HONORS AND AWARDS
2004 - AWS Section Educator Award - American
Welding Society - District 20 - Colorado Section.
2003 - Sidney J. Stein Educational Foundation Grant - International
Microelectronics and Packaging Society.
2003 - McKay-Helm Award - AWS
2002 - ASME Dedicated Service Award - ASME International
2002 - OOAE Special Achievement Award - ASME-OOAE Division
2001 - Fellow of the ASM International, The Materials Information Society - FASM

2001 - OMAE Special Achievement Award - ASME-OOAE Division
2000 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - FASME

1998 - OMAE Special Achievement Award - ASME-OMAE Division
1998 - Plummer Memorial Educational Lecture Award - AWS
1997 - Top 25 News Makers in the Construction Industry Award - Engineering News-Record
1996 - Fellow
of the American Welding Society - FAWS
1996 - Honorary Membership Award - AWS
1994 - District Meritorious Award - AWS
1994 - Robert L. Peaslee Award - AWS
1993 - Distinguished Member Honor - AWS
1991 - OMAE Achievement Award - ASME-OMAE Division
1990 - Albert W. Schlechten Award - ASM/TMS/AIME CSM Student Chapter.
1988 - Comfort A. Adams Memorial Four Year Membership Award - AWS
1986 - Listed in the Who's Who in the East.
1986 - Listed in the Who's Who in Technology, Metallurgy, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering.
1986 - McKay-Helm Award - AWS
1986 - Ralph Teetor Educational Award - SAE
1983 - Sigma Xi - Research Honorary of North America.
1976 - Outstanding Teaching Award - ETFMG, Brazil
1976 - Outstanding Metallurgical Engineering Graduate - Silver Medal Award - ETFMG, Brazil