March 18, 2016

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected 80 new members and 22 foreign members in February. Fifteen of the new members are also Sigma Xi members.

NAE membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature" and to "the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education."

The newly elected class will be inducted during a ceremony at the NAE’s Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., on October 9, 2016.

A list of the Sigma Xi members who were elected, with their primary affiliations at the time of election and a brief statement of their principal engineering accomplishments, are below. To see the full list of new NAE members, see the academy's announcement. 

• Busalacchi Jr., Antonio J., director, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, and professor, department of atmospheric and oceanic science, University of Maryland, College Park. For understanding of tropical oceans in coupled climate systems via remotely sensed observations and for international leadership of climate prediction/projection research. 

• Celia, Michael A., Theodora Shelton Pitney Professor of Environmental Studies and professor of civil and environmental engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. For contributions to the development of subsurface flow and transport models in groundwater remediation and CO₂ sequestration. 

• Cornuéjols, Gérard P., IBM University Professor of Operations Research, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. For contributions to the theory, practice, and application of integer programming. 

• Gottscho, Richard A., executive vice president, Global Products Group, Lam Research Inc., Fremont, Calif. For solutions to plasma etch technology and productivity challenges in scaling semiconductor devices from the micro- to nanometer levels. 

• Hatamian, Mehdi, senior vice president of engineering, Broadcom Corp., Irvine, Calif. For contributions to development of integrated circuits for video, communications, and digital signal processing. 

• Jain, Anil K., University Distinguished Professor, department of computer science and engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing. For contributions to the engineering and practice of biometrics.

• Scanlon, Bridget R., senior research scientist, Sustainable Water Resources Program, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, Austin. For contributions to the evaluation of groundwater recharge and aquifer depletion.

• Shahidehpour, Mohammad, Bodine Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, director, Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation, and associate director, Wanger Institute for Sustainability and Energy Research, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. For contributions to the optimal scheduling of generation in a deregulated electricity market with variable renewable energy sources. 

• Sridhar, K.R., principal co-founder and chief executive officer, Bloom Energy Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif. For contributions to transport phenomena and thermal packaging of electrochemical systems and generation of clean, reliable, and affordable power.

• Sullivan, Kathryn D., undersecretary of commerce and administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC. For service to the nation through flight in space and leadership of federal oceanography and meteorology. 

• Swartzel, Kenneth R., William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus, department of food, bioprocessing, and nutrition sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. For advances in thermal processes of food preservation. 

• Thakur, Ganesh C., president, Thakur Services Inc., Houston. For leadership in the implementation of integrated reservoir management techniques. 

• Treichler, John R., president, Raytheon Applied Signal Technology, Sunnyvale, Calif. For contributions to digital signal processing and its applications to national intelligence gathering. 

• Willner, Alan E., Steven and Kathryn Sample Chair in Engineering, department of electrical engineering, and associate director, Center for Photonics Technology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. For significant advances in high-capacity optical communication systems.

• Yarymovych, Michael I., president, Sarasota Space Associates, Osprey, Fla. For contributions to space programs and for leadership of national and international aerospace organizations.