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[February 2010]
Princeton Prof Who Advanced Ceramic Processing Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Princeton University's Professor Ilhan Aksay has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a professional society whose members are among the world's most accomplished engineers.
Ilhan Aksay, a Professor of Chemical Engineering, was among 68 new members and nine foreign associates elected to the academy.
"Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer," Charles Vest, President of the Academy, wrote in announcing the appointments. Academy membership honours those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature," and to the "pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education".
The announcement noted Prof Aksay's advances in ceramic processing methods, biologically inspired materials processing and field-induced layering of colloidal crystals. Prof Aksay received his PhD in materials science and engineering from the University of California-Berkeley in 1973 and joined the Princeton faculty in 1992.
Among other honours, he has received the Turkish National Medal of Science, the Edward C Henry Award from the American Ceramic Society and the Charles M A Stine Award from American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
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