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Date: Feb. 16, 1999 Contacts: Saundra Armstrong, Senior Membership
Assistant Deborah Brandt, Director, Membership Office (202) 334-2262
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
National Academy of Engineering Elects 80 Members and 8 Foreign
Associates
WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected
80 engineers and eight foreign associates to membership in the Academy, NAE
President Wm. A. Wulf announced today. This brings the Academy's total U.S.
membership to 1,984 and the number of foreign associates to 154.
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the
highest professional distinctions accorded an engineer. Academy membership
honors those who have made "important contributions to engineering theory and
practice, including significant contributions to the literature of engineering
theory and practice," and those who have demonstrated "unusual accomplishment in
the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology."
A list of the newly elected members and foreign associates follows,
with their primary affiliations at the time of election and a brief statement of
their principal engineering accomplishments.
NAE New Members
Alfred V. Aho, associate research vice president, communications
science research division, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, N.J.
For contributions to the fields of algorithms and programming tools.
Kyle T. Alfriend, professor and head, department of aerospace
engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station. For theoretical
contributions, applied research, and leadership in satellite orbital mechanics
and spacecraft altitude control.
G. Ken Austin Jr., co-owner and president, A-dec Inc., Newberg,
Ore. For inventing, designing, manufacturing, and marketing innovative dental
equipment systems and facilities.
Benton F. Baugh, owner, Radoil Inc., Houston. For implementation of
concepts for subsea equipment used in offshore oil production.
Mark G. Benz, metallurgist, General Electric Corporate Research and
Development, Niskayuna, N.Y. For contributions to nuclear fuel bonding,
superalloys, and superconductors.
Leon E. Borgman, professor of geology and statistics, University of
Wyoming, Laramie. For contributions to the theory and practice of ocean wave
statistics, probabilistic hydrodynamic loading, and risk analysis of ocean
structures.
Robert W. Bower, professor, department of electrical and computer
engineering, University of California, Davis. For inventing the self-aligned,
gate ion-implanted MOSFET and for establishing ion implantation to fabricate
semiconductor integrated circuits.
John F. Brady, professor of chemical engineering and executive
officer for chemical engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.
For work in elucidating the basic mechanics of and developing methods for the
simulation of multiphase flows.
Corale L. Brierley, principal, Brierley Consultancy LLC, Highlands
Ranch, Colo. For innovations applying biotechnology to mine production and
remediation.
Melvin W. Carter, international radiation protection consultant,
Atlanta. For leadership and teaching in radiation protection, health physics,
and public health standards and practices.
John T. Christian, consulting engineer, Waban, Mass. For leadership
in geotechnical earthquake engineering, computer methods in geotechnical
engineering, and engineering education standards.
Wesley A. Clark, principal, Clark, Rockoff, and Associates,
Brooklyn, N.Y. For the design of early computers.
David R. Clarke, professor, department of materials engineering,
University of California, Santa Barbara. For research on the role of grain
boundary phases and their importance to the engineering of technical ceramics.
Reg Davies, DuPont Fellow, particle science and technology center
(PARSAT), E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. For the development of
particle technology in the United States for business application and
contributions to higher education.
James W. Demmel, professor, computer science division, University
of California, Berkeley. For contributions to numerical linear algebra and
scientific computing.
Alan H. Epstein, R.C. Maclaurin Professor of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For
time-resolved flow and heat transfer measurements in turbomechanics, and for
conception and development of smart engines and microengines.
Francis B. Francois, retired executive director, American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C. For
engineering and policy leadership in surface transportation infrastructure and
research.
Richard J. Fruehan, U.S. Steel Professor, department of materials
science and engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. For research in
iron and steel making.
Haren S. Gandhi, Ford Technical Fellow and manager, chemical
engineering department, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich. For contributions to the
research and development of automotive catalysts.
Louis V. Gerstner Jr., chairman and chief executive officer, IBM
Corp., Armonk, N.Y. For technical leadership in enhancing the competitiveness of
U.S. industry.
Don P. Giddens, Lawrence L. Gellerstedt Jr. Chair in
Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. For contributions to
the understanding of the ultrasound and fluid mechanics of arteriosclerosis, and
enhancing academic bioengineering education.
Bruce Hajek, professor, department of electrical and computer
engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. For contributions to
stochastic systems, communication networks, and control.
Patrick M. Hanrahan, professor of computer science and electrical
engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. For contributions to computer
graphics and to the practice of rendering complex scenes.
David R. Heebner, proprietor, Heebner Associates, McLean, Va. For
aerospace systems engineering accomplishments that have substantially improved
our national security.
Andrew R. Hileman, consultant, Monroeville, Pa. For contributions
to the understanding of lightning and its effects on electric power system
performance.
Stanley Hiller Jr., founder, Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos,
Calif. For leadership in helicopter development with great value to human life,
safety, and quality.
Ronald A. Howard, professor of engineering-economics systems,
Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. For contributions to the foundations of
decision analysis and its application.
Salim M. Ibrahim, consultant, Geneva, Switzerland. For advances in
elasticized fiber technology.
