The mission of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is to promote the technological welfare of the nation by marshaling the knowledge and insights of eminent members of the engineering profession.

Active Members

David T. Allen
Chemical Engineering, 2017

Joseph J. Beaman, Jr.
Mechanical Engineering, 2013

Alan Bovik
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022

Joan Brennecke
Chemical Engineering, 2012

Noel Clemens
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 2023

Benny Dean Freeman
Chemical Engineering, 2023

George Georgiou
Chemical Engineering, 2005

Robert B. Gilbert
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 2020

John B. Goodenough
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1976

Thomas J.R. Hughes
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 1995

Keith P. Johnston
Chemical Engineering, 2011

Brian Korgel
Chemical Engineering, 2018

Stelios K. Kyriakides
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 2007

Larry W. Lake
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, 1997

J. Tinsley Oden
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 1988

Yale Patt
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2014

Nicholas A. Peppas
Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, 2006

Mukul Sharma
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, 2018

S.V. Sreenivasan
Mechanical Engineering, 2021

Kenneth Stokoe
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 1997

Mary F. Wheeler
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, 1998

Karen Willcox
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; Computational Engineering and Sciences, 2022

Sharon L. Wood 
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering 2013

Retired Members

Ivo M. Babuska
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 2005

John E. Breen
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 1976

Thomas Edgar
Chemical Engineering, 2014

Gregory L. Fenves
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 2014

David W. Fowler
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 1998

Adam Heller
Chemical Engineering, 1987

John R. Howell
Mechanical Engineering, 2005

Chun Huh
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, 2018

James O. Jirsa
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 1988

David R. Maidment
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 2016

Robert M. Metcalfe
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1997

Roy E. Olson
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 2003

Donald R. Paul
Chemical Engineering, 1988

Gary A. Pope
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, 1999

Isaac C. Sanchez
Chemical Engineering, 1996

Irwin W. Sandberg
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1981

Ben G. Streetman
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1987

Byron D. Tapley
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 1987

Richard L. Tucker
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 1996

C. Michael Walton
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 1993

C. Grant Willson
Chemical Engineering, 1992

Joseph A. Yura
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 2000