The National Academy of Engineering advances the welfare of the nation by providing independent advice on matters involving engineering and technology.
The National Academy of Engineering is excited to welcome 114 new members and 21 new international members to the NAE Class of 2024! Congratulations to this incredible group of innovators.
#NAE2024
Find the complete list of newly elected members here:
The National Academy of Engineering is excited to announce the election of 111 new members and 22 international members. The newly elected members will be formally inducted at our annual meeting on Oct 2.
Check out the new member list here:
#engineering
David Kelley
@StanfordEng
Prof &
@ideo
founder is the 2020 Bernard M Gordon Prize winner for formalizing the principles of design thinking and developing engineering leaders with the confidence to generate high-impact solutions. Congrats! Read more here:
#ChemicalEngineers
are uniquely positioned to address today’s most pressing problems from molecular to manufacturing scales.
NAE's “New Directions in Chemical Engineering ” explores the future of chemical engineering research, innovation, & education.
The National Academy of Engineering is excited to welcome 124 newly-elected members to the NAE Class of 2023! Election to the NAE is one of the highest professional honors accorded an engineer. Congratulations to this incredible group of innovators!
OFFICIAL: The NAE announces the Class of 2021!
We are proud to welcome 106 new members and 23 new international members. Congrats to these incredible engineers! Stay tuned, we will be recognizing each new member in the coming months.
Full list here:
We are delighted to welcome David L. Kaplan
@TuftsUniversity
to the NAE as a newly elected member for contributions to silk-based materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Jean Fréchet and C. Grant Willson are the 2020 Charles Stark Draper Prize award winners for their invention of chemically amplified materials -used to manufacture nearly all of the microprocessors and memory chips in devices today.Congrats! Read more here:
Congratulations to Craig Hawker
@HawkerNation
@ucsantabarbara
on being elected to the NAE for contributions to polymer chemistry through synthetic organic chemistry concepts and the advancement of molecular engineering principles.
OFFICIAL: The National Academy of Engineering announces the Class of 2018! We are proud to welcome 83 new members and 16 new foreign members. Congratulations to these incredible
#engineers
! Read the official press release:
Congratulations to Andrés J. García
@GarciaLabGT
@GeorgiaTech
on being elected to the NAE for contributions to molecular engineering of biomaterial surfaces and cell adhesion force technology to characterize stem and cancer cells.
OFFICIAL: The National Academy of Engineering announces the Class of 2020! We are proud to welcome 87 new members and 18 new international members. Congratulations to these incredible
#engineers
! Read the full list of new members here:
#EWeek2023
: Chemical engineers are uniquely positioned to address today’s most pressing problems from molecular to manufacturing scales. “New Directions in Chemical Engineering” explores the future of chemical engineering research, innovation, & education.
It’s officially the first day of Engineers Week 2023! Join
#Eweek2023
with the NAE for a week-long social media celebration of outstanding engineering to inspire, engage and empower the next generation of
#engineers
.
OFFICIAL: The National Academy of Engineering announces the Class of 2019! We are proud to welcome 86 new members and 18 new foreign members. Congratulations to these incredible
#engineers
! Read the official press release:
@theNASEM
The
@Google
doodle for November 30, honors NAE member Lotfi Zadeh, the late Azerbaijani American computer scientist who developed the innovative mathematical framework known as "fuzzy logic."
Learn more about this groundbreaking innovator:
#engineering
Congratulations to
@ProfCharlesHaas
@DrexelUniv
on being elected to the NAE for contributions to quantitative microbial risk assessment for drinking water quality and public health.
OFFICIAL: The
@theNAEng
inducts the Class of 2022! We are proud to welcome 111 new members and 22 new international members. Congratulations to this incredible group of engineers!
#NAEAnnualMeeting
#Engineering
#NAE2022
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg addresses this morning’s airline shutdown and points to the need for continued partnership and collaboration between all agencies at all times to be effective.
#TRBAM
Happy Engineers Week! Throughout the week we'll be highlighting ways engineers are “imagining tomorrow” and celebrating ways engineers make the world a better place.
