Awards

· 2003 Acta Materialia Gold Medal

· 2002 Charles Barrett Silver Medal

· 2001 First Albany Int. Distinguished lecture in Mat. Sci& Engin. "Microstructural Design of Engineering Materials" Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

· 2001 ASM International Gold Medallist

· 1999 Doctorate, Honoris Causa, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Kraków, Poland

· 1998 Honorary Member, Japan Institute of Metals

· 1998 Managing Director, Acta Met. Inc., Board of Governors

· 1996 Honorary Member, India Institute of Metals and Mat. Res. Soc.

· 1996 Honorary Member, Korean Institute of Metals and Materials

· 1996 Honorary D.Sc., Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

· 1996 Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, IFW, Dresden, Germany

· 1995 "Best of What's New Award," Popular Science magazine, December 1995

· 1995 The Berkeley Citation for Distinguished Achievement, U. C. Bekeley

· 1994 Honorary Member, Mat. Res. Soc. of India

· 1994 Medal of Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow

· 1991 Albert Sauveur Achievement Award (ASM International)

· 1987 I-R 100 Award, Research and Development Magazine

· 1987 Elected, Fellow, Univ. Wales, Cardiff, UK

· 1987 Henry Clifton Sorby Award, International Metallographic Society

· 1985 Honorary Professorship-Beijing University of Science & Technology

· 1983 Confucius Memorial Teaching Award, Republic of China (Taiwan)

· 1983 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.

· 1982 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, U.S.A.

· 1981 Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart,

· 1980 EMSA "Distinguished Scientist Award" for Physical Sciences

· 1979 Fellow, Metallurgical Society of AIME

· 1978 Ernest O. Lawrence Award (U.S. Department of Energy)

· 1977 The Rosenhain Medal (The Metals Society, U.K.)

· 1976 Fellow, Royal Microscopical Society, U.K.

· 1976 Fellow, American Society for Metals

· 1973 Visiting Professor at Nagoya University, Japan Society for Promotion of Science

· 1971-72 Guggenheim Fellow; Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University

· 1970 Work chosen by Japanese Government, Japanese Pavilion Exhibition in Expo '70

· 1969 Sc.D., Cambridge University, Cambridge, England

· 1966 Curtis-McGraw Research Award (American Society for Engineering Education)

· 1966 Grossman Publication Award (American Society for Metals) for paper "Structure and Strength of Ausformed Steels", Trans. ASM, 58, 563 (1965).

· 1965 Bradley Stoughton Teaching Award, American Society for Metals

· 1964 Miller Research Professor, UC Berkeley

· 1953 National Undergraduate Student Prize, Institute of Metals (London)

Professional Activities

· 1998- Technical Director, Acta Materialia, Inc. Board of Governors

· 1995-98 Editor in Chief, Acta Materialia and Scripta Materialia

· Founder Member, Editorial Board, NanoStructured Materials (Elsevier)

· 1991-95 Vice President, International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy

· 1986-90 President, International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy

· 1983-elected member Nat. Acad.Sciences-USA

· 1984-elected member Nat. Acad. Engineering-USA

· 1974-86 Secretary General, International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy

· 1991-94 Reappointed, Member, Board of Governors Acta Metallurgica, Inc.

· 1987-88 Member, US Department of Energy E. O. Lawrence Award Selection Committee

· 1982-85 Chairman, Acta Metallurgica, Inc. Board of Governors

· 1985-90 Member, Acta Metallurgica, Inc. Board of Governors

· 1978-81 TMS-AIME Board of Directors

· President, Electron Microscopy Society of America

· 1972-73 UC Covenio Program, Visiting Professor, University of Chile, Santiago,Chile

· 1961-present Served on many national and international committees including National Research Council (USA), International Federation of Electron Microscopy Societies, EMSA, ASM, TMS, University of California, editorial boards, etc.

· Served on science and technology boards (Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, South Africa and Mexico) as materials advisor.