Awards

1973 Best Student of Engineering Award, University of Montenegro.

1975 Best Student of University of Montenegro Award.

1976 Fulbright Scholarship (Stanford University).

1981 Rastko Stojanovic Award of the Yugoslav Society of Mechanics

1988 Capital of Montenegro Award for Research and Education Results.

1989 Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship (Brown University).

2000 Corresponding Member of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts.

2004 Barbara and Paul Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award, UCSD.

2004 Teacher of the Year Award in MAE for 2003/2004, UCSD.

2006 Full Member of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts.

2007 Teacher of the Year Award in MAE for 2006/2007, UCSD.

2008 Teacher of the Year Award in MAE for 2007/2008, UCSD.

2009 Journal of Materials Best Paper Award (co-author, Structural Materials Division).

2010 Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award for 2009/2010, UCSD.

2011 Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award for 2010/2011, UCSD.

2012 Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award for 2011/2012, UCSD.

2013 Elected Member of the Montenegrin Academy of Engineering.

2013 Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

2016 Revelle College Faculty Fellow.

2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

2017 Teacher of the Year Award in NanoEngineering for 2016/2017, UCSD.