The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected 128 new members and 22 international members to the Class of 2025, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,487 and the number of international members to 336.

Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions in at least one of the following categories: “engineering practice, research, or education”, “pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or development/implementation of innovative approaches to engineering education” or “engineering leadership of one or more major endeavors." 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 for a complex world. Elected by their peers, the ballot for this class was set in December and the final vote took place in January.

Individuals in the newly elected class will be formally inducted during the NAE's Annual Meeting on Oct. 5, 2025. A list of the new members and international members follows, with their primary affiliations at the time of election and a brief statement of their principal engineering accomplishments.

New Members:

Acero, Alex, AI venture partner, Cadenza, Monte Sereno, Calif. For leadership in research and development of spoken language technology. 

Achilefu, Samuel, professor and Lyda Hill Distinguished University Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. For contributions and international leadership in the molecular imaging of cancer and molecular nanotherapeutics using biophotonics and nuclear technologies. 

Amine, Khalil, Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Ill. For leadership of developments in the materials science of batteries and energy storage devices. 

Anderson Bomar, Marsha, president elect, American Society of Civil Engineers, Duluth, Ga. For advancing sustainable passenger and freight ground transportation systems and land use development. 

Apostolov, Alexander, principal engineer, OMICRON Electronics, Los Angeles. For leadership in the digital transformation of protection and control in electrical power systems. 

Athanasiou, Kyriacos, distinguished professor and Henry Samueli Chair, Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine. For contributions to the understanding and treatment of musculoskeletal afflictions and for leadership in bioengineering. 

Bahl, Paramvir, technical fellow and chief technology officer, Azure for Operators, Microsoft Corp., Bellevue, Wash. For contributions to wireless networking, indoor localization, and edge computing, and for leadership in the mobile computing community. 

Baillely, Gerard, senior vice president, Corporate Research and Development, Procter & Gamble, Mason, Ohio. For leadership in creating innovative consumer packaging with enhanced performance, value, consumer satisfaction, and sustainability. 

Bascur, Osvaldo A., principal, OSB Digital LLC, The Woodlands, Texas. For applying phenomenological modeling techniques in mineral and processing plant performance optimization. 

Bazant, Martin Zdenek, E.G. Roos (1944) Chair Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For contributions to nonlinear electrochemical and electrokinetic phenomena, including induced charge electroosmosis, shock electrodialysis, capacitive desalination, and energy storage applications. 

Beckham, Gregg T., senior research fellow, Renewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colo. For leadership in biological and chemical catalysis for the valorization and creation of materials from waste plastics and biomass. 

Ben-Akiva, Moshe E., Edmund K. Turner Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For advances in transportation and infrastructure systems modeling and demand analysis. 

Benson, Olester, corporate scientist (retired), 3M Corporate Research Process Laboratory, Woodbury, Minn. For advancing microreplication technologies, leading to the commercialization of reflective safety films and brightness-enhancing films for electronics. 

Bian, Jessica, vice president, Grid Services, Grid-X Partners, Acton, Mass. For leadership and contributions in electric power system reliability performance metrics, and for advancement of power flow modeling and control. 

Bowersox, Rodney, associate dean for research and Ford I Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station. For leadership and contributions in hypersonic aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics through the development of experimental facilities and diagnostic techniques. 

Brannon-Peppas, Lisa, founder and president, PeppChem Consulting, Austin, Texas. For contributions to the targeted drug delivery of chemotherapeutic agents and contributions to biomaterials swelling, and for biomedical leadership. 

Brantley, Susan L., Atherton Professor and Evan Pugh University Professor Emerita of Geosciences, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. For elucidating chemical, biological, and physical processes associated with the circulation of aqueous fluids in shallow hydrogeologic settings. 

Brown, Robert C., Anson Marston Distinguished Professor and Gary and Donna Hoover Chair, Iowa State University, Ames. For engineering processes for controlled oxidation of lignocellulosic biomass and plastic wastes into low-carbon-footprint energy, fuels, and chemicals. 

Cameron, Douglas C., co-president and director, First Green Partners, Erie, Colo. For driving the chimerical development of a synthetic, biology-based, environmentally friendly bioprocess for biofuels, food security, and industrial chemicals. 

Cao, Pei, vice president of engineering, YouTube's Trust & Safety, YouTube, San Bruno, Calif. For contributions to web caching, search engine efficiency, and information quality. 

