- Founding Fellow, Indian Structural Integrity Society, 2018
- Drucker Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015
- Murray Medal, Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2004
- Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics2000
- Elected Fellow of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 1999
- Elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1999
- Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 1988
- Ernest Sechler Memorial Award, California Institute of Technology, 198
- GALCIT Wind Tunnel Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, 1976-77
- First Prize for Academic Proficiency, Madras Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1974, 1975 and 1976
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