The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of the National Academies has elected 67 new members and 11 foreign associates--six of which have a TRB connection. The NAE, founded in 1964, provides engineering leadership in service to the nation. The NAE has more than 2,450 peer-elected members and foreign associates, who are among the world's most accomplished engineers.
The newly elected members include:
Carlos F. Daganzo, Chancellor Professor of the Graduate School, and retired Robert Horonjeff Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (for engineering contributions to traffic, transportation, and logistics systems and operations). Daganzo is a past member of TRB’s Committee on Transportation and Network Modeling.
Karl Hedrick, James Marshall Wells Academic Chair and professor of mechanical engineering, University of California, Berkeley (for analysis and control methods for nonlinear systems with application to practical problems). Hendrick served on the committee that produced TRB Special Report 265: An Assessment of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Rating System for Rollover Resistance. He has also been active on TRB standing committees and NCHRP panels.
Geraldine Knatz, Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering (for international leadership in the engineering and development of environmentally clean urban seaports). Knatz retired from the Port of Los Angeles in January 2014 after eight successful years as Executive Director for one of the largest seaports in the United States. Knatz is the 2009 recipient of the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship. In addition, she served as chair of TRB’s Marine Board and provided input on two TRB policy studies on the marine transportation system and on landside access to U.S. ports.
R. Keith Michel, President, Webb Institute, Glen Cove, New York (for contributions to the design, construction, and operation of efficient, environment-friendly ships). Michel is a former chair of the Marine Board. He has also served on four policy study committees, two of which he chaired.
Craig E. Philip, Chief Executive Officer, Ingram Barge Co., Nashville, Tennessee (for contributions in information technology and management innovation in the intermodal, rail, and inland waterway industries). Philip is a former member of the TRB Executive Committee and its Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review. He has also served as a member of the Marine Board and currently is a member of the National Cooperative Freight Research Program oversight committee.
Ian A. Waitz, Dean of Engineering and Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (for analysis of environmental effects of aviation enabling practical environmental regulations). Waitz was a member of the committee that produced TRB Special Report 307: Policy Options for Reducing Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Transportation.
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, 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." TRB is a division of the National Academies, which include the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council.
This Summary Last Modified On: 2/10/2014