Purdue president elected to National Academy of Engineering
Purdue University President and the Roscoe H. George Distinguished Professor Mung Chiang has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering, one of the most prestigious honors in engineering.
A preeminent engineering researcher, educator and innovator, Chiang was elected to the NAE “for contributions to networks and edge computing and leadership in U.S. higher education,” in the primary section of Electronics, Communication and Information Systems and the secondary section of Special Fields and Interdisciplinary. Chiang’s election brings the number of current Purdue faculty in the National Academy of Science and National Academy of Engineering to 30. Chiang is the second sitting president of a university in the state to be elected to the National Academies, after University of Notre Dame President Theodore Hesburgh in 1984.
Chiang was previously elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Class of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2024), the National Academy of Inventors (2020) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (2020).
NAE members are among the world’s most accomplished engineers from business, academia and government. NAE membership honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice or education, including 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.”
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