Chapman, Patrick, chief executive officer, Startup in Energy Systems, Austin, Texas. For the development of reliable inverters enabling large-scale photovoltaic energy system deployment. 

Chen, Tze-Chiang, IBM Fellow and vice president of science and technology, IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. For technical contributions and leadership in materials development and the implementation of logic and memory technologies. 

Chen, Long-Qing, Donald W. Hamer Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. For making the phase-field method the most powerful tool for predicting the mesoscopic microstructure and properties of engineering materials. 

Cherepinsky, Igor, director, Sikorsky Innovations, Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Conn. For technical achievement and leadership in the development of autonomous systems for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. 

Cheung, Kwok, founder and chief executive officer, KC-Exousia Consulting, Redmond, Wash. For contributions to the design and implementation of energy market management systems in power grid control centers worldwide. 

Cochran, Jennifer R., Addie and Al Macovski Professor and senior associate vice provost for research, Shriram Center for Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. For biopharmaceutical protein discovery and development, biotechnology entrepreneurship, and leadership in academic bioengineering. 

Cohen, Robert, president, Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technology, Stryker, Weston, Fla. For design contributions to orthopedic surgical procedures and devices and for additive manufacturing leadership. 

Coleman, Victoria, chief executive officer and head, North America Research & Technology, Acubed, Sunnyvale, Calif. For innovations in software operations related to national and cyber security and consumer electronics. 

Comaniciu, Dorin, senior vice president, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation, Siemens Healthineers, Princeton, N.J. For contributions to diagnostic imaging and image-guided therapy, leading to better diagnosis and treatment for numerous patients. 

Cooney, Charles L., professor emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For contributions to biochemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing that propelled the establishment and growth of the global biotechnology industry. 

Crouse, Charles, principal engineer, AECOM, Seattle. For contributions to public safety and infrastructure resilience through leadership in transferring research advances into seismic design practice. 

Dembek, Alexa, chief technology and sustainability officer, DuPont, Wilmington, Del. For leadership in the development of light-weight protective fiber technologies and value creation through innovation, product stewardship, and sustainability. 

Dicciani, Nance K., co-founder and chief executive officer, RTM Vital Signs LLC, Ambler, Pa. For technical leadership driving innovation in medical devices, materials, and chemical processes. 

Diddams, Scott, professor and Robert H. Davis Endowed Chair, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder. For contributions to optical frequency combs and their applications. 

Doerr, Christopher R., chief executive officer, Aloe Semiconductor Inc., Middletown, N.J. For contributions to integrated photonic circuits for telecommunications. 

Dooley, James H., chief technology officer, Forest Concepts LLC, Auburn, Wash. For engineering achievements in the design of innovative wood products, biomass processes, and processing equipment. 

Eberhard, Martin, entrepreneur (retired), Tiveni Inc., Friday Harbor, Wash. For leadership in the development of electric vehicles and entrepreneurship in transportation. 

Eng, Julie, chief technology officer, Coherent Corp., Los Altos, Calif. For contributions to high-speed optoelectronic devices and modules. 

Erdman, Arthur Guy, Richard C. Jordan Professor and director, Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. For contributions to kinematics, mechanical design education, and applications for machines and products. 

Estell, David, fellow and laureate, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. For the development of protein engineering technologies that resulted in products for human health, animal health, food, and personal care. 

Estrin, Judith L., chief executive officer, JLabs LLC, Menlo Park, Calif. For contributions to the early development and adoption of networking technologies, products, and services, and for leadership that advanced innovation. 

Everett, Lorne G., chief scientist and chief executive officer, L. Everett & Associates LLC, Santa Barbara, Calif. For establishing EPA-endorsed monitoring and cleanup methodologies for contaminated soil and groundwater. 

Facchetti, Antonio, professor and Hightower Chair, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. For contributions to the engineering of commercially viable electronic materials and devices. 

Feyereisen, Thea, distinguished technical fellow, Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, Hudson, Wis. For cockpit innovations, including synthetic vision systems, runway overrun awareness, and moving maps. 

Fink, Yoel, professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For the design and production of structured photonic fibers, enabling surgeries and the invention of fabrics that sense and communicate. 

Frangopol, Dan M., Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture, ATLSS Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. For contributions to life-cycle civil engineering and leadership in its global development and adoption. 

García, Marcelo H., professor and M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Endowed Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana. For research on sediment transport and river and marine morphodynamics, and for advancing hydraulics and sedimentation engineering. 

Garimella, Suresh V., president and distinguished professor, University of Arizona, Tucson. For contributions to microscale heat and mass transport, academic leadership, and service to the nation. 

Gindy, Marian, vice president, Small Molecule Science and Technology, Manufacturing Division, Merck, Rahway, N.J. For pharmaceutical product innovation and for transforming new technology concepts into robust platforms, processes, and products. 

Hanes, Justin, Lewis J. Ort Professor, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. For developing innovative technologies that improve drug and gene delivery, resulting in multiple approved products. 

Hausler, Elizabeth, founder and chief executive officer, Build Change, Denver. For transformational impact as an international social entrepreneur, saving lives by building sustainable communities with natural hazard resilience. 

Heath, Robert W., Charles Lee Powell Chair, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla. For contributions to the theory and practice of wireless communication. 

Heshmat, Hooshang, co-founder, president, and chief executive officer/technical director, Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc., Au Sable Forks, N.Y. For contributions to tribology, oil-free turbomachinery, and gas foil bearings. 

Hewson, Marillyn A., chairman, president, and chief executive officer (retired), Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md. For the development and delivery of breakthrough innovations and technology programs of critical importance to global security and space exploration. 

Hill, Stephanie C., president, Rotary and Mission Systems, Lockheed Martin Corp., Cockeysville, Md. For leadership of aerospace and defense systems in cyber security, rotary wing systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles. 

Holm, Elizabeth Ann, Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor and department chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For achievements in the development and application of computational methods for understanding microstructural evolution and integrated computational materials engineering. 

Holmes, Philip John, professor emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. For the application of methods of nonlinear analysis and chaotic dynamics to engineering systems. 

Hull, Charles W., co-founder and chief technology officer, 3D Systems Corp., Valencia, Calif. For the invention of 3D printing and the subsequent development of the additive manufacturing industry. 

Jacangelo, Joseph G., vice president and director of research, Stantec, Washington, D.C. For advancing low-pressure membrane filtration for potable water treatment and wastewater reuse. 

Jassy, Andrew, president and chief executive officer, Amazon, Seattle. For driving the cloud computing revolution by envisioning, launching, leading, and growing Amazon Web Services. 

Johns, Russell Taylor, professor and George E. Trimble Chair, Department of Energy and Minerals Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. For developing thermodynamically rigorous algorithms for modeling hydrocarbon recovery processes. 

Johnson, Denise C., group president, Caterpillar Inc., Irving, Texas. For overseeing the development of zero-emission and autonomous mining equipment. 

Johnson, Wayne R., researcher, Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffett Field, Calif. For contributions to rotorcraft comprehensive analysis, tiltrotor aircraft development, emerging electric aircraft, and the Mars Helicopter development. 

Joshi, Abhay, president and chief executive officer, Axent Biosciences, San Mateo, Calif. For taking botulinum toxin medicines from initial lab-scale production to global commercialization and distribution. 

Kalkunte, Mohan, vice president of architecture, Core Switch Products Group, Broadcom Limited, Palo Alto, Calif. For contributions to ethernet switching for data networks. 

Kavraki, Lydia E., Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor, Department of Computer Science, Rice University, Houston. For developing randomized motion-planning algorithms for robotics and robotics-inspired methods in biomedicine. 

Klein, Dale E., Reese Endowed Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin. For leadership in the development of programs that enhance the safety of nuclear power plants worldwide. 

Kotov, Nicholas A., Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For scalable methods for the self-assembly of anisotropic nanoparticles and multifunctional nanocomposites that led to commercially viable advanced materials. 

Krames, Michael, president, Arkesso LLC, Kentfield, Calif. For contributions to high-brightness, visible-spectrum light-emitting diodes. 

Kreig, Ray, president, R.A. Kreig & Associates, Anchorage, Alaska. For developing the geotechnical engineering system used for the site selection and design of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. 

La Marca, Concetta, senior principal consultant, The Chemours Co., Wilmington, Del. For contributions to the commercial development and manufacturing of advanced, non-ozone-depleting, low-global-warming-potential refrigerants. 

Lee, Robert, board member, Enedym, Brighton, Mich. For leadership in automotive propulsion systems for conventional internal combustion hybrid and electric vehicles. 

Lehman, Maria C., infrastructure market leader, GHD Group, Orchard Park, N.Y. For leadership in public service and business engineering management focused on the sustainability and resilience of critical civil infrastructure. 

Lipkin, Don Mark, professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station. For innovations of coatings and rhenium recovery that contributed to higher efficiency and sustainability of jet engines and gas turbines. 

Lipson, Michal, Eugene Higgins Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, Columbia University, New York City. For the development, fabrication, and implementation of building blocks of silicon photonics. 

Loo, Yueh-Lin, Theodora D. '78 and William H. Walton III '74 Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. For contributions in developing processing-structure-property relationships in organic, polymer, and hybrid electronic materials, and leadership in decarbonizing shipping. 

Lozano-Pérez, Tomás, professor, Computer Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For contributions to robot motion planning and molecular design. 

Malladi, Subbaiah, chief technical officer and principal engineer, Exponent, Menlo Park, Calif. For contributions to critical national-transportation-safety-related investigations and safety regulation enforcement. 

Manferdelli, John L., confidential computing incubation leader (retired), VMware, San Francisco. For contributions and leadership in the field of trusted and confidential computing. 

Manning, Christopher David, Thomas M. Siebel Professor, Departments of Linguistics and Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. For the development and dissemination of natural language processing methods. 

Matari?, Maja J., Chan Soon-Shiong Chair and distinguished professor, Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. For contributions to human-robot interaction and socially assistive robotics. 

McKee, Karen, president, ExxonMobil Product Solutions Co., Spring, Texas. For leadership and innovation in growing sustainable global petrochemical businesses. 

Mickols, William, president, Mickols Consulting LLC, Tenino, Wash. For the discovery, development, and implementation of next-generation desalination membranes and related water filtration systems. 

Momoda, Leslie A., executive vice president, HRL Laboratories LLC, Malibu, Calif. For delivering materials innovation and application of advanced technologies across diverse industry sectors, ranging from hypersonics to high performance electronics. 

Nagarajan, Radhakrishnan, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Optical Platforms, Marvell Technology, Cupertino, Calif. For advances in high-speed lasers and photonic integration technologies. 

Nordt, Alison, director, Space Science and Instrumentation, Advanced Technology Center, Lockheed Martin Corp., Palo Alto, Calif. For contributions to aerospace and space science through development of novel instruments and space missions, extending understanding of the universe. 

Ozcan, Aydogan, Chancellor’s Professor and Volgenau Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles. For contributions to mobile sensing and telepathology for medical diagnostics. 

Papermaster, Mark, chief technology officer and executive vice president, Advanced Micro Devices, Horseshoe Bay, Texas. For leadership in the design and production of complex integrated circuit processors. 

Parker, Beth L., professor and NSERC Industrial Research Chair, School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Canada. For developing field methods to monitor, understand, and remediate groundwater contaminant occurrence, fate, and transport in fractured rock aquifers. 

Paserba, John, president and chief executive officer, Southern States LLC, Hampton, Ga. For advancing the application of power electronic controllers to improve power system performance and grid reliability. 

Peng, Fang, RK Mellon Endowed Chair Professor, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. For contributions to the development of high-power electronics technologies for advanced power grid control and energy conversion. 

Persson, Kristin A., Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. For pioneering data-driven materials design through the creation and stewardship of open materials databases and associated data-mining algorithms. 

Prather, Kristala L., Arthur D. Little Professor and department head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For the development of innovative approaches to regulate metabolic flux in engineered microorganisms with applications to specialty chemicals production. 

Raghavan, Madhusudan, senior tech fellow and lab group manager, Battery and System Architecture Group, General Motors, West Bloomfield, Mich. For contributions to kinematic analysis applied to conventional, hybrid, and electric vehicle powertrain designs. 

Rathje, Ellen M., Janet S. Cockrell Centennial Chair, Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin. For contributions to seismic slope assessment and site response analysis and the development of cyberinfrastructure for natural hazards engineering. 

Rignot, Eric, Donald Bren Professor, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine. For contributions to modeling and analysis of the effects of global climate change on polar ice sheets using radar interferometry. 

Roybal, Mary M., senior principal engineering fellow (retired), Raytheon, Tucson, Ariz. For contributions to the structural integrity and producibility of some of the world's most advanced missile systems. 

