Honors, Awards and Society Activities
2007Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Doctor Honoris Causa, Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration, Odessa, Ukraine
1997Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Elected Full Member of the International Academy of Refrigeration, Section of Thermoelectric Cooling and Materials, St. Petersburg, Russia (the first US member)
1995Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Elected Academician in the International Thermoelectric Academy, Chernovtsy, Ukraine
1994-1995Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â President of the International Thermoelectric Society
1991-1994Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Editor of the International Thermoelectric Society Newsletter
1990Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Elected to the Board of Directors of the International Thermoelectric Society
1990Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Best Technical Paper Award at the IX International Conference on Thermoelectrics, March 19-21, 1990, Pasadena, California
1986Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â General Manager's Honors Award, General Electric Space Division
1983Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â G. W. Fox Memorial Award (Outstanding Research Assistant) Physics Department, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa
1981                       Member of the American Physical Society  (membership lapsed)
1980Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Richard G. Patrick Award (Outstanding Teaching Assistant), Physics Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IowaÂ
1979Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Member of Mensa (membership lapsed)
1977                       Member of Sigma Pi Sigma (membership lapsed)