Drs. Melissa Grunlan, Andreas Polycarpou and Taylor Ware have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors. The 2022 class of NAI Senior Members hails from 41 research universities. They are named inventors on over 1,093 issued U.S. patents. |
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The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named three engineering faculty from Texas A&M University to its 2022 class of NAI Senior Members.
The three new senior members from the College of Engineering are:
Dr. Melissa Grunlan, Charles H. and Bettye Barclay Professor in Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Dr. Andreas Polycarpou, James J. Cain Chair in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Dr. Taylor Ware, associate professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.
NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and administrators from NAI member institutions who have demonstrated remarkable innovation-producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. They also have growing success in patents, licensing and commercialization, while educating and mentoring the next generation of inventors.
“I want to congratulate these outstanding engineering faculty members who are the newest senior members of NAI,” said Dr. John E. Hurtado, interim vice chancellor and dean of engineering. “This honor recognizes their drive to push the limits of engineering innovation and create technologies that will help improve the world around us.”
This latest class of NAI Senior Members hails from 41 research universities. They are named inventors on over 1,093 issued U.S. patents. Senior members are elected annually on National Inventors’ Day (Feb. 11). The 2022 new class will be inducted at the Senior Member Ceremony at the 11th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Inventors June 14-15 in Phoenix.
The title of NAI Senior Member was established in 2019. The three new senior members bring the number of current Texas A&M faculty to 15. In addition, 17 current Texas A&M faculty are NAI Fellows.
NAI is a member organization composed of U.S. and international universities and governmental and nonprofit research institutes with more than 4,000 individual inventor members and fellows spanning more than 250 institutions worldwide.
The three new senior members from the College of Engineering are:
Dr. Melissa Grunlan, Charles H. and Bettye Barclay Professor in Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Dr. Andreas Polycarpou, James J. Cain Chair in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Dr. Taylor Ware, associate professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.
NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and administrators from NAI member institutions who have demonstrated remarkable innovation-producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. They also have growing success in patents, licensing and commercialization, while educating and mentoring the next generation of inventors.
“I want to congratulate these outstanding engineering faculty members who are the newest senior members of NAI,” said Dr. John E. Hurtado, interim vice chancellor and dean of engineering. “This honor recognizes their drive to push the limits of engineering innovation and create technologies that will help improve the world around us.”
This latest class of NAI Senior Members hails from 41 research universities. They are named inventors on over 1,093 issued U.S. patents. Senior members are elected annually on National Inventors’ Day (Feb. 11). The 2022 new class will be inducted at the Senior Member Ceremony at the 11th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Inventors June 14-15 in Phoenix.
The title of NAI Senior Member was established in 2019. The three new senior members bring the number of current Texas A&M faculty to 15. In addition, 17 current Texas A&M faculty are NAI Fellows.
NAI is a member organization composed of U.S. and international universities and governmental and nonprofit research institutes with more than 4,000 individual inventor members and fellows spanning more than 250 institutions worldwide.