Honors, Awards and Society Activities

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Honors, Awards and Society Activities

2007                        Doctor Honoris Causa, Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration, Odessa, Ukraine

1997                        Elected Full Member of the International Academy of Refrigeration, Section of Thermoelectric Cooling and Materials, St. Petersburg, Russia (the first US member)

1995                        Elected Academician in the International Thermoelectric Academy, Chernovtsy, Ukraine

1994-1995               President of the International Thermoelectric Society

1991-1994               Editor of the International Thermoelectric Society Newsletter

1990                        Elected to the Board of Directors of the International Thermoelectric Society

1990                        Best Technical Paper Award at the IX International Conference on Thermoelectrics, March 19-21, 1990, Pasadena, California

1986                        General Manager's Honors Award, General Electric Space Division

1983                        G. W. Fox Memorial Award (Outstanding Research Assistant) Physics Department, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa

1981                        Member of the American Physical Society   (membership lapsed)

1980                        Richard G. Patrick Award (Outstanding Teaching Assistant), Physics Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 

1979                        Member of Mensa (membership lapsed)

1977                        Member of Sigma Pi Sigma  (membership lapsed)

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