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The U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has announced its new members for 2024. Among the new class of 114 U.S.-based and 21 international NAE members are numerous chemical engineers. The following members of AIChE have been elected to NAE’s distinguished ranks.
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Shailendra V. Bordawekar
Shailendra V. Bordawekar, Vice President, Small Molecule Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls Development, AbbVie Inc. (Gurnee, IL) — “For leadership in the pharmaceutical industry, developing life-saving medicines, influencing regulations, and advocating for women in engineering.”
Connect with Shailendra on Engage.
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Jingguang Chen
Jingguang Chen, Thayer Lindsley Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia Univ. (New York, NY) — “For discovering new catalysts and synchrotron techniques to connect catalytic and electrocatalytic mechanisms under reaction conditions.”
Connect with Jingguang on Engage.
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Chunqing Liu
Chunqing Liu, Research and Development Senior Fellow and Senior Manager, Green H2 Growth Vector Group, Honeywell (Des Plaines, IL) — “For polymer and membrane innovations for cost-effective natural gas and green hydrogen production and use.”
Connect with Chunqing on Engage.
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Umit S. Ozkan
Umit S. Ozkan, Distinguished University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Engineering, William G. Lowrie Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State Univ. (Columbus, OH) — “For research in electrocatalysis and elucidation of mechanisms of oxidation catalysis.”
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Constantinos Pantelides
Constantinos Pantelides, Managing Director, Process Systems Enterprise Ltd. (London, UK) — “For process modeling and optimization and for pioneering modeling software.”
Connect with Constantinos on Engage.
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Robert K. Prud’homme
Robert K. Prud’homme, Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton Univ. (Princeton, NJ) — “For mass manufacture of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and other applications to improve human health.” Photo by David Kelly Crow.
Connect with Robert on Engage.
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David S. Sholl
David S. Sholl, Director, Transformational Decarbonization Initiative, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, TN) — “For addressing large-scale chemical separation challenges, including carbon dioxide capture, using quantitative materials modeling.”
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Jose E. Tabora
Jose E. Tabora, Senior Scientific Director, Chemical Process Development, Bristol Myers Squibb (Princeton, NJ) — “For pharmaceutical process development through innovations in modeling, design of experiments, and data analysis.”
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Cristina Urdaneta Thomas
Cristina Urdaneta Thomas, 3M Global Research and Development Services Leader (retired), 3M Company (Stillwater, MN) — “For innovation, commercialization, and leadership in using polymeric materials for energy savings and traffic safety, and to ensure worker well-being.”
Connect with Cristina on Engage.
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Hye Kyung Timken
Hye Kyung Timken, Principal Scientist and Chevron Fellow, Chevron Technical Center (Richmond, CA) — “For environmentally friendly processes for producing hydrocarbon fuels.”
Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer and honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education, or to the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology. The newly elected members will be formally inducted during the NAE’s annual meeting on Sept. 29, 2024. Learn more.
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