Three Researchers from The Neuro Elected Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences - McGill University

Northwestern Engineering’s Jian Cao was one of 10 fellows elected to the Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering (AAASE). Cao, the University’s associate vice president for research and Cardiss Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering, will be formally inducted Nov. 7 during AAASE’s 2026 Biennial Summit and Fellow Induction Ceremony on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. The fellowship honors Asian American researchers who represent exceptional achievement across engineering, biomedical science, manufacturing, energy, semiconductors, electronic materials, and other fields.

The National Center for Science Education welcomes its third cohort of Sound Science Fellows. The six new fellows join other higher education faculty and museum educators to enhance professional learning opportunities in climate science, evolution, and the nature of science for K-12 science teachers, identify and resolve common misconceptions about those topics, and conduct research to develop best practices for science education. The 2027 fellows are: Tajma Cameron, Assistant Professor of Science Education and Research Faculty at the National Center for the Elimination of Educational Disparities (NCEED) at Morgan State University; Pradeep (Max) Dass, Professor of Science Education at the University of Texas at Tyler; Jennifer Kreps Frisch, Associate Professor and Department Head of Education at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Daniel Pimentel, Assistant Professor of Science Education at the University of Alabama; Jennifer Redfearn, Senior STEM Specialist for the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching; and Ryan Summers, Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of North Dakota.

image: Jie Zhuang, professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, is a new Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America, the highest honor bestowed by the organization. Credit: Photo by R. Lazarian, courtesy UTIA.

image: ORNL researchers Josh Pihl, left, and Derek Splitter have been named SAE International Fellows. Credit: Two transportation researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Josh Pihl and Derek Splitter, have been named SAE International Fellows, an honor recognizing individuals of exceptional distinction for outstanding and sustained accomplishments in mobility or related engineering.