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)