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 |