National Academy of Engineering Elects 130 Members and 28 International Members
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) today announced the election of 130 members and 28 international members to its Class of 2026, said NAE President Tsu-Jae Liu. This election brings the total number of U.S. members to 2,534 and the number of international members to 356.
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education. Members are also recognized for pioneering new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing and implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.
NAE members are among the world’s most accomplished engineers from business, academia, and government. Founded in 1964, the NAE provides independent, objective analysis and advice to the nation, offering leadership and insights to address complex challenges. Members are elected by their peers; the ballot for the Class of 2026 was finalized in December, and the final vote took place in January. Individuals elected to the Class of 2026 will be formally inducted during the NAE Annual Meeting in the fall. A list of the newly elected members and international members follows, along with their primary affiliations at the time of election and brief statements describing their principal engineering accomplishments.
New Members:
Ahmed, Nasir, emeritus professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. For the discovery and popularization of the Discrete Cosine Transform and its many applications.
Ailamaki, Anastasia, professor, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. For contributions to database systems and their performance evaluation.
Anderson, Noel Wayne, technical adviser, Grand Farm, Fargo, N.D. For invention, innovation leadership, and intellectual property strategy in autonomous systems and digital agriculture engineering.
Anderson, Dana Zachary, founder and chief science officer, Infleqtion, Louisville, Colo.; and professor and JILA fellow, University of Colorado Boulder. For contributions to optical quantum engineering of ultracold atoms.
Arnold, Barbara Jean, chair and professor of practice, Energy and Mineral Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. For application of mineral processing fundamentals in coal preparation, respirable dust evaluation, and recovery of critical minerals from mining wastes.
Aunins, Anne Hammons, portfolio head, Rare Diseases, Moderna Therapeutics, Cambridge, Mass. For leadership in pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing, particularly for contributions to the development of COVID-19 vaccines.
Baker, David, professor, Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle. For developing computational methods to engineer novel proteins and predict protein three- dimensional structures.
Balmer-Millar, Mari Lou, senior vice president, Large Power Systems, and chief sustainability officer, Caterpillar Inc., Chillicothe, Ill. For contributions to reducing the environmental impact of large machinery used in mining and construction, while improving efficiency and sustainability.
Balsara, Nitash Pervez, Charles W. Tobias Professor of Electrochemistry, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. For elucidating the relationship between mechanical and electrical properties in block copolymer electrolytes to develop solid electrolytes for rechargeable batteries.
Bawendi, Moungi Gabriel, professor, Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For the synthesis and characterization of semiconductor quantum dots and their applications in displays, photovoltaics, and biology.
Bhat, Rajaram, Corning Research Fellow, Corning Inc., Burlington, N.C. For contributions to metalorganic chemical vapor deposition for optoelectronic and electronic devices.
Black, Michael Julian, director, Perceiving Systems, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany. For contributions to optic flow and human body modeling and tracking.
Blackmore, Lars James, senior principal, Mars landing engineer, SpaceX, Hawthorne, Calif. For advances in the field of guidance and control of reusable rockets.
Blasingame, Thomas Alwin, professor and department head, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station. For developing rate-transient tools to diagnose and predict hydrocarbon production.
Bonaquist, Dante Patrick, senior corporate fellow, Praxair Inc., Boalsburg, Pa. For innovation in the field of industrial gases production and applications.
Boyd, Iain, H.T. Sears Memorial Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder. For contributions to the computational simulation of high-temperature gases and plasmas using kinetic methods for hypersonics and space propulsion.
Budil, Kimberly Susan, laboratory director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, Calif. For advancing nuclear deterrence through technical contributions, laboratory leadership, and advice to the government.
Bunning, Timothy J., chief technology officer, Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio. For novel optical applications of liquid crystal material systems for commercial and defense applications.
Burcham, Christopher Luis, professor of the practice, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana. For contributions to crystallization, particle engineering, and process control to advance pharmaceutical engineering and enable new therapies to market.
Burger, Douglas Christopher, technical fellow and corporate vice president, Microsoft Research, Redmond, Wash. For accelerating cloud-scale computing and networking infrastructures with field-programmable systems.
Cagan, Jonathan, George Tallman and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. For artificial intelligence approaches that advance product design innovation and for establishing integrated design education and practice.
Caire, Giuseppe, professor, Fakultät Elektrotechnik und Informatik, Institut für Telekommunikationssysteme, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. For contributions to coded modulation for wireless and multiuser communications.