Learn more about
#EWeek2021
here:
Congratulations to NAE member Kimberly Prather,
@UCSanDiego
, for being named recipient of the 2024
@theNASciences
Award in Chemical Sciences for her pioneering research on aerosols!
Read more:
@kprather88
Congratulations! to the 2022 Charles Stark Draper Prize for
#Engineering
awardees for contributions to the invention, development, and implementation of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) chips.
Learn more about the recipients here:
@DraperLab
NAE members pioneer new tech disciplines, make advancements in traditional fields of engineering, and implement innovative approaches to engineering ed. Congratulations to the NAE membership class of 2018!
#NAE54
"The NAE is honored to recognize
@LindaGGriffith1
and Douglas Lauffenburger for their significant contributions to
@MIT
's biological engineering program" - NAE President John L. Anderson.
#NAEawards
@MITdeptofBE
Read more about recipients here:
Today is International Women in Engineering Day! Thank you to all of the women engineers in the world who are inspiring the next generation.
@INWED1919
#INWED18
#RaisingTheBar
Solid-state batteries are higher-density batteries with low/no risk of fire. However, there is a gap between industry & academia and manufacturing on a large scale is years away, according to engineers
@theNAEng
EU-US FOE Symposium in Bled, Slovenia.
1
@LindaGGriffith1
and Douglas Lauffenburger has been awarded the 2021 Gordon Prize for their work establishing
@MITdeptofBE
. The award recognizes new methods and concepts in education aimed at developing effective engineering leaders.
#NAEawards
Happy International Women in Engineering Day! Today we honor the incredible achievements of women in
#engineering
and their invaluable contributions to the world.
Celebrate
#INWED23
by exploring
@EngineerGirlNAE
's women in engineering interview series:
Congratulations to Frances S. Ligler of
@NCState
. Ligler is honored for the invention and development of portable optical biosensors, service to the nation and profession, and educating the next, more diverse generation of engineers.
Read more:
Congrats!🥳to
#NAEmember
Darryll Pines,
@UofMaryland
's next president. Pines has spent 25 years on the College Park campus and is dean of the university’s
@ClarkSchool
of Engineering. His appointment is effective July 1. Read more here:
Live from
#TRBAM
:
@USDOT
Secretary
@PeteButtigieg
reflects on the fireside chat on transportation worker mental wellness and emphasizes how “transportation matters because it is an exquisitely human field.”
Congratulations to Hani Mahmassani, director of the Transportation Center
@NorthwesternU
, on being elected to the NAE for contributions to modeling of intelligent transportation networks and to interdisciplinary collaboration in transportation engineering
Frances Arnold,
@NobelPrize
laureate and member of all three National Academies
@theNASEM
, discusses her distinguished chemical engineering career in a new video interview for
@theNAEng
's “Conversations with Engineering Pioneers” series.
Watch here:
Draper Prize winners Jean Fréchet and C . Grant Willson are presented with award for their creation of chemically amplified materials. Congratulations for this achievement!
#EWeek2020
CALL TO ACTION: The National Academy of Engineering has started an initiative to crowdsource and collectively brainstorm
#engineering
solutions for
#COVID19
.
Read the full announcement here:
Congratulations to
@MIT
educators
@LindaGGriffith1
and Douglas Lauffenburger, the recipients of the 2021 Gordon Prize “for the establishment of a new biology-based engineering education"
#NAEawards
@MITdeptofBE
Read more about recipients here:
#Eweek2024
: NAE member Paula Hammond,
@MITChemE
, shares the unique perspectives she brings to chemical
#engineering
research and solving health issues for women in NAE’s “Today’s Engineers” interview series. Watch here:
#GirlDay2024
The NAE is pleased to announce a $10M endowment from The Grainger Foundation to support the Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) program. This commitment from Grainger builds on more than a decade of support to FOE, which totals more than $19M.
Learn more here:
Congratulations
#NAEmember
Arthur Ashkin of
@BellLabs
! He has been awarded one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics “for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems”.
