored with J. Farzaneh-Dehkordi and J. Zhang.

2000 – Selected by Québec Science magazine as the author of one of the 10 most important discoveries of 1999, for developing the world’s first mathematical model for predicting flashover on ice-covered insulators.

2000 – Best Paper Award, Eastern Snow Conference, for “Dynamic Modelling of Flashover Process on Ice-Covered Insulator Surface,” co-authored with C. Tavakoli and I. Fofana.

1999 – Best Paper Award, International Symposium on High-Voltage Engineering (ISH), for “Impulse Breakdown Performance of the Ice Surface,” co-authored with S. Brettschneider, K. D. Srivastava, and S. Y. Li.

1999 – Elected Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), in recognition of dynamism and leadership in electrical engineering.

1999 – Best Paper Award, Eastern Snow Conference, for “Study of Ice Surface Breakdown Using Ultra-High-Speed Photography,” co-authored with S. Brettschneider and K. D. Srivastava.

1996 – Recipient of the Louis-Élie Beauchamp Regional Scientific Merit Award, for contributions to engineering and fundamental sciences in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, Québec, Canada.

1992 – Recipient of the Best Paper Award from the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), selected from 450 peer-reviewed papers submitted from more than 40 countries, for “Effect of Voltage Polarity on Icicles Grown on Line Insulators” (M. Farzaneh and J.-L. Laforte), in recognition of its originality and scientific impact.

1991 – Honoured guest of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and invited speaker at several leading Chinese universities and research centres.

1984 – Awarded an NSERC Professorship Research Grant covering his full salary at UQAC from 1984 to 1989.