Carlini, James, chief technology officer emeritus, Leidos, Reston, Va. For contributions to the development of new defense systems and technology.
Chiang, Mung, president and Roscoe H. George Distinguished Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. For contributions to networks and edge computing and leadership in U.S. higher education.
Childress, Amy Elizabeth, dean’s professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the ReWater Center, Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. For advancing membrane technologies for desalination and wastewater reuse.
Clancy, Jennifer L., senior scientist, Environmental Science Policy and Research Institute, Swanton, Vt. For advancing water quality analysis for design and operation of treatment technologies.
Clarke, John-Paul, Ernest Cockrell Jr. Memorial Chair, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin. For contributions to the efficiency and environmental performance of civil aviation and the development of continuous descent approaches.
Cook, Timothy Donald, chief executive officer, Apple, Cupertino, Calif. For advancing technological innovation, environmental sustainability, and transformative leadership in supply chain of consumer electronics.
Croat, John J., president, John Croat Consulting, Naples, Fla. For inventing neodymium-based rare-earth permanent magnets.
Das Sharma, Debendra, senior fellow, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. For strategic leadership in development and global proliferation of input/output subsystems, interface architectures, technologies, and standards.
Denning, Dorothy E.R., emeritus distinguished professor, Department of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. For contributions to cybersecurity, including the lattice model for authorization and early intrusion detection systems.
Doerr, John, general partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Menlo Park, Calif. For leadership in enabling digital transformation through strategic investment, mentorship, and the successful commercialization of innovative technology ventures.
Doudna, Jennifer, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and professor, University of California, Berkeley. For developing widely adopted DNA and RNA editing methods based on CRISPR-Cas9.
Drzaic, Paul Stephen, distinguished engineer, Apple Inc., Cupertino, Calif. For contributions to the development of materials for advanced displays.
Dudley, Robert Warren, chief executive officer, BP, Naples, Fla. For leadership in containing the Deepwater Horizon spill and revolutionizing industry safety standards in global energy production.
El-Mansy, Youssef A., corporate vice president, Technology Development, Intel, Beaverton, Ore. For leadership and contributions to microprocessor products.
Engheta, Nader, H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. For contributions to the development of metamaterials and their applications.
Erickson, Robert Warren, distinguished professor emeritus, University of Colorado Boulder. For advances in modeling, control, education, and massive open online courses in power electronics.
Freese, Charles Edwin, global executive director and global executive chief engineer, General Motors Co., Ira, Mich. For technical and business leadership in propulsion systems, power generation, marine and automotive systems with emphasis on fuel cell technology.
Gmirya, Yuriy, senior technical fellow, Sikorsky, Engineering & Technology, Lockheed Martin Corp., Stratford, Conn. For technical leadership in innovation of vertical flight drive system designs allowing increased efficiency, reliability, and safety.
Gnade, Bruce Edward, emeritus professor, The University of Texas at Dallas. For contributions to advancement of electronic materials and semiconductor device technologies.
Goldberg, Ken Yigael, professor and William S. Floyd Distinguished Chair, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. For contributions to practice, research, and education in robotics and automation for industrial parts handling.
Goudar, Chetan T., vice president of manufacturing and clinical supply, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif. For contributions to the development of innovative methods for process development and manufacturing of biotherapeutic products.
Gusikhin, Oleg Yurievich, senior director, supply chain analytics, Global Data Insight & Analytics, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich. For contributions to supply chain risk management, production scheduling, assembly line layout and connected vehicle analytics.
Guthart, Gary Steven, executive chair of the board of directors, Intuitive Surgical Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. For engineering leadership in the creation of surgical robotic systems and their usage to improve patient care.
Hagness, Susan Carol, Philip D. Reed Professor and chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Maria Stuchly Professor, Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison. For contributions to computational electromagnetics and its biomedical applications.
Hamilton, James R., senior vice president and distinguished engineer, Amazon.com Inc., Seattle. For contributions to cloud computing and data center efficiency.
Harvey, Charles, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For contributions to hydrogeology regarding groundwater arsenic contamination, transport, and consequences.
Havelka, Kathleen O'Leary, senior vice president, Research, Development, and Applications, Advancion Corp., Buffalo Grove, Ill. For contributions and technical leadership in high-performance and sustainable lubrication solutions across multiple industrial sectors.
Hays, David, senior staff scientist, 3M, Maplewood, Minn. For materials and manufacturing process discoveries in pharmaceuticals, optical films, specialty adhesives, and biopharma purification membranes.
