AWARDS & HONORS    

Professional Honors

• Chair, “Composite piping Technology” Session, ASME Engineering Technology Conference on Energy-2002, Houston, TX.

• Co-chair, 2002 ME Graduate Student Conference organizing committee, Mechanical Engineering Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.

• Chair, “Damage and Rehabilitation of Composites” Session, ASME Engineering Technology Conference on Energy-2001, Houston, TX.

• Reviewer, Composites B: engineering, Elsevier Science, 2001, 2002.

• Member ASTM D30- Standards Coordination and Globalization Initiative (SCGI).

• Vice-President, ASM/TMS Joint student’s chapter, Louisiana State University (1999-Present).

Awards

• BEST PAPER-1998 award from Indian Society of Non-Destructive Evaluation for research paper published in Journal of Non-Destructive Evaluation.

• Received Govt. of India sponsored GATE scholarship from Aug. 1996-Jan. 1998 for M.S.  

• Secured 4^thrank in the Univ. of Rajasthan, India, in B.Eng., First position in final year.

Professional Affiliations

• American Society for Composites: Student member since 2000.

• American Society for Metals: Student Member since 1999.

• TMS (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society): Student Member since 1997.

• Indian Institute of Metals: Life Member.