Awards and Honors
2007 Donald Q. Kern Award Recognizes an individual's expertise in a given field of heat transfer or energy conversion.
From the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Abstract of Lecture
2007 Classical Paper Award Recognizing past exceptional papers and authors.
From the Heat Transfer Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
For the paper "On Transition Mechanisms in Vertical Natural Convection Flow," J. Fluid Mech, 66, 309-337, 1974 (with B. Gebhart)
2006 Hawkins Memorial Lecture in Heat Transfer The lecture series provides an opportunity for a leader in heat transfer research to present topics of broad interest to the University community.
Awarded by the School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
2003 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award as an outstanding leader in pure or applied science or engineering to present a lecture that encourages stimulating thinking on a subject of broad technical interest to engineers
From the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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2002 Max Jakob Memorial Award for outstanding achievements in the field of Heat Transfer
From the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
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Named Board of Governors Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University in 2001 for "pioneering and lasting contributions in a wide variety of fundamental and applied areas in fluid mechanics and heat transfer"
2000 Freeman Scholar Award for the application entitled "Fluid Flow Phenomena in Materials Processing"
From the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal for outstanding contribution to the permanent literature of engineering: 1999
From the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award for Science for significant research contributions to the science of heat transfer: 1995
From the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Distinguished Alumni Award
awarded by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi: 1994
Fellow, Amerian Society of Mechanical Engineers: 1991
Certificate of Recognition awarded by National Bureau of Standards, USA, for research on fire induced flows in a room: December 1982
The Young Scientist Medal and Award for Research in the area of Natural Convection
presented by the Indian National Science Academy: 1979
McMullen and Cornell Graduate Fellowships
awarded by Cornell University: 1972-74
Institute Silver Medal and Certificate of Merit for standing first in Mechanical Engineering
awarded by Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi: 1970
National Science Talent Scholarship and Certificate of Merit
awarded by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi: 1965
National Scholarship, New Delhi: 1965