Historicalevolution
Establishedin1964,theNationalAcademyofEngineeringhasahistoryof50years.ItisoneofthefourmajornationalacademiesintheUnitedStates.Theotherthreeare:theNationalAcademyofSciences,theUnitedStatesSchoolofMedicineandNationalScientificResearchCounciloftheUnitedStates.
OrganizationalSystem
InstitutionalOverview
In2018,theNationalAcademyofEngineeringselected83newacademiciansand16foreignacademicians,bringingthetotalnumberofacademiciansto2,293.Thetotalnumberofforeignacademicianshasreached262.
Staffcomposition
OnFebruary8,2016,ProfessorJiangLeiwaselectedasaforeignacademicianoftheNationalAcademyofEngineeringforhiscontributionstosuperhydrophobicandhydrophiliccoatings.
2018
Amongthe16foreignacademiciansco-opted,4arefromChina(3inMainlandChinaand1inTaiwan).Theyare:YangWei,DirectoroftheNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina,LuKe,aresearcherattheInstituteofMetals,ChineseAcademyofSciences,HaoJiming,aprofessoratTsinghuaUniversity,andLee,Lou-Chuang,aTaiwanesegeoscientist.
EngineeringAwards
ThethreeawardsinAmericanengineeringcirclesrefertothethreemostprestigiousawardsinAmericanengineeringcircles.TheyareawardedbytheNationalAcademyofEngineering.Theyare:LasPrize,GeAwardandCharlesStarkDraperAward.