National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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National Academy of Engineering
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WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 65 new members and nine foreign associates, announced NAE President Charles M. Vest today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,246 and the number of foreign associates to 197.
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 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."
Kristi S. Anseth, distinguished professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, department of chemical and biological engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder. For pioneering the rational design of biomaterials for tissue engineering, drug delivery, and biosensing applications.
Robert D. Miller, manager, advanced organic materials, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, Calif. For inventions of polymeric materials for lithography, porous dielectrics, and processes in microelectronics.
Edwin L. Thomas, department head and Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For development of novel photonic materials and determination of the morphology of block copolymers.
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National Academy of Sciences
WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 9 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
The election was held this morning during the business session of the 145th annual meeting of the Academy. Those elected today bring the total number of active members to 2,041. Foreign associates are nonvoting members of the Academy, with citizenship outside the United States. Today's election brings the total number of foreign associates to 397.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare. It was established in 1863 by a congressional act of incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln that calls on the Academy to act as an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter of science or technology.
Additional information about the Academy and its members is available online at http://www.nasonline.org.
TIMOTHY M SWAGER; John D. MacArthur Professor and head, department of chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
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American Academy of Arts & Sciences
NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS, APRIL 2009
TOTAL: 231
FELLOWS: 212
FOREIGN HONORARY MEMBERS: 19
SECTION 5 Ð Engineering Sciences and Technologies (7)
Thomas, Edwin Lorimer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Tirrell, Matthew University of California, Santa Barbara, California
