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3 University of Illinois faculty recognized for engineering

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Left: Klara Nahrstedt Top right: Youssef Hashash Bottom right: William Hammack
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CHAMPAIGN — Three faculty members at the University of Illinois have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

They are among 111 new members and 22 international members elected this year. They will be formally inducted in October in Washington, D.C.

The new members from Illinois are William Hammack, Youssef Hashash and Klara Nahrstedt.

Hammack is a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, Hashash is a professor in civil and environmental engineering and Nahrstedt is the chair of engineering in computer science and the director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the university.

 

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