Is author of more than 1,200 scientific and technical contributions in diverse subjects in the general context of Structure / Properties in Science and the Engineering of Materials . He has authored more than 20 books and booklets, has directed 50 doctoral theses, awarded more than 130 conferences worldwide, responsible for more than 160 international research projects. It has more than 35 patents and industrial secrets.
Selected Fellow (1977) from the Institution of Metallurgist (IoM3), UK. Secretary and founder (1978) of the Technical Metallurgy Section of the Chemical Association of Spain. In 1978 he was elected Chartered Engineer from The Council of Engineering Institutions, UK. In 1988 he was elected a distinguished member by the Association of Spanish Welding. He maintains a dense activity in Industry-University relations worldwide and a dense activity within the European Union platforms.
Prize of the Foundation of the National Institute of Industry (1974). In 1977 he received the Gold Medal and Prize of the Royal Spanish Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences. Prize of the Joan March Foundation (1981) and 1982 awarded by the International Metallographic Society, USA. Prize “Emilio Jimeno” of the School of Chemists of Spain (1988). Domingo Martínez Award for Research, Valladolid (1993). Prizes of the International Thermal Spray Association in Singapore (2001) and Germany (2002). Ciutat de Barcelona Award for Technology awarded by the Barcelona City Council (2005). “Rose Prize” from the Academy of Sciences of R.P China (2010) and 2011 awarded to the best researcher in the field of materials in Spain by the Spanish Association of Scientists. In 2013, he was elected Vice-President of the European Thermal Spray Association (ETSA). In 2017 he received the medal of the University of Barcelona and in 2018 he was named Honorary Member of the Spanish Center for Welding and Technologies of the Union (CESOL), among others.