Memberships - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde (DGM) - DGM-Working Group Titanium (Chair) - DGM-Working Group Mechanical Surface treatments (Chair:1997-2004) - Scientific Working Group of Professors in Materials Technology (WAW e.V.) - TMS Minerals Metals Materials - TMS Committee on Titanium - International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Titanium (German Delegate) - International Organizing Committee of International Symposium on Physics of Materials (ISPMA) - International Organizing Committee of International Conferences of Engineering Against Fracture (ICEAF) - International Scientific Committee on Shot Peening (ISCSP) - International Advisory Board of Xi'an International Titanium Conferences - SAE Surface Enhancement Division - Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Materials and Product Technology - ASIIN-Working Group of Physical technologies, Materials and Processes (2005- 2007) - Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Emerald’s International Journal of Structural Integrity - Member of the International Advisory Board of PFAMXVIII (Japan) Awards - Feodor-Lynen Fellowship of AvH-Foundation (USA 1981-83) Teaching Award 1998 of the Faculty of Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic - Engineering of BTU Cottbus - Shot Peener of the Year 2000 - Honda German Initiation Grant 2002