2016 ASTM William J. Kroll Medal for sustained impactful contributions to zirconium metallurgy including corrosion, hydriding, mechanical properties and irradiation effects.
2015 Mishima Award, American Nuclear Society, for outstanding contributions in research and development work on nuclear fuel and materials.
2014 Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, for sustained contributions to the mechanistic understanding of the behavior of materials in a nuclear reactor, in the areas of radiation damage, corrosion, hydriding and mechanical testing.
2012 ANS Materials Science and Technology Division Literary Award for paper “Oxidation behavior of ferritic–martensitic and ODS steels in supercritical water,” J. B. Bischoff, and A.T. Motta, Journal of Nuclear Materials. 424, (2012), 261.
2010 Outstanding Achievement Award, Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) for pioneering work on oxidation of zirconium alloys including the use of synchrotron x-rays.
2001 Outstanding Advising Award, Penn State Engineering Society, College of Engineering.
1999 Department Head’s Outstanding Faculty Member Award, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Penn State.
