Awards received by Dr. Li’s graduate students at the college, national, and international level:
| Student | Year | Name of awards |
| S. Sun | 2018 | ASABE ITSC Best Paper Award |
| M. Zhang | 2018 | Association of Overseas Chinese Agricultural, Biological and Food Engineers (AOC) Graduate Student Paper Award |
| Y. Jiang | 2018 | Summer Research Travel Grants, Graduate School of UGA |
| M. Zhang | 2018 | ASABE Superior Paper Award |
| Y. Jiang | 2017 | ASABE ITSC Best Paper Award |
| R. Xu | 2017 | ASABE Rain Bird Engineering Concept of the Year Award |
| Y. Jiang | 2017 | Innovative Interdisciplinary Research Award, Graduate School of UGA |
| R. Xu | 2016 | Innovative Interdisciplinary Research Award, Graduate School of UGA |
| M. Lusher | 2015 | Bruce E. Dixson Scholarship |
| R. Xu | 2015 | ASABE Boyd Scott Graduate Student Research Award (only top three were selected nationwide per year) |
| Y. Jiang | 2015 | Association of Overseas Chinese Agricultural, Biological and Food Engineers (AOC) Graduate Student Proposal Competition Award |
| Y. Jiang | 2015 | Association of Overseas Chinese Agricultural, Biological and Food Engineers (AOC) Graduate Student Paper Award |
| Y. Jiang | 2015 | Beltwide Cotton Conference Graduate Student Research Award |
| Y. Jiang | 2014 | AOC Graduate Student Paper Award |
| W. Wang | 2014 | ASABE IET Best Paper Award |
| W. Wang | 2014 | China National Scholarship for Outstanding Self–Funded Foreign Students |
| T. Konduru | 2013 | ASABE Boyd Scott Graduate Student Research Award |
| W. Wang | 2013 | AOC Student Leadership Award |
| W. Wang | 2013 | Brahm Verma Graduate Student Academic Achievement and Leadership Award |
| W. Wang | 2012 | AOC Graduate Student Academic Achievement Award |
| W. Wang | 2011 | ASABE Boyd Scott Graduate Student Research Award |
| W. Wang | 2011 | AOC Graduate Student Paper Award |
| P. Yu | 2011 | ASABE Boyd Scott Graduate Student Research Award |
| P. Yu | 2011 | AOC Graduate Student Paper Award |
| W. Wang | 2010 | AOC Graduate Student Paper Award |