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The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences. As a national academy, it consists of members who are elected by current members, based on their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. The election process for new members is conducted annually. The NAE is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the rest of the National Academies the role of advising the federal government. The NAE operates engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. The NAE is part of the United States National Academies, which also includes: * National Academy of Sciences (NAS) * Institute of Medicine (IOM) * National Research Council (NRC) Formally, "members" of the NAE must be U.S. citizens.〔(Becoming a Member ), NAE website.〕 The term "foreign associate" is applied to non-citizens who are elected to the NAE.〔 "The NAE has more than 2,000 peer-elected members and foreign associates, senior professionals in business, academia, and government who are among the world’s most accomplished engineers", according to the NAE site's About page.〔(About NAE ), National Academy of Engineering.〕 Election to the NAE is considered to be among the highest recognitions in engineering-related fields, and it often comes as a recognition of a lifetime's worth of accomplishments. The current president of the NAE is Dr. C. Daniel Mote, Jr. ==Membership== Nomination for membership can only be done by a current member of the NAE for outstanding engineers with identifiable contributions or accomplishments in one or both of the following categories: * Engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature. * Pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education. Though the average age of members is over 70, some members have been elected at a relatively young age, the youngest being Google co-founder Larry Page, who was elected in 2004 at the age of 31. The membership of the NAE includes many notable people – essentially by definition, as the election to membership in the NAE is among the highest forms of recognition of notable accomplishments in engineering. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Academy of Engineering」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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