#lasers
He is also a
@theNASciences
member.
“A fully electrified economy would create millions of jobs, save consumers billions and require half as much total energy as today’s fossil-fueled economy”
-–
@timoreilly
founder and CEO of
@OReillyMedia
in
#NAEBridge50
.
Read this essay and more here:
The 2023 Engineers Week theme is
#CreatingtheFuture
which celebrates the invaluable role of engineers in creating solutions for global challenges that will impact the lives of generations to come. Let’s inspire our future and share how engineering is creating it!
#Eweek2023
“However prudent it is to follow the science, it is also vital to lead with engineering.” -
@theNAEng
's John L. Anderson and
@BioengineerGM
in article examining the success of the Mars rover landing
Read full article here:
Day 1 at The Grainger Foundation U.S. Frontiers of Engineering 2022 Symposium in Seattle! Anita Shukla, Brown University, introduces the first session: "Microbes - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
Iryna Zenyuk of the University of California, Irvine presented on “Hydrogen Production Using Low-temperature PEM Electrolysis” as part of the
#CleanHydrogen
session at
#EUUSFOE
.
@muziolog
Meet the new
@EngineerGirlNAE
Ambassadors! These 16 high school students will develop projects in their local community that will encourage younger girls to get involved in Engineering. Read more about these amazing
#GirlsInStem
here:
Farouk El-Baz
@BU_ece
will receive the 2018 Inamori Ethics Prize from the Inamori Intl. Ctr. for Ethics & Excellence
@CWRU
for his central role in Apollo space missions and worldwide desert groundwater exploration.
#Engineering
!
#Engineers
We need a more engineering-literate public. This starts with our children. As a nation, we must invest in preparing the next generation to think creatively and optimistically about the future- NAE President John Anderson and
@Carbon
President
@EllenKullman
OFFICIAL:
@theNAEng
inducts the Class of 2021! We are proud to welcome 104 new members and 24 new international members. Congratulations to this incredible group of engineers!
Congratulations to all the new members being inducted today at the
#NAE55
annual meeting! The class of 2019 includes 86 new members and 18 new foreign members. For a complete list of new members click here:
Congratulations to Peter Delfyett, Jr., Trustee Chair Professor of Optics
@ucf
, on being elected to the NAE for contributions to development and commercialization of low-noise, high-power ultrafast semiconductor lasers.
#engineering
Moments from
#TRBAM
:
@USDOT
Secretary
@PeteButtigieg
describes how “pioneering more sustainable fuels can help decarbonize some of the hardest to decarbonize sections of our economy while also strengthening our supply chains”
@NASEMTRB
Day 2 LIVE at The Grainger Foundation U.S. Frontiers of Engineering 2022 Symposium in Seattle! Idalis Villanueva Alarcon, University of Florida, continues the Technology and Racial Justice & Equity session with: "Unpacking the Hidden Curriculum in Engineering."
#USFOE
@theNAEng
#NAE
member, John McKetta, who became an international authority on the thermodynamic properties of hydrocarbons and served as energy advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush Sr., passed away today, We celebrate his life as a giant in chemical engineering
@TexasChE
Congratulations to Anne S. Kiremidjian
@StanfordEnG
on being elected to the NAE for research and dissemination of probabilistic seismic hazard methods and mentoring.
Building a diverse field of engineers takes time, the NAE's EngineerGirl is doing just that. Empowering young women to overcome hurdles and pursue their STEM interests.
Congratulations to
#engineer
Dr. Pinshane Huang of
@Illinois_Alma
, the 2nd woman ever from the university to win the national 2017 Packard Fellowship!
Congratulations to the 2021
@EngineerGirlNAE
writing contest winners! This year’s contest asked students to write an essay that salutes
#engineering
’s role in defeating the challenges presented by
#COVID19
.
Read full list of winners here:
#GirlsInSTEM
OFFICIAL: The National Academy of Engineering inducts the Class of 2023! We are proud to welcome 106 new Members and 18 new International Members.
