HONORS AND AWARDS
  • Government of India, Graduate Scholarship, 1963 1965.
  • Government of India, Teacher Research Fellowship, 1973 1976.
  • Elected Fellow, Acoustical Society of India, March 1978.
  • Member, Committee of International Experts to review the design of Acoustic Facilities for the Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore, India, December 1983.
  • Elected Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India), September 1984.
  • Novel and Expedited Research Award, National Science Foundation, Washington DC, April 1989.
  • NASA Innovative Research Award, Certificate of Merit and cash award, January 1991.
  • Keynote Speaker, International Congress on Ultrasonics, New Delhi, India, December 1990.
  • Expert Member, Center for Excellence in Design, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India, January 1991.
  • International Travel Grant Award, National Science Foundation, Washington DC, December 1990.
  • Auburn University Outstanding Faculty Award, May 1993.
  • United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Expert, Assignment (1993).
  • ASME Distinguished Service Award, 1993.
  • Invited Professor, Universite Bordeaux I, Talence, France, July 1994.
  • Honorary Member, Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Honor Society, 1995.
  • United Nations Expert in Noise & Vibration Control, BEML, INDIA, December 1995- January 1996.
  • Invited Professor, Universite Du Havre, Le Havre, France, April 1996.
  • The College of Engineering Fred & Mary Lou Birdsong Merit Teaching Award for 1996, in recognition of creative and innovative classroom instruction at Auburn University, plaque and cash award, May 1996.
  • Thomas C. Evans Instructional Unit Award, The American Society for Engineering Education (South Eastern Section) for the outstanding paper in Engineering Education, plaque and cash award, April 1997.
  • ASME Distinguished Service Award, plaque, November 1997.
  • Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International, December 1997.
  • Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware, sponsored by John Wiley and Sons and NEEDS, plaque and cash award, November 1998.
  • The College of Engineering Fred & Mary Lou Birdsong Superior Teaching Award for 1999, in recognition of creative and innovative classroom instruction at Auburn University, plaque and cash award, April 1999 (the highest award in Auburn University for excellence in teaching.)
  • 1999 ASME Curriculum Innovation Award (Honorable Mention), for Integrating Theory, Design and Practice in a Mechanical Engineering Design Course, August 1999.
  • The National Award for Technology Transfer, Winner of the 1999 National Award for the Outstanding Technical Assistance Project, (Member and Leader of the Team), NAMTAC, November 1999.
  • Invited Speaker, NSF Program Directors Meeting, Division of Undergraduate Education, NSF, Washington DC, March 2000.
  • Co-Director, NSF Training Workshop for Engineering Professors, "Bringing Theory and Practice Together into Engineering Classrooms", Auburn University, May 11-13, 2000, and February 22-24, 2001.
  • The Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow; Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), November 2001.
  • Co-Director, NSF Training Workshop for Engineering Professors, "Bringing Theory and Practice Together into Engineering Classrooms", Auburn University, September 27-29, 2001 and March 21-23, 2002, February 24-25, 2003.
  • Finalist, 2001 Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware, sponsored by John Wiley and Sons and NEEDS, a Certificate of Recognition, November 2001.
  • Member, Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) Advisory Board, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, February 2003 - Present.
  • Thomas Walter Professor in Technology and Management, Titled Professor in Mechanical Engineering with a salary supplement and discretionary grant, April 2000-Present.
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering Committee on Engineering Case Study Library Development, September 2002 - Present.
 

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