94-02-18 Jones, Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf Elected to National Academy of Engineering

JONES, KUHLMANN-WILSDORF ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 18 -- University of Virginia professors Anita
K. Jones and
Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf have been elected to the National Academy of
Engineering, joining four
of their colleagues as members of the prestigious organization.
     "Election to the academy signifies important contributions to
engineering theory and
practice," said NAE President Robert M. White.  "It honors those who have
demonstrated unusual
accomplishments in new and developing fields of technology."
     The NAE elected 79 engineers and eight foreign associates this year,
bringing the agency's
total membership to 1,880.
     Jones, a professor of computer science, was cited for her work in the
design and construction
of programmed systems, as well as for public service.  Currently, Jones is on
leave of absence from
U.Va. and is director of defense research and engineering for the U.S.
Department of Defense. 
She was U.Va.'s computer science department head from 1988 to 1993.
     Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf, a university professor of applied science, was
honored for her study of
crystal defects in materials and their impact on mechanical behavior.  A
member of the U.Va.
faculty since 1963, she has received numerous awards including the Virginia
Academy of Science's
J. Shelton Horsley Award, the German Society of Materials Science's Heyn
Medal and the Ragnar
Holm Scientific Achievement Award from the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers.
     Four other U.Va. faculty are members of the NAE:  Elmer J. Gaden Jr.,
the Wills Johnson
Professor of Chemical Engineering; Lester A. Hoel, the Janet Scott and John
Dowman Hamilton
Professor of Civil Engineering; Louis T. Rader, professor emeritus of U.Va.'s
Darden School; and
William Wulf, AT&T Professor of Engineering and Applied Science.
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                                                February 17, 1994
     REPORTERS AND EDITORS:  For more information contact:

Bob Carpenter, Virginia Engineering Foundation, (804) 924-1301;
Anne Oplinger, U.Va. News Office, (804) 924-7116; or
Jennifer Cooke, National Academy of Engineering, (202) 334-2138.
 

[Submitted by: Karen A. Castle  (kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu)
               Fri, 18 Feb 94 08:35:54 EST]