He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Outstanding Faculty Member Award for Electrical and Computer Engineering, the BYU Young Scholar Award, the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology Excellence in Scholarship Award, and the BYU Karl G. Maeser Research and Creative Arts Award. Dr. Warnick has published many books, scientific articles and conference papers on electromagnetic theory, numerical methods, antenna applications, and high sensitivity phased arrays for satellite communications and radio astronomy.