Congratulations to the NAE Member Class of 2023!
#NAEAnnualMeeting
#NA2023
#theNAEng
@theNAEng
We are delighted to welcome
@universityofga
professor
@DrShepherd2013
to the NAE as a newly elected member for development of methods to understand the Earth’s hydrometeorological and hydroclimate system, and for climate science public communication and outreach.
NAE President John L. Anderson will be awarded an honorary doctor of science degree at his alma mater
@UDelaware
, Friday May 28 during the Class of 2021 commencement ceremony.
He will be honored at 7pm, watch the livestream here:
#Engineering
Founded by member Dr. Bernard Amadei, Engineers Without Borders USA
@EWBUSA
aims to build a better world through engineering projects that empower communities to meet their basic human needs. Read
@theNASEM
#WorldHumanitarianDay
highlight here:
The 2023 Grainger Foundation U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium kicks off today in Boulder, Colorado! Stay tuned for presentation highlights from early career engineer participants discussing a diverse range of engineering topics.
#USFOE
We are delighted to welcome
@Yoellem
vice president of research
@alexa99
@amazon
to the NAE as a newly elected member for contributions to online information retrieval and data management, and leadership in applied industrial research.
#EWeek2023
: The FOE Symposia aim to facilitate international and cross-disciplinary collaboration, promote the transfer of new approaches, and create a global network of world-class engineers. Photos featured are from the 2022 EU-US FOE symposium in scenic Bled, Slovenia!
NAE Members pioneer new disciplines in technology, make advancements in traditional fields of engineering and implement innovative approaches to engineering education. Congratulations to the members of the Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 inducted today at the
#NAEAnnualMeeting
!
OFFICIAL:
@theNAEng
inducts the Class of 2020! We are proud to welcome 86 new members and 18 new international members. Congratulations to this incredible group of engineers!
Good times! @ the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and National Academy of Engineering’s 2023 German-American Frontiers of Engineering!
#GAFOE
@AvHStiftung
The GCSP annual meeting is underway. "Society will increasingly demand trustworthiness and purpose from our engineering graduates"- Keynote from
@USCViterbi
Dean of Engineering Yannis Yortsos.
"Smart cities represent profound and extensive opportunities to achieve sustainability through IT-enabled supply-demand management of resources."
Read more from IT for Sustainable Smart Cities in the latest issue of The Bridge:
#Engineering
#SmartCities
It’s the first day of Engineers Week 2024! Join
#Eweek2024
with the NAE for a week-long social media celebration of outstanding
#engineering
to inspire, engage and empower the next generation of engineers.
Stay connected with
@theNAEng
this
#Eweek
here:
Did you know wastewater surveillance can help prevent the spread of infectious disease, like COVID-19? A new report via
@theNASEM
finds wastewater surveillance a valuable tool for public health and provides a vision for implementing a national system.
At the
@NASEMTRB
Annual Meeting,
@USDOT
Secretary
@PeteButtigieg
underscores the importance of creating and maintaining “safer, more efficient, cleaner, fairer, more affordable ways to get where we are going”
#TRBAM
FOE alum Chris Bettinger
@CarnegieMellon
is engineering an ingestible, electrical method to control the timing of orally-delivered medications.
#engineering
The
#NAE
welcomes its new president John L. Anderson. Elected to serve a six year term as NAE president he was formally the president emeritus and distinguished professor of chemical engineering
@illinoistech
. Read full bio here:
Today is
#GirlDay2023
! Girl Day aims to inspire young girls’ involvement in engineering and encourage role models to facilitate interest in engineering for girls. Introduce a girl to engineering and see how she can change the world!
Congratulations! to the 2022 Bernard M. Gordon Prize recipients for creating an innovative education program that prepares students to become future
#engineering
leaders who will address the NAE Grand Challenges of Engineering.
Learn about awardees here:
We are delighted to welcome
@DWMerfeld
vice president and CTO of
@GErenewables
to the NAE as a newly elected member for leadership and development of products for large wind turbines and solar photovoltaic systems. Congratulations!