Honours and Awards

2015 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award (American Sociaty of Mechanical Engineers - ASME, Applied Mechanics Division)
2015 Albert Szentgyörgyi Prize (Ministry of Human Resources, Hungary)
2015 Prima Prize (OTP Bank, Hungary)
2014 Honorary Professor of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA, PR China)
2013 Member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe)
2013 Leo Szilard Prize (Office of the State Secretary, Hungary)
2012 Associate member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)
2011 Szechenyi Prize (Hungarian Republic)
2008 Muttnyanszky Prize (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, BME)
2007 Simonyi Engineering Prize (Charles Simonyi Fund for the Arts and Sciences)
2005, 2006, 2007,
2008, 2009, 2012
Most Popular Lecturer Award of mechanical engineering students
(in 6 different years)
2003 Pro Scientia student supervisor award (Ministry of Education)
2002 Pro Doctorandis award (National Organisation of PhD Students)
2001 Pro Progressio award for supervising students' research
2001 Professional Teacher award (Ministry of Education)
1997-2000 Szechenyi Professors' Scholarship (Ministry of Education and Culture)
2004, 1998, 1993,
1991, 1988
Rector's award for supervising students' research (BME)
(in 5 different years)
1987 Research Award (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
1986 Honorary Associate Professorship of BME
1978 Rényi Kató Award of Bolyai Society
1977 3rd prize at the International Mathematics Competition of Technical Universities (Russe, Bulgaria)
1975-78 Distinguished scholarship of the Hungarian People's Republic
1972 15th in ranking at the National Mathematics Competition for High School Students