Seven National Academy of Engineering Members to be Inducted into the 2019 National Inventors Hall of Fame Tue, January 08, 2019 NAE members Chieko Asakawa, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Dennis Ritchie, Edmund O. Schweitzer III, Ken Thompson, James Truchard, and David Walt to be inducted during a ceremony on May 2 in Washington, DC. Read More
Innovators of the Coronary Angioplasty Win 2019 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize Thu, January 03, 2019 The National Academy of Engineering and Ohio University announced today that the 2019 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize will be given to Julio Palmaz, Leonard Pinchuk, Richard Schatz, John Simpson, and Paul Yock for innovations leading to the widespread adoption of percutaneous coronary ... Read More
C. D. Mote, Jr. Receives Honorary Doctorate of Peking University Sat, December 15, 2018 Grand Challenges Scholars Program member Peking University awarded NAE president C.D. (Dan) Mote an honorary doctorate for his extensive work to collaborate with the university and China. Read More
Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century: Addressing Grand Challenges Tue, December 04, 2018 New National Academies report modeled, in part, on the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering, recommends strategies to evolve education, research, and practice for the environmental engineering field to advance practical, impactful solutions to these multifaceted challenges. Read More
Investigation and Design Can Improve Student Learning in Science and Engineering Tue, November 13, 2018 Centering science instruction around investigation and design can improve learning in middle and high schools and help students make sense of phenomena in the world around them. Current approaches to science in many classrooms do not reflect this approach and constrain the opportunities afforded to ... Read More
National Academies Report Says Sexual Harassment Is a Threat to Engineering Fri, November 02, 2018 A recent report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found that sexual harassment has broad impacts. It affects not only the women who are targeted but also bystanders and the entire research enterprise. Read More
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