WASHINGTON – Brown University Vice President for Research Clyde L. Briant has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
The NAE, founded in 1964, is a private, independent nonprofit institution that serves as adviser to the federal government in addition to conducting independent studies on science and technology. It is a member of the National Academies, which also includes the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council.
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The NAE has more than 2,000 members, and membership is one of the highest professional honors in engineering. Briant is among 68 new members and nine foreign associates recently elected to the academy.
Candidates are chosen based on their lifetime achievements and contributions to engineering research, practice, education and literature. The NAE said Briant was selected for his “elucidation of microstructural effects on high-temperature mechanical performance of metals.”
Briant joined Brown in 1994, and served as dean of engineering before being promoted to vice president for research in 2006. He is also co-chair of the R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council, which was established in 2005 to increase and support innovation, and research and development.
Additional information is available at nae.edu.
