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NEWS
INDEX
Archives
2006
February
Two elected to membership in National
Academy of Engineering
James E.
Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor
217-244-1073; kloeppel@uiuc.edu
2/10/06
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U.of I. provost Linda P.B. Katehi has been elected
to membership in the National Academy of Engineering,
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill.
— Incoming University of Illinois Provost and Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs Linda P.B. Katehi and College of Engineering Interim
Dean Ilesanmi Adesida have been elected to membership in the National
Academy of Engineering, the academy announced today.
Katehi and Adesida were among 76 engineers selected for membership in
the NAE, which was established in 1964 under a charter from the National
Academy of Sciences as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers.
Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions in
engineering. The current NAE membership includes 2,216 U.S. engineers
and 186 foreign associates.
"This recognition and prestigious honor is yet one more indication
of the valuable contributions these outstanding researchers have made
in their distinguished careers," said Chancellor Richard Herman.
"We are extremely proud of their accomplishments, which are emblematic
of the excellence that suffuses a great research university."
Katehi, the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering at Purdue University,
was cited for her contributions to three-dimensional integrated circuits
and on-wafer packaging and to engineering education. Katehi will begin
her duties at Illinois on April 1.
Adesida, a Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering, was cited
for his contributions to the nanometer-scale processing of semiconductor
structures and applications in high-performance electronic and optoelectronic
devices.
Adesida joined the Illinois faculty in 1987. He is a professor of electrical
and computer engineering, director of the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory,
and has served as interim dean since June 2005.
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