Hsieh, Jiang, retired chief scientist, GE HealthCare, Waukesha, Wis. For contributions and leadership in developing CT scan reconstruction algorithms and systems for the global diagnostic imaging sector.
Indyk, Piotr, Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For contributions to approximate nearest neighbor search, streaming, and sketching algorithms for massive data processing.
Jahanian, Farnam, president, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. For contributions to the security and stability of internet service provider networks.
Joye, Samantha Benton, Regents’ Professor, Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens. For contributions to the development of marine technology toward the advancement of ocean exploration, marine biogeochemistry and microbial ecology.
Jumper, John Michael, distinguished scientist, Google DeepMind, London, United Kingdom. For leading the development of the artificial intelligence system, AlphaFold, for predicting the three dimensional structure of proteins.
Karjala, Teresa Plumley, senior research and development fellow, Packaging, Specialty Plastics, and Hydrocarbons, Dow Inc., Lake Jackson, Texas. For leadership in innovation in the field of polyolefin product development, production and commercialization.
Kent, Stephen Thomas, chief scientist emeritus, Raytheon BBN Technologies, Boxborough, Mass. For contributions to the development and deployment of security mechanisms for the Internet.
Kikani, Jitendra, vice president, Subsurface, Chevron Corp., Houston. For advancing hydrocarbon reservoir management through contributions to reservoir surveillance and reservoir engineering.
King, Michael Laird, professor of practice, Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. For leadership in the commercialization and manufacturing, and supply of vaccines and pharmaceuticals.
Kolmanovsky, Ilya, Pierre T. Kabamba Collegiate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For contributions to nonlinear and optimal control systems theory and their applications in automotive and aerospace engineering.
Kortshagen, Uwe Richard, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. For contributions to the plasma synthesis of quantum dots and nanocrystals.
Koster, Randal D., research scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Frederick, Md. For contributions to land surface models that track hydrologic and atmospheric variability through data assimilation.
Lau, Kam Yin, professor emeritus, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley. For contributions to semiconductor lasers and radio frequency over fiber (RFoF) systems.
Law, Kara Lavender, research professor of oceanography, Sea Education Association, Falmouth, Mass. For leadership in recognizing, quantifying, and working to reduce the flow of plastic waste into the oceans.
Lenhoff, Abraham M., Allan P. Colburn Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark. For contributions addressing protein-protein, protein-surface and colloidal interactions leading to major advances in protein purification technologies.
Leventis, George Evangelos, managing principal and executive vice president, Langan Engineering; and managing director, Langan International LLC, West Palm Beach, Fla. For geotechnical engineering, deep foundations, seismic risk assessment and mitigation, and construction of complex civil works.
Li, Xiaochun, professor and Raytheon Chair in Manufacturing Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles. For nanotechnology-enabled solidification-based manufacturing processes of high-performance metal products.
Lienhard, John Henry, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For advances and technological innovations in desalination.
Lightfoot, Robert M., president, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Littleton, Colo. For leadership in the space shuttle, space station, and U.S. national security space programs in government and industry.
Liu, T. Mark, executive chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Palo Alto, Calif. For enabling advanced semiconductor mass production and pure-play foundry technology for global scale integration.
Lund, Elizabeth H., retired senior vice president, Quality, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Co., Bellevue, Wash. For the development and production of the twin-aisle commercial airplanes.
Ma, Stacey Yuxin, executive vice president, Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, Calif. For leadership in biopharmaceutical development, advancing analytical technologies, and commercializing manufacturing platforms for transformative therapies.
Maginn, Edward Joseph, Keough-Hesburgh Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. For development and application of molecular modeling and simulation of complex systems involving slow dynamics and long-ranged interactions.
Mannering, Fred, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa. For contributions to transportation engineering data science and innovations in highway safety analytics.
Mark, Christopher, mining engineer, Technical Support, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Pittsburgh. For significantly reducing mine-related fatalities through technical contributions that improved underground mine conditions and established a culture of safety.
Martin, Kenneth Eugene, principal engineer, Electric Power Group, Phoenix. For development of standards for synchrophasor definition, interoperability, testing, and applications in power systems.
McCune, Michael, senior fellow, Transmission Design, Pratt & Whitney, Colchester, Conn. For engineering excellence and innovation in the development of technology for high-bypass geared turbofan jet engines.
McDowell, David L., regents’ professor emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology, Lilburn. For microstructure-sensitive computational modeling of engineering alloys, and methodologies for computational materials design.
