Since the academy’s founding, 22 UH faculty have been elected — achieving the highest honor for an engineer in the U.S.
Cullen College of Engineering Members of the National Academy of Engineering
Active and Emeritus NAE Faculty Members
- 1984Dan LussCullen Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
- 1994Jerome SchultzDistinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- 1994James M. SymonsCullen Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- 1999Benton F. BaughAdjunct Professor & Alumnus, Mechanical Engineering
- 2003Christine A. Ehlig-EconomidesProfessor and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair, Petroleum Engineering
- 2003John H. LienhardM.D. Anderson Professor of Mechanical Engineering and History, Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
- 2009S.M. Farouq AliDistinguished Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- 2012Andrea ProsperettiDistinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- 2012Kaushik RajashekaraDistinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 2016Ganesh ThakurDistinguished Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- 2017Birol DindorukDistinguished Professor and American Association of Drilling Engineers Endowed Professor of Petroleum Engineering
- 2021Donald R. WiltonProfessor Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 2021Hao HuangDistinguished Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 2021Joseph B. PowellFounding Executive Director, Energy Transition Institute; Aspire Initiative Endowed Executive Director; Professor, Chemical Engineering
- 2022Pradeep SharmaM.D. Anderson Chair Professor & Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering
Deceased NAE Faculty Members
- 1970Neal R. Amundson †Cullen Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
- 1977Abraham E. Dukler †Professor, Chemical Engineering
- 1979Andrew Veletsos †Adjunct Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- 1985Allen F. Rhodes †Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- 2000Charles D. Cutler †UH Alumnus, Chemical Engineering
- 2000Michael Y.H. Pao †Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- 2004Kaspar Willam †Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering