The International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering, the World Federation of Societies for biomaterial science, awarded him the title of 1996 Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering.
Die International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering, die Weltvereinigung der Gesellschaften für Biomaterialwissenschaften, verlieh ihm 1996 den Titel eines Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering.