Santokh Badesha, adjunct professor of innovation in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Santokh Badesha, an adjunct professor for innovation in the College of Engineering’s School of School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the manager of open innovation at Xerox Corp., has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Badesha was elected to the academy for developing materials enabling the broad use of laser printing and the creation of color laser printing.

Badesha recently broke the all-time patent record at Xerox with 257 patents. His latest patent is a dryer subsystem that enables removal of water and co-solvents from the ink in Xerox aqueous ink jet-based printing presses.

Badesha is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Society of Imaging Science & Technology. He was named a chartered scientist by the Science Council of U.K. and received the Distinguished Inventor of the Year Award from the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association. Badesha is the recipient of many awards from Xerox, including being inducted into the Xerox Innovation Group Hall of Fame.

According to the National Academy of Engineering, 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.”

Individuals in the newly elected class will be formally inducted during the NAE’s annual meeting in October.