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Five Berkeley engineers elected to National Academy of Engineering
Five Berkeley Engineering faculty members were elected in February to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the highest professional honor for an American engineer. The new members include:
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ChemE professor Harvey Blanch for advances in enzyme engineering, bioseparations, and biothermodynamics;
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CS professor David Culler, for contributions to scalable parallel processing systems including architectures, operating systems, and programming environments;
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EECS and ME professor Roger Howe, for contributions to the development of microelectromechanical systems in processes, devices, and systems; and
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ME professor Arunava Majumdar, for contributions to nanoscale thermal engineering and molecular nanomechanics.
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Arun Majumdar |
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In addition, William Kahan, professor of CS and mathematics, was one of 10 foreign associates named for development of techniques for reliable floating point computation, especially the IEEE Floating Point Standards. Kahan is a native of Canada.
The five are among 74 new members nationwide elected to the academy this year. They bring to 87 the total number of Berkeley faculty in the NAE, 75 of whom are engineering faculty. Among academic institutions, Berkeley has one of the highest representations in the academy, including both faculty and alumni.
New academy members will be formally inducted at a ceremony this fall in Washington, D.C. Go to the NAE website for more information.
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