Five NRIs elected to National Academy of Engineering

HOUSTON, February 16 2005

Five Indian Americans have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional honours for an American engineer, amongst 74 new members.

These notable Indian Americans honoured for their major contributions to engineering theory and practice, and for unusual accomplishment in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology are, Subhash Mahajan, Arunava Majumdar, R Shankar Nair, Raja V Ramani and Subhash C Singhal.

Subhash Mahajan, Chair, department of chemical and materials engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, was honoured for advancing understanding of structure-property relationships in semiconductors, magnetic materials, and materials for light-wave communication.

Arunava Majumdar, Almy and Agnes Maynard Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, was honoured for his contributions to nanoscale thermal engineering and molecular nanomechanics.

R Shankar Nair, senior vice president, Teng & Associates, Chicago, was bestowed the honour for his contributions to the art and science of engineering through the design of innovative bridges and building structures. PTI

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