Lall was recognized for his research in the area of electronics reliability and prognostics through Member of Technical Distinction Award by the Surface Mount Technology Association.  Member of Technical Distinction Award recognizes individuals who have made significant and continuing contributions to the SMTA and the electronics manufacturing industry.  The award was presented at a reception dinner hosted at the Surface Mount Technology Association International Conference (SMTAI) held in Ft. Worth, Texas.  SMTAI is an international conference which was attended by over 1300 attendees from 27 countries in 2013. 

The quote from the SMTA website reads, “Dr. Lall’s experience in both industry and academics brings a unique and pragmatic perspective to the assessment of complex technical issues that are of interest to the SMTA membership. Pradeep willingly shares that perspective with the SMTA membership through highly rated presentations and publications. As an educator, he has also introduced many students to the SMTA through co-authoring of papers and participation at SMTA events”.

Prior to joining Auburn University, Lall used to work on design and manufacturing of cellular phones and two-way radios with Motorola.  Lall says that his prior experience in development of manufacturing processes in high-volume environment has enabled him to bring the electronics manufacturing related industry aspects into the classroom and his research at Auburn University.  Lall is a Walter Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the NSF CAVE3 Electronics Research Center at Auburn University.  In his role as professor, Lall teaches classes in general area of computational and experimental mechanics in Mechanical Engineering.  He also teaches in Auburn University’s Business Engineering Technology Program.  In his research role, Lall heads one of the one of the leading NSF industry-university consortiums in the area of harsh environments.  Lall’s research has been very influential in ensuring survivability of electronics in harsh environments and design and manufacture of electronics in miniaturized form factors.  A very sought after presenter and author, Lall has authored two-books, thirteen book chapters, and 350 journal and conference papers.  His technical papers have received over twenty best paper awards at national and international conferences.  Lall is the founding faculty advisor for the SMTA Student Chapter at Auburn University. Lall is a Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of the ASME and a recipient of several awards including the SEC Faculty Achievement Award (2013), Creative Research and Scholarship Award (2013), and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Senior Faculty Research Award (2007). 

Lall is often asked to serve in high-impact roles due to his wide recognition in the technical community and because of the high regard that he is held in by his peers.  In 2010, when the National Academies wanted to study unintended acceleration and electronics vehicle controls, they sought out Lall.  Lall served on the National Academies committee along with other leading experts.  The results of the findings were published in a report released by the National Academies.  Lall has served as the Technical Program Chair of ASME Congress (2009), General Chair of ASME Congress (2010) and the Congress Steering Committee Chair (2012-13).  Presently, Lall serves on the IEEE Reliability Society Advisory Committee (AdCom), IEEE Reliability Society Representative on the IEEE-USA Government relations committee on R&D policy and Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies.