WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 Purdue University President and the Roscoe H. George Distinguished Professor Mung Chiang has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering, one of the most prestigious honors in engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A preeminent engineering researcher, educator and innovator, Chiang was elected to the NAE \u201cfor contributions to networks and edge computing and leadership in U.S. higher education,\u201d in the primary section of Electronics, Communication and Information Systems and the secondary section of Special Fields and Interdisciplinary. Chiang\u2019s election brings the number of current Purdue faculty in the National Academy of Science and National Academy of Engineering to 30. Chiang is the second sitting president of a university in the state to be elected to the National Academies, after University of Notre Dame President Theodore Hesburgh in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chiang was previously elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Class of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2024), the National Academy of Inventors (2020) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NAE members are among the world\u2019s most accomplished engineers from business, academia and government. NAE membership honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to \u201cengineering research, practice or education, including significant contributions to the engineering literature\u201d and to \u201cthe pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing\/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three Purdue alumni also will be inducted as members of the 2026 class: Dorothy Denning (PhD computer science\u00a0\u201975 and former faculty in computer science at Purdue), Fred Mannering (MS civil engineering\u00a0\u201979\u00a0and former department head of civil engineering at Purdue) and Milo Riverso (MS civil engineering\u00a0\u201982, PhD civil engineering\u00a0\u201984). Also in the 2026 class is Moungi Bawendi, a 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry who attended West Lafayette High School and took Purdue courses during that time.\u00a0Bawendi spoke about his pioneering work in April 2024 as part of Purdue\u2019s\u00a0Presidential Lecture Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read the NAE announcement here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Purdue University is a public research university leading with excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities in the United States, Purdue discovers, disseminates and deploys knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 106,000 students study at Purdue across multiple campuses, locations and modalities, including more than 57,000 at our main campus locations in West Lafayette and Indianapolis. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue\u2019s main campus has frozen tuition 14 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap \u2014 including its integrated, comprehensive Indianapolis urban expansion; the Mitch Daniels School of Business; Purdue Computes; and the One Health initiative \u2014 at https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\nAbout Purdue University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n