The NAE Transfers GCSP Network Office Operations to Consortium of Higher-Ed Institutions Fri, October 23, 2020 After six years of nurturing and developing the Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) into the premiere undergraduate engineering initiative it is today, the NAE has determined that the time is right to transfer the day-to-day management and operations of the GCSP network office to a consortium ... Read More
NAE Announces Winner of the 2020 J.C. Hunsaker Award in Aeronautical Engineering Fri, October 02, 2020 On Sunday, Oct. 4, during the 2020 annual meeting, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) will present the J.C. Hunsaker Award in Aeronautical Engineering to Alan C. Brown Read More
NAE Announces Winners of 2020 Simon Ramo Founders and Arthur M. Bueche Awards Fri, October 02, 2020 On Sunday, Oct. 4, during the 2020 annual meeting, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) will present two awards for extraordinary impact on the engineering profession. Read More
NAE Transitions the Management of the Online Ethics Center to the University of Virginia Tue, September 29, 2020 The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today the transition of the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (OEC) to the University of Virginia School of Engineering (UVA Engineering), effective October 1. Read More
NAE President Q&A: Engineering a Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Fri, September 18, 2020 NAE President John Anderson sat down to talk about some of the engineering challenges posed by the pandemic Read More
NAE Launches a New Perspectives Series Thu, September 17, 2020 The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) today announced the launch of a new commentary series NAE Perspectives. Read More
EngineerGirl Announces 2020 Class of Student Ambassadors Wed, September 16, 2020 The 23 new ambassadors will participate in a yearlong program designed to build leadership skills in female high school students by helping them promote engineering to younger students in their community. Read More
NAE Announces Committee on Racial Justice and Equity Tue, September 15, 2020 The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today the newly established Committee on Racial Justice and Equity. Read More
Update on Our Response to COVID-19: A Message from the Presidents of the NAS, NAE, and NAM Mon, September 14, 2020 Science, engineering, and medicine are at the heart of finding solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, which in a matter of months has triggered a global health, economic, and societal crisis of staggering proportions. Read More
Engineering Better Medicine for Public Health Crises: NAM Perspective by Roderic Pettigrew Thu, August 13, 2020 Engineers and health professionals must work together to address the complicated challenges ahead, including COVID-19. A new NAM Perspectives calls for continued collaboration. Read More
NAE Member Donates $2 Million to Support Study on Next-Generation Nuclear Power Technologies Mon, August 03, 2020 The National Academy of Engineering announced today a $2 million gift from NAE member James J. Truchard to support the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States. Read More
Troubleshooting the Pandemic: Engineers Pitch Innovative Solutions to Help Address COVID-19 Thu, July 02, 2020 While the world waits for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 infection, international and multigenerational teams of engineers have come together through the National Academy of Engineering’s COVID-19 Call for Engineering Action to find creative solutions to problems caused by the pandemic. Read More
Innovative Early-Career Engineers Selected to Participate in NAE's 2020 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Tue, June 23, 2020 85 of the nation’s brightest early-career engineers have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 26th annual US Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) symposium. Read More
The Grainger Foundation Provides $3 Million Gift for NAE Frontiers of Engineering Program Thu, May 28, 2020 The National Academy of Engineering announced today a $3 million gift from The Grainger Foundation to support NAE’s Frontiers of Engineering symposia. The symposia honor excellence in engineering by recognizing the work of outstanding early-career engineers and facilitating interdisciplinary ... Read More
EngineerGirl Announces 2020 Writing Contest Winners Tue, May 19, 2020 The National Academy of Engineering today announced the winners of its 2020 EngineerGirl writing competition. This year’s contest asked students in grades three to 12 to write about a 20-year space journey to a new home outside our solar system. Read More
National Academy of Engineering Elects Chair, Home Secretary and Four Councillors Mon, May 18, 2020 The National Academy of Engineering has elected a chair, home secretary and four members to its governing Council. All terms begin July 1, 2020. Read More
U.S. Funding for World Health Organization Should Not Be Interrupted During COVID-19 Pandemic, Say Presidents of the NAS, NAE, and NAM Thu, April 16, 2020 It is critical for the U.S. to continue its funding for the World Health Organization in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic given the WHO’s lead role in coordinating an international response, especially in developing countries. Read More
National Academy of Engineering Announces Engineering Call to Action on COVID-19 Tue, April 07, 2020 The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has announced a Call to Action for engineers to crowdsource and collectively brainstorm engineering solutions for coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). Read More
Call for Engineering Action on the COVID-19 Crisis Tue, March 31, 2020 While the current COVID-19 crisis is separating us physically, it also compels us to work together to address its accompanying societal and economic challenges, ranging from arresting the contagion to relieving the health care stress to production of vaccines to reimagining life in today’s remote ... Read More
Our Response to COVID-19: A Message from the Presidents Tue, March 24, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic grips the nation and the world, policymakers and the public are counting on science, engineering, and medicine to discover how the virus infects humans, slow its spread, treat those infected, and provide solutions that lay the groundwork for recovery. At the National ... Read More