Among 67 members honored this year.
AB Wire
WASHINGTON, DC: Ten distinguished Indian Americans are among the 67 new members and 12 foreign associates elected to America’s prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
One of the foremost honors for engineers based in the US, the academy, founded in 1964, honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education, and to the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering
The 10 Indian Americans inducted are:
- Hari Balakrishnan, professor of computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – for contributions to wired and wireless networks and distributed systems.
- Anantha Chandrakasan, Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professor of Electrical Engineering and head, department of electrical engineering and computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – for development of low-power circuit and system design methods.
- Sangeeta Bhatia, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and director, Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies, Cambridge, Mass. – for tissue engineering and tissue regeneration technologies, stem cell differentiation, and preclinical drug evaluation.
- Deepakraj M Divan, president, chief technical officer, Varentec Inc. – for design and commercialization of advanced power conversion technologies for improved quality and controllability of the power grid.
- Supratik Guha, director of physical sciences, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corp.- for contributions to field effect transistor technology that allow continued scaling of silicon microelectronics.
- Samir Mitragotri, director, Center for Bioengineering, and professor of chemical engineering, University of California, Sana Barbara – for development, clinical translation, and commercialization of transdermal drug delivery systems.
- Santosh K Das, retired vice president, Polymer Technologies Inc. – for understanding of the composition, structure, property, and processing interrelationships of rapidly solidified amorphous and microcrystalline alloys.
- Guruswami Ravichandran, John E. Goode Jr. Professor of Aerospace, professor of mechanical engineering, and director, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology – for contributions to mechanics of dynamic deformation, damage, and failure of engineering materials.
- Junuthula N Reddy, distinguished professor, Regents’ Professor, and inaugural holder of the Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University – for contributions to composite structures and to engineering education and practice.
- Ajit P Yoganathan, Regents’ Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair in Biomedical Engineering, and director, Center for Innovative Cardiovascular Technologies, Georgia Institute of Technology – for improvements in the biomechanics of prosthetic heart valves and the development of heart repair devices.