2024 TMS MPMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award, TMS.
2022 Ranked 129 out of 285331 total number of authors within “materials” category in the August 2021 database based on career contribution based on citation and global impact of research; The database for August 2021 has 186177 scientists as Top 2% life-time contributors. 
2022 UNT College of Engineering Faculty Research Award
2020 Ranked 145 in the 2019 database on career contribution of Materials Scientists in the World based on citation and global impact of research
2020 TMS-SMD Distingushed Scientist Award, TMS
2019 - 2021 Associate Editor, Journal of Materials Processing Technology
2015 Distingushed Research Professor, University of North Texas
2010 Co-recipient of Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation awarded to the Center for Friction Stir Processing by NSF-IUCRC Directors Association
2009 Fellow, ASM International
2009 Distinguished Visiting Scientist, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia
2008 Curators’ Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2007 Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
2007 ASM-IIM Visiting Lecturer, ASM International
2006 Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
2005 Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
2005 Outstanding Graduate Faculty of SoMEER, Council of Graduate Students, University of Missouri - Rolla
2005 Sustained Teaching Excellence, SoMEER, University of Missouri - Rolla
2004 Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
2003 Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
2003 Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching, Honorable mention, SOMM-UMR
2002 Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
2002 Ranked 148 among researchers in Materials Science worldwide (ISI Essential Science Indicator database in Oct. 2002 based on citation of journal papers)
2002 Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America
2001 Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
2001 Faculty Performance Shares, University of Missouri
1993 Young Metallurgist Award from the Indian Institute of Metals, India.
1993 Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, India.
1988 Brunton Medal for the best Ph.D. dissertation in the School of Materials from the University of Sheffield, UK
1985-1988 Firth Pre-doctoral Scholarship from the University of Sheffield, UK
1985-1988 ORS Award from the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of UK