Donald L. Iglehart, professor, engineering-economics systems and
operations research, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. For contributions to
queuing theory, simulation methodology, inventory control, and diffusion
approximations.
Jeremy Isenberg, president and chief executive officer, Weidlinger
Associates Inc., New York City. For contributions to designing and testing
protective structures and detecting seismically vulnerable underground
pipelines.
Wilfred D. Iwan, professor of engineering and applied mechanics and
director, earthquake engineering research laboratory, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena. For research on seismic performance of structures, and for
leadership in earthquake hazard mitigation and improvement of public safety.
Sungho Jin, supervisor, applied materials and metallurgy group,
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, N.J. For research on new
magnetic materials and high-temperature superconductors.
William L. Johnson, Ruben and Donna Mettler Professor of Materials
Science, Engineering, and Applied Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena. For the development of bulk metallic glasses as structural materials.
Howard S. Jones Jr., retired chief of microwave research, Harry
Diamond Laboratories, U.S. Department of the Army, Adelphi, Md. For the
invention and development of antennas and microwave components for missiles and
spacecraft.
Aravind K. Joshi, Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer and
Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. For contributions
to natural language processing.
William N. Joy, founder and chief scientist, Sun Microsystems,
Aspen, Colo. For contributions to operating systems and networking software.
Stanley Kaplan, chairman, Bayesian Systems Inc., Rockville, Md. For
providing the framework of a general theory of quantitative risk assessment and
development of synthesis methods in reactor physics.
Hossein Kazemi, manager, reservoir technology, Marathon Oil Co.,
Littleton, Colo. For contributions to understanding multiphase flow in fractured
porous systems, and for developing techniques to manage complex petroleum
reservoirs.
Theodore C. Kennedy, chairman, BE&K Inc., Birmingham, Ala. For
leadership and innovation in advancing the nation's construction industry.
Glenn F. Knoll, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological
science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For contributions and technical
leadership in the field of ionizing radiation detection and application.
U. Fred Kocks, professor, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los
Alamos, N.M. For advancements in the theory of strength, kinetics of plasticity
of metals, and texture analysis.
Frederick J. Krambeck, advanced senior consultant, Mobil Technology
Co., Paulsboro, N.J. For advancing the theory of complex reacting mixtures, and
applying chemical reaction engineering principles to the design of commercial
processes.
Michael R. Ladisch, professor of food service and agricultural and
biological engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. For developing
and scaling-up new approaches and materials for process chromatography,
absorptive bioseparations, and biocatalysis.
Ronald K. Leonard, retired director, John Deere Worldwide Tractor
and Component Engineering, Galena, Ill. For contributions to the design and
manufacturing of cotton harvesters, lawn and garden machines, and agricultural
tractors.
Paul A. Libby, professor of fluid mechanics, University of
California, San Diego. For contributions as a researcher, author, and educator
who advanced knowledge of fluid dynamics, turbulence, and combustion through
theoretical analyses.
Kuo-Nan Liou, professor and director, Institute of Radiation and
Remote Sensing, University of California, Los Angeles. For contributions in the
theories of radiation transfer and light scattering, with applications to remote
sensing technology and climate modeling.
Richard J. Lipton, professor, department of computer science,
Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. For application of computer science theory
to practice.
J. David Lowell, principal, Lowell Mineral Exploration, Rio Rico,
Ariz. For demonstrating relationships among geologic systems, metallogenic
provinces, and hidden ore deposits.
Nicky C. Lu, founder and president, Etron Technology Inc., Hsinchu,
Taiwan. For contributions to high-speed dynamic memory chip design and cell
array technology, and sustained technical leadership in the VSLI/memory
industry.
Richard G. Luthy, Thomas Lord Professor of Environmental
Engineering, department of civil and environmental engineering, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh. For leadership in the treatment of industrial waste
waters, contaminated soils, and aquifers.
James J. Markowsky, executive vice president, power generation,
American Electric Power Service Corp., Columbus, Ohio. For development and
deployment of high-efficiency, low-emissions coal technologies including
pressurized, fluidized bed plants.
Martin M. Mikulas Jr., professor of aerospace engineering,
University of Colorado, Boulder. For contributions to the development of
advanced structural concepts.
Marshall I. Nathan, professor of electrical engineering, University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis. For contributions to semiconductor lasers.
John S. Newman, professor, chemical engineering department,
University of California, Berkeley. For contributions to applied
electrochemistry and for their reduction to practice through advances in
electrochemical engineering.
Thomas J. O'Neil, executive vice president, operations,
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Cleveland. For contributions to the theory and practice
of mining economics in mineral development and operations.
Donald W. Peaceman, consultant, Houston. For contributions to the
development and usage of transient three-dimensional multiphase simulators for
predicting performance of petroleum reservoirs.
William T. Plummer, director of optical engineering, Polaroid
Corp., Cambridge, Mass. For contributions to optical science and engineering,
and for leadership in high-volume manufacturing of precision optics.
Gary A. Pope, Texaco Centennial Chair in Petroleum Engineering and
director, Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas,
Austin. For contributions to understanding multiphase flow and transport in
porous media, and applications of these principles to improved oil recovery and
aquifer remediation.