McKenzie, Howard, executive vice president and chief engineer, Engineering, Test, and Technology, Boeing Co., Seattle. For engineering leadership in advanced commercial air platforms.
McMillan, Kenneth Member, professor and Admiral B.R. Inman Centennial Chair, The University of Texas at Austin. For contributions to the formal verification of hardware and software.
Milanfar, Peyman, distinguished scientist, Google Inc., Mountain View, Calif. For contributions to computational photography.
Minor, Barbara Haviland, corporate fellow, Chemours, The Villages, Fla. For developing sustainable refrigerant technologies and leading the effort to incorporate them into commercial use.
Morris, Jeffrey F., professor of chemical engineering and director, Levich Institute, City College of New York, New York City. For research on the fundamentals of concentrated suspension and hydrate slurry flows and for implementing applications in many industries.
Morris, John Christopher, chief technology officer, Seagate Technology, Seagate, Shakopee, Minn. For contributions in industrial application of robust control in hard disk drives, enabling high areal densities and disk drive capacity.
Muller, David Anthony, Samuel B. Eckert Professor, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. For developing a new generation of electron detectors and reconstruction algorithms leading to the highest resolution electron microscope.
Narayanan, Shrikanth Sambasivan, university professor and Niki and Max Nikias Chair, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. For contributions to and leadership in human sensing and machine intelligence with impact on national security, health and media.
Nikzad, Shouleh, chief technologist, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. For contributions to ultraviolet instrument technologies for space exploration.
Obermann, Richard M., president, Obermann SciTech LLC, Vienna, Va. For government service to advance U.S. competitiveness, STEM, and national science and technology capabilities.
Pitel, Ira J., founder and engineer, Magna-Power Electronics, Flemington, N.J. For advancements in power electronics, integrating theoretical innovation with practical applications in commercial products.
Porter, Brandon William, founder and chief executive officer, Collaborative Robotics Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. For contributions to robotics, artificial intelligence, large-scale distributed systems, and advancing human-robot collaboration.
Ramanujam, Nirmala, Robert W. Carr Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, N.C. For creating technologies to improve women's health, including better detection of cervical cancer detection and improved breast cancer treatment.
Reardon, William H., technical director, Air Systems Group, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), United States Navy, Prince Frederick, Md. For engineering leadership and significant contributions in U.S. naval aviation safety and naval aircraft propulsion sustainment and readiness.
Regalbuto, Monica C., CNL laboratory director, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio. For contributions to enable safe management and disposal of high-level nuclear wastes, and to develop advanced nuclear fuel cycles.
Rhines, Walden Member, chief executive officer, Silvaco Group Inc., Dallas. For co-invention of a blue-light-emitting diode and leadership in the semiconductor industry.
Riverso, Milo E., senior adviser to the president and the board, Manhattan University, Scarsdale, N.Y. For leadership in strategic development and management of engineering professional corporations, associations, and academic institutions.
Rothblatt, Martine A., chair and chief executive officer, United Therapeutics Corp., Silver Spring, Md. For leadership in the fields of spectrum and satellite engineering, organ transplantation, and electric aviation.
Ruf, Christopher, Frederick Bartman Collegiate Professor of Climate and Space Science, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For development of remote sensing technology to observe Earth's environment using small satellite constellations.
Sanders, Edgar Snyder, head of corporate development and interim chief technology officer, Osmoses, Newark, Del. For leading the commercial impact of hollow fiber membranes for gas separations.
Santiago, Juan Gabriel, Charles Lee Powell Foundation Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. For advancing micro-scale transport and applications of microfluidic systems.
Sasisekharan, Ram, Alfred H. Caspary Professor, Department of Biological Engineering and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For discovering the U.S. heparin contaminant in 2008 and creating clinical antibodies for Zika, dengue, SARS-CoV-2, and other diseases.
Scapa, James Ralph, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer, Altair Engineering Inc., Atherton, Calif. For developing Altair software, revolutionizing product design with advanced simulation, high performance computing, and artificial intelligence.
Scarangello, Thomas Zarro, managing principal and senior adviser, Thornton Tomasetti, New York City. For advancing engineering in the economical design, fabrication and construction of large, long-span, static and kinetic building structures.
Sebastian, Tomy, vice president, HL Mechatronics, Auburn, Mich. For contributions to the design and development of automotive electrification systems.
Selvamanickam, Venkat, professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Houston. For contributions to industrial-scale advanced manufacturing processes for high-temperature superconductor wires for electric power applications, and their commercialization.
