1. “Production of SEM Image Contrast by Use of Tint Etchants” – Honorable Mention, 1985 IME.
2. “Tint Etching of Alpha/Beta Brass” – Honorable Mention, 1985 IME.
3. “High Expansion 72” – Second in Class, 1986 IME.
4. “β1 Martensite in Cu – 26Zn – 5Al” – First in Class, 1986 IME.
5. “Tint Etching” – Second in Class, 1986 IME.
6. “Preferred Orientation in ALNICO 5-7” – Honorable Mention, 1987 IME.
7. “Sulfide Spheroidization” – Honorable Mention, 1988 IME.
8. “Color Metallography of Iron Meteorites” – Second in Class, 1988 IME.
9. “Peritectoid Reaction in Ni-19.2%Al” – First in Class, 1989, IMC.
10. “Martensite in Aluminum Bronze” – Second in Class, 1989 IMC.
11. “Use of Polarized Light to Study YBa2Cu3O7-x” – Third in Class, 1989 IMC.
12. “Advanced Metallographic Methods Applied to the Dhajala Meteorite,” -First in Class, IME, 1990 (with N.T. Saenz and S.G. McKinley).
13. “Martensite in Aluminum Bronze” – Second in Class, 1991 IME.
14. “Evaluation of Etch Selectivity” – Pierre A. Jacquet/Francis F. Lucas Grand Prize, 1992 IME.
15. “Shear Beauty!” (Martensite in Temp. Compensator Alloy, Type 2) – First in Class, 1992 IME.
16. “Boronated Stainless” – First in Class, Artistic Merit/Color, 1993 IME.
17. “Bronze Artifact” – Second in Class, Artistic Merit/Color, 1993 IME.
18. “Stained Glass” – Honorable Mention, Artistic Merit/Color, 1993 IME.
19. “Metallography of Tungsted Heavy Metal Alloys” – Third Place, APMI Contest, 1994.
20. “Polishing of Tungsten Heavy metal P/M Alloys” – Honorable Mention, Color, APMI 1994.
21. “Metallography of W-Ni-Fe Heavy Metal P/M Alloys” – Third Place, Class I, 1994 IME.
22. “Prediction of Service Temperatures Using Selective Etching and Quantitative Metallograpgy” – Honorable Mention, Class I, 1994 IME.
23. “Covellite Contortions” – Second Place, Artistic Merit/Color, 1994 IME.
24. “Color Etching of Copper and its Alloys,” DuBose-Crouse Award, 2000 IME.
25. “Color Metallography of Gray and Ductile Iron,” DuBose-Crouse Award, 2001 IME.
26. “Metallographic Study of a Roman Nail,” DuBose-Crouse Award, 2002 IME.
27.“Metallographic Study of Structural Steel From Buildings 1, 2 and 7 of the World Trade Center,” DuBose-Crouse Award, 2003 IME
28. Second place at Inasmet 2004 conference in San Sebastian, Spain.
29. “Color Metallography of Copper and Alloys,” Second place, DuBose-Crouse Award, 2004 IME (no first given).
30. “Al-Si Phase Diagram,” DuBose-Crouse Award, 2006 IME.
31. “Specimen Preparation for EBSD,” Honorable mention, Du Bose-Crouse Award, 2007 IME.
32. “Examination of a Failed Poorly Carburized AISI P5 Tool Steel Die” 3rd place, Class 5 (Color), 2009 IMC
33. “The Pb-Sn Phase Diagram” – honorable mention, Class 1 (Metals and Alloys), 2009 IMC
34. “Invar Tsunami Strikes Richmond” – honorable mention, Class 10, 2009 IMC