Lisa Brannon-Peppas, Ph.D.

Six people affiliated with Purdue Engineering have earned one of the highest professional distinctions available to an engineer: membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

Current faculty members Vladimir M. Shalaev and Yuehwern Yih, of ECE and IE, respectively, have been elected for induction into the NAE’s class of 2025. They represent the largest number of current Purdue faculty inducted into the NAE in nearly two decades.

Other members of the new class with Purdue Engineering ties include alumni Jón Atli Benediktsson, Lisa Brannon-Peppas and Patrick Chapman, and former Purdue ME professor Suresh Garimella… Continue reading.