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MIT engineers John Cohn and Franz-Josef Ulm and are among 111 new members and 22 international members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2022. Nineteen MIT alumni were also elected as new members.

John Cohn '81, an IBM Fellow in the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, was honored for improving design productivity of high-performance analog and mixed-signal circuits and for evangelizing STEM education. Cohn, a computer scientist with more than 100 worldwide patents, uses his playful love for science and technology to promote STEM careers. Hes active in education issues at the local, state, and national levels, and his passion for STEM education led him to spend 59 days living and inventing in an abandoned steel mill as part of the Discovery Channels technical survival show The Colony.

Franz-Josef Ulm, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was honored for his contributions to nanoscale improvement of concrete and other materials and structures important for sustainable development of infrastructure and energy resources. Ulm, a structural engineer and engineering scientist, is also faculty director of the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, which brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers across MIT working on concrete and infrastructure science to develop breakthrough approaches for sustainable homes, buildings, and green infrastructure.

Nineteen alumni were also named to the NAE this year, including Anna Christina Balazs SM 77, PhD 81; Kathleen Bergeron 93, PhD 81; Rena Bizios PhD 79; Jian Cao SM 92, PhD 95; Michael Dettinger SM 79; Nancy Dudney PhD 79; Louis Durlofsky SM 82, PhD 86; Stephen D. Fantone 74; Craig Fields 66; Youssef Hashash 87, SM 88, PhD 92; Nola Hylton-Watson 79; George Karniadakis 84, PhD 87; Guy Nordenson 77; David A Petti 82, MS 83, ScD 86; David K. Robinson PhD 87; Julie M. Schoenung MS 85, PhD 87; Masayoshi Tomizuka PhD 74; Karen Willcox MS 96, PhD 00; and James A. Yurko PhD 01.

Election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 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, according to NAE.

Including this years inductees, 148 members of the NAE are current or retired members of the MIT faculty and staff, or members of the MIT Corporation.

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MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2022 - MIT News