Ruan, Roger, professor and director, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, and Center for Biorefining, University of Minnesota, St. Paul. For scientific and entrepreneurial contributions to the sustainable development of the circular economy within food and agricultural systems. 

Russell, Stuart J., professor, Division of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley. For contributions to developments in artificial intelligence, including reasoning, probabilistic modeling, planning, safety, and education. 

Sandstrom, Richard, self-employed (retired), Sandstrom LLC, Encinitas, Calif. For contributions and leadership in the development of commercial quality microlithography EUV lasers, enabling nanoscale chip manufacturing. 

Satyanarayanan, Mahadev, Jaime Carbonell University Professor, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. For contributions to distributed file systems, edge computing, and mobile computing. 

Schadler, Linda S., dean, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington. For contributions to the fundamental understanding, property control, and commercial application of polymer nanocomposites. 

Schaffer, David V., Hubbard Howe Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley. For the application of fundamental molecular and cellular engineering principles to enable the clinical success of gene and cell therapies. 

Schaub, Hanspeter, distinguished professor, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder. For contributions to the control of satellite formations and relative orientations utilizing natural forces, including the use of electrostatics. 

See, SawTeen, president, See Robertson Structural Engineers LLC, Foster City, Calif. For leadership in managing the innovative structural design of tall, super-tall, and other buildings. 

Shalaev, Vladimir M., Robert and Anne Burnett Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. For contributions to negative-refractive-index material at optical frequencies and metamaterial applications for national security. 

Smilowitz, Robert, senior principal, Protective Design & Security, Thornton Tomasetti, New York City. For protecting lives from acts of terrorism through vulnerability assessment, threat mitigation, and building standards development. 

Smith, Alice E., Joe W. Forehand Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. For advancements in computational intelligence as applied to modeling and optimization of complex systems. 

Spinrad, Richard W., professor emeritus, Oregon State University, Bend. For leadership in the development and execution of national and international programs in ocean science and technology. 

Swanson, Eric, research affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Gloucester. For contributions and entrepreneurship in biomedical imaging and optical communications. 

Tan, Don, fellow and chief engineer, Power Products, Northrop Grumman Corp., Redondo Beach, Calif. For contributions to advances in power electronics technologies for space applications. 

Taub, Marc, vice president, Technical Operations, Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif. For leadership in bioengineering design and the development of transformational wearable devices and systems for in vivo electrochemical biosensing. 

Taylor, Thomas E., chief engineer and technical director (retired), large processing systems, Northrop Grumman Corp., San Jose, Calif. For technical leadership and innovations in the development of intelligence collection systems of great value to the United States. 

Torn, Margaret, earth senior scientist and program head, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. For contributions to the understanding of soil carbon dynamics and sustained leadership of the long-term monitoring of climate change. 

Uzzell, Janeen, chief executive officer, National Society of Black Engineers, Alexandria, Va. For providing access to health information and healthcare outcomes globally, and increasing racial, gender, and community engagement in engineering practice. 

Vassberg, John Charles, chief design officer, JetZero, Long Beach, Calif. For advancing aircraft capabilities and efficiency through inventions, developments, and applications of aerodynamic technologies, computational methods, and experimental validations. 

Venkatasubramanian, Venkat, Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor, Columbia University, New York City. For research in the development and implementation of artificial intelligence methods in process safety and pharmaceutical manufacturing. 

Wang, Evelyn N., Ford Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For contributions to clean energy, water technology, and nanostructure-based phase change heat transfer, and for service to the nation. 

Wang, Yong, Regents Professor and Voiland Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University; and laboratory fellow and associate director of the Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University, Pullman. For advancing catalyst discovery, design, and reaction engineering for energy and environmental applications. 

Wang, Zhen-Gang, Dick and Barbara Dickinson Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. For unifying theories of thermodynamic and transport properties of polymers to predict phase behavior, self-assembly, and nucleation. 

Weller, Robert A., senior scientist, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Falmouth, Mass. For contributions to the theory, observation, and instrumentation of the upper ocean and air-sea interface. 

Wiethorn, Jim, founder and chairman, International Crane & Construction Safety Solutions LLC, Sugar Land, Texas. For research on and analysis of crane accidents, saving lives through improved technology and training. 

Wu, Changfu, expert mechanical engineer and senior scientific reviewer, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Md. For propelling the United States to a position of global leadership in early patient access to cutting-edge cardiovascular devices. 

