Dr. Kristi Anseth, Purdue ChE alumna (BS ChE ’92), has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. She is being honored “For pioneering the rational design of biomaterials for tissue engineering, drug delivery, and biosensing applications.”

Dr. Anseth has received numerous honors, including the NSF Waterman Award (2004).  Last year, she was named a Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado – Boulder, youngest in history, and also a “Brilliant 10” by Popular Science magazine (2008).

Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature," and to the "pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education."