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National Academy of Engineering

Membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) recognizes engineers who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice or education and is considered one of the highest honors that an engineer can receive

Active Members

B. Jayant Baliga, Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Power Semiconductor Research Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1993

Donald L. Bitzer, Distinguished University Research Professor, Department of Computer Science, 1974

Ruben Carbonell, Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2014

Jerome J. Cuomo, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 1993

Keith E. Gubbins, Worley “H” Clark Jr. Distinguished University Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecluar Engineering,1989

Carol K. Hall, Camille Dreyfus Distinguished University Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecluar Engineering, 2005

Thom Hodgson, James T. Ryan Professor and Director of the Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering Institute, Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2001

Frederick A. Kish, M.C. Dean Term Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2014

Carl Koch, Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2013

Louis Martin-Vega, dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, 2021

Jay Narayan, John C. Fan Distinguished Chair Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2017

Emeritus Members

Joseph DeSimone, the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Chemical Engineering at NC State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecluar Engineering, 2005

R. Wayne Skaggs, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, 1991

Ken R. Swartzel, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences, 2016

Paul Turinsky, Professor Emeritus, Department of Nuclear Engineering; 2017

Paul Z. Zia, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, 1983

Deceased Members

John M. Hanson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, 1992 (died May 26, 2017)

Ralph E. Fadum, Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering, 1975 (died July 12, 2000)

Warren L. McCabe, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1977 (died August 24, 1982)

Alan S. Michaels, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1979 (died January 16, 2000)

Vivian T. Stannett, Camille Dreyfus Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1995 (died October 2, 2002)