National Academy of Inventors Fellows & Senior Members

FIU has a distinguished roster of inventors who have been honored as National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows and Senior Members. These exceptional individuals have exhibited remarkable ingenuity and have been recognized for their significant contributions to innovation that have positively impacted society.

National Academy of Inventors Fellows

Dr. Osama Mohammed,

Electric and Computer Engineering,

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2021

Dr. John Volakis

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2020

Dr. Naphtali Rishe,

School of Computing and Information Sciences

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2020

Dr. Madhavan Nair,

Immunology and Nano-Medicine,

Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Elected 2019

Dr. William Murphy,

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2018

Dr. Ranu Jung,

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2017

Dr. Kenneth Furton,

 Global Forensics and Justice Center,

College of Arts, Sciences and Education

Elected 2016

Dr. Shekhar Bhansali,

Lifetime Fellow

Electrical and Computer Engineering,

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2015

Dr. S.S. Iyengar,

School of Computing and Information Sciences

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2013

National Academy of Inventors Senior Members

Dr. Benjamin Boesl,

Mechanical and Materials Engineering,

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2023

Dr. Heidi Mansour,

Environmental Health Sciences,

Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work

Elected 2023

Dr. Barry Rosen,

Cellular Biology and Pharmacology,

Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Elected 2023

Dr. Cheng Zhang,

Mechanical and Materials Engineering

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2023

Dr. Vadym Drozd

Center for the Study of Matter at Extreme Conditions,

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2022

Dr. Bilal El-Zahab

Mechanical and Materials Engineering,

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2022

Dr. Stavros Georgakopoulos,

Electrical and Computer Engineering,

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2022

Dr. Chunlei Wang

Mechanical and Materials Engineering,

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2022

Dr. Anuradha Godavarty

Biomedical Engineering,

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2021

Dr. Arvind Agarwal,

Mechanical and Materials Engineering

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2020

Dr. Shuliang Jiao

Biomedical Engineering

College of Engineering and Computing

Elected 2018