At the 2010 Annual TMS meeting, Dr. Zhu received the Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award for 2010 where this award is given to an individual who has made a long lasting contribution to the design, synthesis, processing, and performance of engineering materials with significant industrial applications. The citation for the award recognized Yuntian “for his significant contributions to the deformation physics and ductility of nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained (UFG) materials as well as nanotechnologies developed by his group for producing such materials.”