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NAE Members

National Academy of Engineering

Seventeen UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty are members of the National Academy of Engineering*. There have been several others throughout the history of the college and there are several alumni who belong to the academy, each of whom are listed below.

*Seventeen of these faculty list UH as their affiliated organization on their National Academy of Engineering membership.

  • Amundson
    1970
    Neal R. Amundson †
    Cullen Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Abraham E. Dukler †
    1977
    Abraham E. Dukler †
    Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Andrew Veletsos †
    1979
    Andrew Veletsos †
    Adjunct Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Dan Luss
    1984
    Dan Luss
    Cullen Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Allen F. Rhodes †
    1985
    Allen F. Rhodes †
    Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Jerome Schultz
    1994
    Jerome Schultz
    Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • James M. Symons
    1994
    James M. Symons
    Cullen Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Benton F. Baugh
    1999
    Benton F. Baugh
    Adjunct Professor & Alumnus, Mechanical Engineering
  • Charles D. Cutler
    2000
    Charles D. Cutler †
    UH Alumnus, Chemical Engineering
  • Michael Y.H. Pao
    2000
    Michael Y.H. Pao †
    Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Christine A. Ehlig-Economides
    2003
    Christine A. Ehlig-Economides
    Professor and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair, Petroleum Engineering
  • John H. Lienhard
    2003
    John H. Lienhard
    M.D. Anderson Professor of Mechanical Engineering and History, Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
  • Jamal J. Azar
    2004
    Jamal J. Azar
    Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Kaspar Willam
    2004
    Kaspar Willam †
    Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • S.M. Farouq Ali
    2009
    S.M. Farouq Ali
    Distinguished Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Andrea Prosperetti
    2012
    Andrea Prosperetti
    Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Kaushik Rajashekara
    2012
    Kaushik Rajashekara
    Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ganesh Thakur
    2016
    Ganesh Thakur
    Distinguished Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Birol Dindoruk
    2017
    Birol Dindoruk
    Distinguished Professor and American Association of Drilling Engineers Endowed Professor of Petroleum Engineering
  • Donald R. Wilton
    2021
    Donald R. Wilton
    Professor Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Hao Huang
    2021
    Hao Huang
    Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Joseph B. Powell
    2021
    Joseph B. Powell
    Founding Executive Director, Energy Transition Institute; Aspire Initiative Endowed Executive Director; Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Pradeep Sharma
    2022
    Pradeep Sharma
    M.D. Anderson Chair Professor & Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering