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Members of the National Academies

 
National Academy of Engineering
       
Stanford Penner Stanford Penner, Professor Emeritus Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Elected in 1977 for contributions to aerothermochemistry and its application to combustion theory, radiative heat transfer, and reentry phenomena. 		Y.C. Fung Y.C. Fung, Professor Emeritus *Bioengineering
Elected in 1979 for contributions to the theory of elasticity and aeroelasticity, and applications to bioengineering.
*Elected to Institute of Medicine, 1991
Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 1992
       
Victor Rumsey Victor Rumsey, Professor Emeritus Electrical & Computer Engineering
Elected in 1980 for research in practical applications of electromagnetic theory, especially in design of radio antennas insensitive to frequency and polarization. 		Robert Conn Robert Conn, Professor Emeritus Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Elected in 1987 for major pioneering contributions in the fields of fusion engineering, fusion plasma analysis, and fusion reactor design.
       
James Lemke James Lemke, Adjunct Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering
Elected in 1988 for lifelong leadership in magnetic recording theory and practice, including both engineering design and materials science. 		Forman Williams Forman Williams, Professor Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Elected in 1988 for contributions to the advancement of combustion and flame theory.
       
Jack Wolf Jack Wolf, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Elected in 1993 for contributions to information theory, communication theory, magnetic recording, and engineering education. 		Larry Smarr Larry Smarr, Professor Computer Science & Engineering
Elected in 1995 for leadership in high-performance computing and communications.
       
Shu Chien Shu Chien, Professor *Bioengineering
Elected in 1997 for research in blood rheology, microcirculation, cell mechanics, atherogenesis, and tissue engineering.
*Elected to Institute of Medicine, 1994
Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 2005 		John Watson John Watson, Professor Bioengineering
Elected in 1998 for enabling human mechanical artificial heart research and developing the related NIH program, including industrial implementation.
       
Sungho Jin Sungho Jin, Professor Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Elected in 1999 for research on new magnetic materials and high-temperature superconductors. 		Paul Libby Paul Libby, Professor Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Elected in 1999 for contributions as a researcher, author, and educator who advanced knowledge of fluid dynamics, turbulence, and combustion through theoretical analyses.
       
Frieder Seible Frieder Seible, Professor Structural Engineering
Elected in 1999 for contributions to research, development, and applications in seismic analysis, and the design, construction, and retrofitting of bridges. 		Frank Talke Frank Talke, Professor Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Elected in 1999 for work in tribology and mechanics of magnetic storage systems, ink jet technology, and interferometric instrumentation, and for bridging industrial and academic research.
       
Sia Nemat Nasser, Professor Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Elected in 2001 for for pioneering micromechanical modeling and novel experimental evaluations of the responses and failure modes of heterogenous solids and structures. 		William Kuperman William Kuperman, Adjunct Professor Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Elected in 2004 for international leadership in the development and application of computational methods for ocean acoustics.
       
Geert Schmid-Schönbein, Professor Bioengineering
Elected in 2005 for improvements to our understanding of how white blood cells are activated and the effects on medicine and pharmacology. 		Roberto Padovani Roberto Padovani, Adjunct Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering
Elected in 2006 for innovations in wireless communication, particularly the evolution of CDMA for wireless broadband data.
       
Bernhard O. Palsson Bernhard O. Palsson, Professor Bioengineering
Elected in 2006 for scholarship, technological advances, and entrepreneurial activities in metabolic engineering. 		Peter M. Asbeck Peter M. Asbeck, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Elected in 2007 for contributions to heterojunction bipolar transistor and integrated circuit technology.
Bernhard O. Palsson Paul Siegel, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Center for Magnetic Recording Research
Elected in 2008 for the invention and development of advanced coding techniques for digital recording systems. 		   
       
       
National Academy of Sciences
       
Ronald Graham Ronald Graham, Professor Computer Science & Engineering
Elected in 1985 for contributions to discrete mathematics and its applications through fundamental results in graph theory, combinatorial number theory, scheduling theory, Ramsey theory, and approximation algorithms. Through his papers and many professional activities, he plays a key role in the fruitful exchange of ideas between mathematicians and computer scientists.