Mudawar received the award during the November 23 awards ceremony of the 2019 American Society of Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) Meeting in Denver, Colorado. This award, which consists of a medallion and a certificate, is presented biennially for significant contributions in space processing or further use of microgravity for space processing.  Mudawar was recognized for decades of research and advances in fluid-based heat transfer in aerospace applications, including the Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE) for the International Space Station (ISS).