Semmel, Ralph David, director emeritus, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. For leadership in generating innovative and disruptive engineering advancements in defense, national security and space exploration.
Seth, Jayshree, corporate scientist, 3M, St. Paul, Minn. For innovations in commercial adhesive systems and persistent advocacy of the importance of STEM education.
Shazeer, Noam, Google fellow, Google Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. For contributions including Transformer architecture and Mixture of Experts architecture that underlie the large language model revolution in artificial intelligence.
Shepherd, Joseph Emmett, C.L. “Kelly” Johnson Professor, emeritus, Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. For contributions to the understanding of detonation waves and to mitigating explosion hazards in air transportation systems and nuclear facilities.
Siebel, Thomas Michael, chairman, C3 AI, Redwood City, Calif. For the development of customer relationship management software, and significant contributions to talent development in engineering.
Smith, Kevin Scott, section head, Precision Manufacturing and Manufacturing Innovation, Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, Tenn. For contributions to improving machine tool system performance, manufacturing of thin monolithic structures, and for national manufacturing leadership.
Snider, Timothy Roy, director, Teck Resources Limited, Tucson, Ariz. For developing and applying hydrometallurgical solvent -extraction and electrowinning extraction methods, allowing economical recovery of low-grade mineral resources.
Surampalli, Rao Y., president, chief executive officer, and chief technology officer, Global Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Lenexa, Kan. For advancing environmental sustainability through contributions in policy and technology development.
Thien, Michael Paul, senior vice president, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Westfield, N.J. For innovations in supply chain design and engineering of large- scale manufacture of drugs for treating HIV, cancer, and diabetes.
Thole, Karen A., Robert J. Vlasic Dean, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For contributions to gas turbines through the development and deployment of innovative cooling technologies.
Wachs, Israel E., G. Whitney Snyder Chair, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. For establishing fundamental structure–activity/selectivity rules governing molecular engineering of mixed oxide catalysts.
Waggoner, Mark, managing principal, Walter P. Moore & Associates, Inc., Austin, Texas. For achievements in the design and construction of long-span structures.
Walters, Mason Torrey, senior principal structural engineer, Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Lafayette, Calif. For innovations in seismic isolation for retrofitting historic buildings.
Welsh, William Arthur, Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow (emeritus), Engineering, Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin Corp., Stratford, Conn. For contributions to rotorcraft dynamics including breakthrough active anti-vibration systems and higher harmonic control.
Whittaker, Andrew Stuart, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo. For advancing performance-based earthquake engineering, seismic isolation, and damping systems for buildings, bridges, and nuclear power plants.
Winey, Karen Irene, Pender Professor, Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. For contributions to understanding and advancing polymer nanocomposites and ion-containing polymers.
Winograd, Terry Allen, professor emeritus, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. For contributions in symbolic artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction.
Wong, H.-S. Philip, Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. For contributions to nanoscale semiconductor device technology.
Wooley, Karen Lynn, University Distinguished Professor and W.T. Doherty-Welch Chair, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station. For discovering sustainable macromolecules and assemblies to improve the use and impact of plastics on society and the environment.
Worsnop, Douglas Robert, senior vice president, KWR Water Research Institute, and FiDiPro Professor of INAR, University of Helsinki, Billerica, Mass. For development and application of the aerosol mass spectrometer, ushering in a revolution in real-time characterization of atmospheric aerosols.
Wu, Felix F., chair professor, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. For contributions to the development of analytical and computational methods for power system stability and security.
Xia, Younan, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. For research and leadership in the invention and rational development of advanced materials for nanomedicine and regenerative medicine.
Yang, Ruilin, principal research fellow, Orica Limited, Centennial, Colo. For transformative rock-blast modeling to optimize fragmentation and reduce environmental impacts.
Yung, Marcel Mordechai Moti, distinguished research scientist, Google, LLC, New York City. For contributions to cryptography and its applications in information technology systems.
Zhang, Qiming, Harvey F. Brush Chair, professor, Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. For inventing relaxor ferroelectric polymers for generating large electroactuation, giant electrocaloric effect, high piezoelectric coupling, and their commercialization.
Zhou, Weichang, chief technology officer, MediLink Therapeutics, Cranbury, N.J. For engineering and leadership in the field of manufacturing and development of biologics.
New International Members:
Alouini, Mohamed-Slim Khemais, Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor and UNESCO Chair on Education to Connect the Unconnected, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. For contributions to modeling and evaluation of wireless communication systems.
