The NAI was founded to recognize and encourage inventors with U.S. patents, enhance the visibility of academic technology and innovation, encourage the disclosure of intellectual property, educate and mentor innovative students, and to create wider public understanding of how its members’ inventions benefit society.

Active Members

Hal Alper
Chemical Engineering, 2018

Sanjay Banerjee
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2021

Joseph Beaman, Jr.
Mechanical Engineering, 2014

Alan Bovik
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022

Joan Brennecke
Chemical Engineering, 2021

Ray T. Chen
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022

Ananth Dodabalapur
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2021

George Georgiou
Chemical Engineering, 2015

Alex Huang
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2018

Lizy John
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2020

Arumagam Manthiram
Mechanical Engineering, 2023

Robert Metcalfe
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2013

Nicholas A. Peppas
Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, 2014

Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert
Biomedical Engineering, 2017

Earl Swartzlander
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2021

Van Truskett
Chemical Engineering, 2020

Retired Members

John Goodenough
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering 2016