text: * Tribology Gold Medal, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (2013)
  *ACS National Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry (2009)
  * Named by the AICHE as one of the “One Hundred Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era (2008)
  * Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering – University of South Florida (2007)
  * Honorary Degree of Doctor sc. h.c. - ETH Zurich (2006)
  * Schlumberger Visiting Professor – University of Oxford, UK (2005)
  * MRS Medal, awarded for recent work on adhesion and friction (2004)
  * Elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in the area of Engineering Science (2004)
  * Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in the area of Biological Physics (2004)
  * Adhesion Society Award for “excellence in adhesion science (2003)
  * Fellow of the Royal Society (1988)
  * Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture (1986)
  * David Syme Research Prize (1983)
  * (FAA) (Elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1982)
  * Pawsey Medal (1977)