Bates, Paul David, professor of hydrology, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. For contributions and leadership in flood-risk modeling at the global scale.
Brady, Michael, emeritus professor, Department of Oncology, The University of Oxford, United Kingdom. For contributions to vision-based robotics, and image-based medical diagnosis and treatment.
Brechet, Yves J.M., scientific director, Saint-Gobain, Paris, France. For contributions to physical metallurgy, mechanical deformation and flow localization mechanisms in structural materials, and improved understanding of heterogeneous materials.
Cazenave, Anny, emeritus scientist, Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, Toulouse, France. For contributions and leadership in satellite altimetry.
Cinco Ley, Heber, consultant, Reservoir Engineering, Jaguar Exploracion-Produccion, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico. For advancing the evaluation and understanding of hydraulically fractured wells and improving recovery from complex reservoirs.
Cullis, Pieter Rutter, professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. For contributions in the field of RNA delivery using lipid nanoparticles that enable novel vaccines and therapeutics.
De Doncker, Rik W., professor and director of Institute ISEA, E.ON ERC|PGS and Research Campus FEN, RWTH Aachen University, RWTH Aachen University, Germany. For contributions as researcher, educator, and engineering leader to architectures and power electronics equipment for AC/DC power grid systems.
De Micheli, Giovanni Giacomo, professor and director, Ecocloud Center, Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne, Switzerland. For contributions to network on chips and advances in electronic design automation.
Eleftheriades, George, professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada. For contributions to engineered electromagnetic materials and their applications.
Falholt, Per, co-founder, executive science expert, and advisor, 21st BIO, Holte, Denmark. For contributions to industrial enzyme production, biotechnology innovation, and leadership in global biotech product development and technology commercialization.
Fardis, Michael N., emeritus professor, Civil Engineering Department, University of Patras, Patras, Greece. For leadership in modeling and analysis of concrete structures and for advancing building code provisions for earthquake-resistant construction.
Hassabis, Demis, co-founder and chief executive officer, Google DeepMind, London, United Kingdom. For leadership in the application of artificial intelligence to biochemistry and other fields.
Jiang, Guibin, professor, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. For global leadership in developing methods for sampling, analysis, and control of emerging pollutants.
Jimenez Cisneros, Blanca Elena, ambassador and senior researcher, Embassy of Mexico, Paris, France. For international leadership and diplomatic contributions to the sustainable management of water.
Kelleher, A. Bernadette, retired executive vice president of technology development, Intel, Scottsdale, Ariz. For advancing semiconductor technology and for leadership of technology development in next-generation chip manufacturing, packaging and test technologies.
Keller, Ursula, professor emeritus, ETH Zurich, Uitikon, Switzerland. For contributions to ultrafast lasers and attosecond technologies.
Lim, Chwee-Teck, professor, Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore. For contributions to human disease biomechanics, enabling innovative approaches to diagnosis and treatment.
MacGregor, John F., president and chief executive officer, ProSensus Inc., Ancaster, Canada. For innovations in multivariate data analytics for industrial process monitoring and quality control.
Medema, Gertjan, principal microbiologist, Water Microbiology, KWR Water Research Institute, Nieuwegein, Netherlands. For developing water pathogen measurement methods and globally applying them to reduce infectious disease risk.
Morbidelli, Massimo Silvio, visiting scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. For end-to-end continuous processes for producing biopharmaceuticals.
Payne, David N., professor, Optoelectronics Research Center, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. For the development and commercialization of optical fiber technologies.
Ross, Frances Mary, TDK Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For ultra-high vacuum and liquid-cell transmission electron microscopies and their worldwide adoptions for materials research and semiconductor technology development.
Settari, Antonin, professor emeritus, University of Calgary, Canada. For contributions in hydraulic fracturing, geomechanics and reservoir simulation.
Shashua, Amnon, president and chief executive officer, Mobileye, Jerusalem, Israel. For contributions to computer vision and its applications to autonomous driving technology.
Spakovszky, Zoltan Sandor, T. Wilson (1953) Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For contributions, through rigorous discoveries and advancements, in aeroengine aerodynamic and aerostructural stability and acoustics.
Sun, Yu, professor, University of Toronto, Canada. For contributions to industrial-grade nanomanipulation instrumentation and contributions to the field of robotic cell surgery.
Torsi, Luisa, full professor, Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy. For contributions to the engineering of ultrasensitive and highly performing bioelectronic devices for clinical applications.