Luna Lu, ACPA Professor of Civil Engineering, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) for her entrepreneurial mindset in academia and innovations for enabling intelligent infrastructure. 

The RSA – formally known as the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce – was established in 1754 in London to enrich society “through ideas and action.” The organization focuses on supporting innovation in creative learning and development, public services and communities, and enterprise and manufacturing.

The 30,000-member RSA fellowship’s members have included many notable luminaries throughout history, including Marie Curie, Adam Smith, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Dickens, Stephen Hawking, and Karl Marx.