• University of California, Merced, 2009-2017
• The Pennsylvania State University, 1987-2009
• University of Southern California, 1980-1987
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1975-1980
• San Francisco State University, 1974-1975
• NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, 1972-1974

Honors/Awards:

• Honorary Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017
• Distinguished Professor, University of California, Merced, 2016
• ASME 75th Anniversary Medal, 2013
• Special issue on Radiative Heat Transfer by the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer in honor of M. Modest's 65th Birthday, 2010
• Symposium in honor of M. Modest's 65th Birthday, ASME National Heat Transfer Meeting, San Francisco, 2009
• Thermophysics Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2008
• University Distinguished Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, A. von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 2007
• Dedication of 5th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, 17-22 June, 2007, Bodrum, Turkey to M. F. Modest
• Heat Transfer Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2005
• Premier Research Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 2003
• Outstanding Research Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 2000
• Who's Who in the World
• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in American Education
• Who's Who in the East
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering
• Fellow -- American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1988
• Sigma Xi
• Postdoctoral Fellowship of the National Research Council
• First in Graduating Class of 1968 ("Summa Cum Laude")

Affiliations:

• Honorary Member -- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Member - ASME Heat Transfer Division
  K6 Committee on Heat Transfer in Energy Systems,
  General Papers Committee (Chairman 1992-1993),
  Journal of Heat Transfer (Associate Technical Editor, 1993-1996; Senior Associate Technical Editor, 1996-1999)
• Associate Fellow - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  Thermophysics Committee
• Member - Laser Institute of America
  Committee on Materials Processing
• Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (Associate Technical Editor, 2005-to date)