Honors & Awards
| 2006 |
President, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. |
| 2006 |
UF-NSF Award recognizing "unwavering commitment to diversity and support of the SEAGEP Program" |
| 2003-2006 |
Alumni Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida |
| 2005 |
Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering |
| 2003 |
"Distinguished Alumnus Award for the Year 2003" conferred by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India |
| 2003-2005 |
Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 2003-Present |
Member, Science Advisory Board, Particle Fluids Research Center, University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 2003-Present |
Editorial Advisory Board, Powder and Bulk Engineering |
| 2003-Present, Elected Chair in 2003 |
Board of Directors, Florida Institute of Phosphate Research (Gubernatorial appointment) |
| 2003-Present, Elected Chair in 2003 |
KONA Editorial Board - Americas Block |
| 2002 |
National Academy of Engineering |
| Oct. 2002 |
National Federation of Indian American Associations: Outstanding Technology Achievement Award |
| 2002-2005 |
University of Florida Research Foundation Professor |
| 2001-2002 |
Brahm Prakash Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India |
| 1999 |
Faculty Productivity Award, Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
| 1997 |
Frank F. Aplan Award, United Engineering Foundation, (for excellence in energy mineral research) |
| 1996 |
Antoine M. Gaudin Award, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc., (for internationally recognized research contributions in processing of phosphates) |
| 1996 |
Faculty Excellence Award, Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
| 1995, 2001 |
Outstanding Young Engineer Award to former Ph.D. students: SME |
| 1995 |
Robert H. Richards Award, AIME, (for pioneering research contributions and service to the profession) |
| 1995 |
Distinguished Member Award, SME (Fellow) |
| 1994 |
President's Citation for Outstanding Contributions to the Society, SME |
| 1991 |
Top 50 Researchers Award among a faculty of 3,000 at the University of Florida |
| Grants and awards from a number of agencies and industries including: |
The Agrico Chemical Co.; Alcoa Laboratories; Amax Phosphate, Inc.; American Chemical Society; Carpco; Dow Chemical Co.; E.I. Dupont de Nemours; Engineering Foundation; Florida-AIME; Florida Institute of Phosphate Research; Florida Power and Light Co.; Halliburton Foundation; IMC-Florida; Gardinier, Inc.; National Institutes of Health; National Science Foundation (NSF); NTP Corp.; Occidental Chemical Co.; SOHIO, Townley Manufacturing Co., Inc.; U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Department of Interior; and Westvaco. |
