National Academies
Membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), National Academy of Sciences (NAS) or the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is considered one of the highest honors that an engineer or scientist can receive.
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.
Active
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
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
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
Frances Ligler, Lampe Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Joint NC State and UNC-CH Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2005
George T. Ligler, Dean’s Eminent Professor of the Practice in Biomedical Engineering, UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), 2017
Jay Narayan, John C. Fan Distinguished Chair Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2017
James A. Trainham III, Vice President – Strategic Energy Programs, Lead & Distinguished Fellow at RTI International; Executive Director – Research Triangle Solar Fuels Institute; Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 1997
Paul Turinsky, Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering; 2017
Emeritus
John M. Hanson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, 1992
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 Z. Zia, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, 1983
Deceased
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)
National Academy of Sciences
Membership in the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recognizes scientists for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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, 2012
National Academy of Medicine
Membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) recognizes professionals for their excellence and achievement in a field relevant to the NAM’s mission and for their willingness to participate actively in its work.
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, 2014