National Academy of Engineering Event
On October 4, the School of Engineering celebrated its thirty-seventh consecutive year of having at least one member of the community inducted to the National Academy of Engineering. At a special reception at the Irvine, Calif., home of Fariborz Maseeh Sc.D. '90, Dean Suresh was delighted to welcome MIT professors Yet-Ming Chiang, Jack Dennis, Mark Drela, and Edward Thomas, as well as alumni Diran Apelian and Donald Gaver to the academy.
From left to right, Diran Apelian, Ned Thomas, Mark Drela, Subra Suresh, Fariborz Maseeh, Chuck Vest, Jack Dennis, and Mendel Rosenblum. At right, Donald Gaver and Dean Suresh.
MIT has more members of the NAE than any other institution in the world. Since the Academy’s founding in 1964, MIT has seen 153 of its faculty, researchers, instructors, and associates elected to its ranks. 115 of them remain actively engaged in the intellectual life of MIT today – including Charles Vest, the academy’s current president.
Support MIT Engineering
From the beginning, MIT has been an institution that has crashed through preconceptions, broken down boundaries, and staked out new frontiers. But breaking new ground has its costs. The pace and scope of change in the field of engineering—where 60 percent of the Institute's activities are focused—requires huge investments on an ongoing basis. MIT must bring together world-class professors and students, laboratory space and materials, and state-of-the-art equipment. This work is expensive, and it needs your support.
The MIT School of Engineering has the potential to solve critical problems in health, neuroscience, the environment, physics, robotics, and computer science. But to do so, we must be ready to respond to new opportunities, embrace new challenges, and attract the most qualified candidates. To fulfill the mission of the Institute, we count on the continuing participation and engagement of our alumni and other supporters.
Funding priorities for the School of Engineering:
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Building for the 21st century
Renovate and construct additional modern engineering facilities, laboratories, and classrooms that support and enhance multidisciplinary collaboration.
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Educating future pioneers
Provide fellowship funding for the best students to pursue the most challenging and pioneering research across disciplines.
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Developing tomorrow’s engineering leaders
Develop challenging project-based subjects that engage students at the intersection of theory, practice, and multidisciplinary problem solving through initiatives such as the Bernard M. Gordon Engineering Leadership Program.
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Connecting academia to the real world
Increase the opportunities for our students and faculty to engage colleagues and solve problems here and abroad through programs such as the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, the International Innovation Initiative, and the Undergraduate and International Practice Opportunities Programs.
Contact
Please contact Dedric Carter, Assistant Dean of Engineering for Development and Strategic Initiatives if there are questions regarding these priorities or if you would like to make a gift in support of these efforts.
