National Academy of Engineering
Members are elected for their achievements in engineering (see the Academy website for details and history about this award). The University has had 38 faculty elected to NAE.
| Award reciepent | Department | Award Year |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy P. Lodge | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 2024 |
| Catherine E. Wolfgram French | Civil, Environmental & Geo- Engineering | 2024 |
| Andrew G. Alleyne | Mechanical Engineering | 2023 |
| Graham V. Candler | Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics | 2020 |
| Emmanuel Detournay | Civil, Environmental & Geo-Engineering | 2016 |
| David Y. H. Pui | Mechanical Engineering | 2016 |
| Michael Tsapatsis | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 2015 |
| Ned Mohan | Electrical & Chemical Engineering | 2014 |
| Steven L. Crouch | Civil Engineering | 2013 |
| Eric W. Kaler | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 2010 |
| Bruce F. Wollenberg | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2005 |
| Frank S. Bates | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 2002 |
| Edward L. Cussler, Jr. | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 2002 |
| Kenneth H. Keller | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 2002 |
| Christopher W. Macosko | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 2001 |
| Marshall I. Nathan | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 1999 |
| Subbiah Ramalingam | Mechanical Engineering | 1998 |
| Matthew V. Tirrell | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 1997 |
| Iwao Iwasaki | Endowed Taconite Chair, University of Minnesota Duluth | 1996 |
| Lanny D. Schmidt | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 1994 |
| Jerald L. Ericksen | Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics | 1993 |
| Charles Fairhurst | Civil Engineering | 1991 |
| Daniel D. Joseph | Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics | 1990 |
| H. Ted Davis | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 1988 |
| Benjamin Y. H. Liu | Mechanical Engineering | 1987 |
| Emil Pfender | Mechanical Engineering | 1986 |
| Ephraim M. Sparrow | Mechanical Engineering | 1986 |
| Richard J. Goldstein | Mechanical Engineering | 1985 |
| George J. Schroepfer | Civil Engineering | 1981 |
| Theodore V. Galambos | Civil Engineering | 1979 |
| Otto H. Schmitt | Electrical Engineering | 1979 |
| L. E. Scriven | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 1978 |
| Roger W. Staehle | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 1978 |
| Aldert van der Ziel | Electrical Engineering | 1978 |
| Kenneth T. Whitby | Mechanical Engineering | 1978 |
| Philip G. Hodge | Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics | 1977 |
| Rutherford Aris | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 1975 |
| Richard C. Jordan | Mechanical Engineering | 1975 |
| Robert Plunkett | Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics | 1974 |
| Neal R. Amundson | Chemical Engineering | 1970 |
| Ernst R. G. Eckert | Mechanical Engineering | 1970 |
| William G. Shepherd | Electrical Engineering | 1969 |