Eugene M. Rasmusson, senior research scientist, department of
meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park. For contributions to
understanding climate variability and establishing the basis for practical
predictions of El Niño.
Lee R. Raymond, chairman and chief executive officer, Exxon Corp.,
Irving, Texas. For keeping a major oil company at the forefront of exploration
and production technology.
Bernard I. Robertson, senior vice president, engineering
technologies, and general manager, truck operations, DaimlerChrysler Corp.,
Auburn Hills, Mich. For technical contributions and leadership in the design and
manufacture of highly reliable and affordable vehicles and their powertrains.
B. Don Russell Jr., associate vice chancellor for engineering and
associate dean for research, Texas A&M University, College Station. For
leadership in electric power engineering and contributions to power system
protection.
Jerald L. Schnoor, University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished
Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City. For research and engineering
leadership in development, validation, and utilization of mathematical models
for global environmental decision-making.
Frieder Seible, professor of structural engineering and chair,
division of structural engineering, University of California, San Diego. For
contributions to research, development, and applications in seismic analysis,
and the design, construction, and retrofitting of bridges.
Patricia G. Selinger, IBM fellow and director, database
integration, IBM Almaden Corp., San Jose, Calif. For leadership and
contributions to relational database technology.
Freeman D. Shepherd, retired senior scientist for infrared arrays
and sensors, Rome Laboratory, U.S. Department of the Air Force, Hanscom Air
Force Base, Mass. For contributions to metal-silicide devices and infrared
cameras.
Peter G. Simpkins, distinguished member of technical staff, Bell
Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, N.J. For contributions to the
understanding and development of processes fundamental to the manufacture of
low-loss, high-strength optical fiber.
Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, Harold W. Cheel Professor of Mechanical
Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. For the application of modern
non-linear dynamics to turbulent flows.
Rangaswamy Srinivasan, president, UV Tech Associates, Ossining,
N.Y. For ultraviolet laser processing of polymers and its extension to
refractive surgery of the cornea.
John P. Stenbit, executive vice president, telecommunications, TRW
Space, Defense, and Information Systems, Fairfax, Va. For contributions to the
development and leadership in implementation of system architecture for complex
military and communication systems.
George Stephanopoulos, A.D. Little Professor of Chemical
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For contributions
to the research, industrial practice, and education of process systems
engineering, and for international intellectual and professional leadership.
Lawrence D. Stone, senior vice president and chief operating
officer, Metron Inc., Reston, Va. For contributions to optimal search theory and
practice.
James R. Swartz, professor of chemical engineering, Stanford
University, Stanford, Calif. For contributions to the design, scale-up, and
yield improvement of recombinant protein production systems.
Frank E. Talke, professor, Center for Magnetic Recording Research,
University of California, San Diego. For work in tribology and mechanics of
magnetic storage systems, ink jet technology, and interferometric
instrumentation, and for bridging industrial and academic research.
Peter B. Teets, president and chief operating officer, Lockheed
Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md. For contributions to the nation's space and launch
vehicle programs and for management of aerospace programs.
Robert V. Thomann, professor emeritus, environmental engineering
department, Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y. For contributions to the
prediction and management of water quality in streams, estuaries, lakes, and
oceans.
Charles R. Trimble, president and chief executive officer, Trimble
Navigation Ltd., Sunnyvale, Calif. For contributions to navigational systems.
Pravin P. Varaiya, professor, electrical engineering and computer
science, University of California, Berkeley. For contributions to the theory of
systems and control.
Charles L. Wagner, consultant, Export, Pa. For contributions to
electric power system engineering and standards.
Leo Young, consultant, Bethesda, Md. For contributions to microwave
technology and to the management of national security research.
NAE New Foreign Associates
Vitelmo V. Bertero, professor emeritus of civil and environmental
engineering, University of California, Berkeley. For contributions to
improvements in seismic design and the construction of steel and reinforced
concrete structures.
Ghislain de Marsily, professor of geology and director, Laboratoire
de Géologie Appliquée, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. For leadership
in advancing the science and engineering of hydrogeology, especially in
contaminant transport and nuclear waste isolation.
Gilbert F. Froment, professor emeritus of chemical engineering,
Universiteit Gent, Belgium. For application of fundamental approaches in the
analysis of complex, industrially important processes and reactors.
Martin Grötschel, vice president, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum, Berlin. For
contributions to combinatorial optimization and its applications.
Julia S. Higgins, professor of polymer science, department of
chemical engineering, Imperial College, London. For application of neutron
scattering and reflectivity to polymeric materials, and for service to the
scientific community.
Tsuneo Nakahara, vice chairman, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.,
Osaka, Japan. For contributions and leadership in the development and
industrialization of materials for optical communications.
Timothy J. Pedley, G.I. Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics,
department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics, University of
Cambridge, England. For research on biofluid dynamics, collapsible tube flow,
and the theory of swimming of fish and microorganisms.
Amir Pnueli, professor of computer science, Weizmann Institute of
Science, Rehovot, Israel. For the invention of temporal logic and other tools
for designing and verifying software and systems.
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