•    * Membership in professional organizations
•    * Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME).
•    * Member of American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE).
•    * Member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI).

Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member for:

•    * The 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition-
  
        Fastening and Joining Committee member.
•    * The 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition-
  
        Fastening and Joining Committee member.
•    * The 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition-
  
        Fastening and Joining Committee member.
•    * The 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition-
  
        Applied Mechanics (Composite Sub-committee) Member.
•    * The 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition-
  
        Applied Mechanics (Composite Sub-committee) Member.

Session Chair for:

•    * The 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition-
  
        Symposium on Joining Technologies for Advanced Materials and Structures-
  
        Anaheim, Ca. November 2004
•    * The 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition-
  
        Symposium on Joining Technologies for Advanced Materials and Structures-
  
        Orlando, Fl. November 2005
•    * The 2006 Society of Engineering Science-
  
        Symposium on Multi-scale Modeling and Simulation of Nanostructured Materials-
  
        University Park-PA. Aug.13-16, 2006.
•    * Mid-South Area Engineering and Sciences Conference (MAESC), May 2007-
  
        Symposium on Mechanics of Composites and Nano Reinforced Materials.
  
        Oxford MS. May17-18, 2007