Yih, Yuehwern, Tompkins Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. For contributions to supply chain management systems in humanitarian relief efforts and health care. 

Yuan, Eric S., founder and chief executive officer, Zoom Video Communications Inc., San Jose, Calif. For leadership enabling worldwide video communications. 

Zhang, Lixia, Jonathan B. Postel Chair, Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles. For the development of internet protocols which significantly impacted internet quality and performance, and for leadership in setting standards. 

Zhou, Ming, chief engineer, Computational Mechanics and Design Optimization, Altair Engineering Inc., Newport Beach, Calif. For contributions to topology optimization and simulation-driven generative design technology. 

Zimmerman, Julie, vice provost for planetary solutions and professor, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. For leadership in education and the development of green technologies that enhance the sustainability of engineered systems. 

New International Members:

Akagi, Hirofumi, distinguished professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. For contributions to the theory, design, and application of utility high-power electronic systems.

Al Qahtani, Mohammed Y., downstream president, Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. For leadership and contributions in carbon management in oil and gas operations.

Almeida, Virgilio A.F., professor emeritus, Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. For contributions to the performance evaluation and modeling of large-scale distributed systems and to information technology policies.

Bagnato, Vanderlei Salvador, professor, Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil. For contributions to metrology, optical sensing, bioengineering, technology transfer, and engineering education.

Bastioli, Catia, chief executive officer, Novamont, Novara, Italy. For leadership in industrial bioplastics and for championing the circular bioeconomy.

Benediktsson, Jon Atli, rector/president and professor, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iceland, Reykjavík. For contributions to design and application of advanced machine learning and morphological methods in information analysis of multisource sensing data.

Blunt, Martin, chair, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. For the description and simulation of multiphase flow in porous media from pore-to-reservoir-scale.

Chaudhry, Anil, managing director and zone president, Schneider Electric India Foundation, Gurugram. For leadership in advancing real-time power grid management.

Clausen, Bjerne S., president and chief executive officer (retired), Topsoe A/S, Hørsholm, Denmark. For pioneering the molecular science of catalyst function for important chemical processes with long-lasting technical and practical impact.

Gold, Daniel, head, DDR&D (MAFAT), Israel Ministry of Defense, Tel Aviv. For contributions and leadership in the defense industry, especially the development and deployment of missile defense systems.

Hamada, Masanori, professor emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering, Waseda University, Yokohama City, Japan. For developing methods to protect critical infrastructure against earthquakes and soil liquefaction.

Holzapfel, Gerhard A., professor, Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria. For contributions to the mechanics of soft materials and for the quantification, modeling, and analysis of biological tissue microstructures.

Karikó, Katalin, adjunct professor, University of Pennsylvania, Jenkintown. For the development of nucleoside-modified mRNA used in the world's leading COVID-19 lipid nanoparticle vaccines.

Kögel-Knabner, Ingrid, chair, Department of Soil Science, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany. For contributions to mechanisms for soil organic carbon persistence and impacts on soil functions and climate.

Koyama, Fumio, professor emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan. For developing vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL), including the first room-temperature continuous operation and advanced beam-steering VCSEL.

Krivanek, Ondrej Ladislav, president, Nion Co., Kirkland, Wash. For the realization of the aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope to extend microscopy to sub-ångström resolution.

Kuninaka, Hitoshi, director general, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara. For accomplishments in electric propulsion for spacecraft and for the Hayabusa2 asteroid sample return mission.

Lu, Po-Yen, partner, CID Group, Taipei, Taiwan. For leadership and innovation in the mass production of liquid-crystal displays and semiconductors for high-bandwidth data transmission.

Raabe, Dierk, director, Department of Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design, Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf, Germany. For contributions to the fundamental understanding of materials and to sustainable metallurgy.

Ramamurthi, Bhaskar, professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India. For the advancement and commercialization of wireless technology in India.

Rimac, Mate, founder of Rimac Group; CEO of Bugatti Rimac; CEO of Rimac Technology, Sveta Nedelja, Croatia. For contributions to electric vehicle technology and leadership in the automotive industry.

Somanath, Sreedhara Panicker, former secretary and chairman, Department of Space, Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore, India. For engineering excellence and leadership in making India the first country to reach the Moon’s south pole, advancing space technology.

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