Professional Service

• ASM International. Role: Selecting Gold Medal Winner. Member, ASM Gold Medal Award Committee. 01/01/2020 - 02/16/2022
• Materials Science and Technology. Role: Organizer and Chair. Symposium on Advanced Manufacturing of Titanium. 01/06/2013 - 12/31/2014
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions Journal. Key Reader and Reviewer. 01/2012 - present
• TMS/ASM Composite Materials Committee. Member. 02/2011 - present
• The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. Role: member. Titanium Committee. 03/2008 - present
• The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. Role: Member. Mechanical Behaivor Committee . 09/1999 - present

Honors & Awards

• Elected to serve as Chair of ASM Gold Medal Committee. This is the top award committee in all of ASM. American Society for Materials International, 01/14/2021
• Outstanding Researcher Award. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, 04/20/2016
• Honored in Showcase of Extraordinary Faculty Achievements. University of Utah, 02/10/2016
• Outstanding Teaching Award. Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, 04/2007
• Champion H. Mathewson Award, for notable contribution to Metallurgical Science . The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society , 03/2006
• Stoel Rives Utah Innovation Award Finalist . Stoel Rives Inc., 06/2004
• Outstanding Conference Chair Citation. United Engineering Foundation, NY, 12/1998
• Outstanding Teaching Award. Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, 04/1997
• U.S. Air Force Citation for Exemplary Research. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, OH, 03/1994
• NRC Research Fellowship Award . National Research Council, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, 01/1989
• A. K. Bose Gold Medal for Nationally Best M. Eng Thesis . Indian Institute of Metals, 06/1985
• A. A. Krishnan Medal for best M. Eng. Thesis. Indian Institute of Science, 03/1985
• K. P. Abraham Medal for highest GPA in M Eng Class. Indian Institute of Science, 03/1985
• Second Prize for B. Eng. Thesis. Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu, 06/1983

Internal Service

• MSE Faculty Search Committee. 07/01/2023 - present. Department service.
• MSE Curriculum Committee. 07/01/2022 - present. Department service.
• TMS Awards Committee. 07/01/2017 - 04/20/2022. Other service.
• Senate Representative for CMES. 08/01/2016 - 07/31/2019. University service.
• Faculty Search Committee. 02/01/2016 - 06/30/2017. Department service.
• Member, College Council. 09/2012 - present. College service.
• Undergraduate Student Advisor. 08/2012 - 08/2014. Department service.
• Deparment of Materials Science and Engieering. Program Review Committee Member, 01/2011 - 05/2011. University service.
• RPT Committee Chair. 06/2010 - 12/2014. Department service.
• University Promotion & Tenure Advisory Committee. Member, 01/2007 - 01/2010. University service.
• Graduate Admissions committee. Member, 01/1999 - 02/20/2019. Department service.
• Co-ordinator of Metallurgy Characterization Facility. 07/1997 - present. Department service.

Outreach

• Annual laboratory demonstrations of Mechanical Testing Research to visiting high school students during departmental recruitment drive. 01/2006 - present
• Annual Science Day Outreach presentation on Biomedical Applications of Metals to high school students. 01/2006 - present