Four faculty members from the Tickle College of Engineering have been elected fellows of the American Association for Advancement Sciences (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.

UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor Rigoberto Advincula, UT-ORNL Distinguished Scientist/Professor Director Takeshi Egami, Weston Fulton Professor Sergei Kalinin, and Dongarra Professor Michela Taufer are among the 2023 class of 502 scientists, engineers, and innovators across 24 AAAS disciplinary sections to receive the honor.

AAAS Fellows are a distinguished cadre of scientists, engineers and innovators who have been recognized for their achievements across disciplines ranging from research, teaching and technology, to administration in academia, industry, and government, to excellence in communicating and interpreting science to the public. The AAAS Fellows program is celebrating its 150th anniversary.

Advincula, a joint professor in UT’s Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), was elected in the section on Engineering. Taufer, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), was selected in the section of Information, Computing & Communication. Egami (MSE) and Kalinin (MSE), were selected in the section on Physics.

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Rhiannon Potkey (865-974-0683, rpotkey@utk.edu)