Professional Recognition

Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Inducted as the 10th foreign member of this prestigious academy in 1993 for contributions in welding of irradiated materials.
Delegation leader, First International Materials Exchange with Shangxi Province, China	Chairman of this 10 member exchange team with Shangxi, China, at the invitation of the governor of the province. First exchange between Materials Scientist in this province with the US.
US/USSR Foreign Exchange Team	Leading specialist on materials deformation of Department of Energy chosen scientific exchange team. First scientific exchange in 1978. Exchange meetings occurred every two years alternating between Russia and the US. Served as delegation host in 1983 and as Official Delegation Leader of US team in 1993.
US/UK Foreign Exchange Team	Leading specialist on materials deformation of Department of Energy chosen scientific exchange team. Served as delegation secretary in 1979. Exchange meetings occurred approximately every two years, alternating between the UK and the US.
US/FRG Foreign Exchange Team	Leading specialist on materials deformation of Department of Energy chosen scientific exchange team. Exchange meetings occurred every two years alternating between Germany and the US.
Special Scientific Task Force: FTR Core Lifetimes*	Chosen by the Department of Energy to serve as the National Materials Scientist (one chosen from across the US scientific community) on a national task force convened to assess reactor lifetime.
Alloy Development for Near Term applications Task Group, US Alloy Development for Irradiation Performance*	Laboratory representative to a 7 member task group responsible for materials development and fabrication processes for fusion reactors.
US Department of Energy Technical Specialist on Advanced Materials energy	Selected as a technical materials consultant to aid DOE in the evaluation, development and implementation of advanced materials or processes for applications.
John E. Dorn Memorial Fellow	Recipient of this award from the University of California, Berkeley, for outstanding contributions to materials science in creep deformation, 1977
William Spraragen Award	Recipient of this award from the American Welding Society for outstanding welding research, 1984.
Outstanding Teacher Award	Recipient of this award from Auburn University in 1984, 1987 and 1989
Distinguished Civitan President	Recipient of this state award for outstanding leadership of the Auburn Civitans (civic organization), 1986
Who's Who Citations	Listed in Who's Who Among Young American Professionals-2nd edition, Who's Who in Science and Engineering- 8th & 9th edition, Who's Who in the South and Southwest-23rd edition, 1992-1993 International Man of the Year by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK; Who's Who Among Asian Americans-1st & 2nd edition, Stirling's Who's Who, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 50th edition, 1996, Who's Who in the World, 15th edition, 1998., Who's Who In America, 64th edition, 2010.

*Task groups composed of senior technical advisors from laboratories across the United States. Responsible for discussion, debate and resolution of technical issues concerning the development and implementation of research programs.