Gareth Thomas Materials Excellence Award
· 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)
· 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.