{"id":510382,"date":"2022-02-10T13:46:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=510382"},"modified":"2022-02-10T13:47:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:47:48","slug":"national-academy-of-engineering-honors-rob-clark-510382","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/national-academy-of-engineering-honors-rob-clark-510382\/","title":{"rendered":"National Academy of Engineering honors Rob Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"width: 85%; font-weight: bold; line-height: 135%; margin-bottom: 0.5em;\">Membership is among the highest distinctions for an engineer.<\/h2>\n<p>Rob Clark, professor of mechanical engineering at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/\">University of Rochester<\/a>, joins Institute of Optics alumnus Steve Fantone \u201979 (PhD) and SpaceX founder Elon Musk among 111 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nae.edu\/270224.aspx\">newly elected members of the National Academy of Engineering<\/a> (NAE). Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-466072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2014_clark_vertical.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/>Clark, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/rob-clark-provost-and-senior-vp-for-research-to-step-down-in-june-466032\/\">former provost, senior vice president for research, and dean of the Hajim School of Engineering &amp; Applied Sciences<\/a>, is being recognized for innovation resulting from a collaboration with Duke biologist Philip Benfey in the \u201cdevelopment of automated tools for rapidly identifying and indexing desirable genetic traits for next-generation seed and biotechnology product development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An expert in the sciences of acoustics and bionanomanufacturing, Clark heads a <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.me.rochester.edu\/projects\/rlclark-lab\/\">research group<\/a> that has explored the broad field of dynamic systems, measurement, and control. Their accomplishments include the development of new instruments for the exploration of single-molecule mechanics and genetic modification of seeds, the deposition and control of materials at the nanoscale required to enable an industry in bionanomanufacturing, and the development of scaffolds for tissue engineering through electrospinning and electrospraying processes.<\/p>\n<p>Clark has more than 140 journal publications to his name and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Acoustical Society of America, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is a recipient of the Lindsey Award from the Acoustical Society of America, the National Science Foundation Career Program Award, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and the NASA Group Achievement Award.<\/p>\n<p>He earned his bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, and doctoral degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Prior to joining the University of Rochester, Clark was dean of Duke University\u2019s Pratt School of Engineering, where he had been a member of the faculty since 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of academia, Clark has founded and supported multiple start-up companies and served as board member for several technology companies as well as the Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna. He is currently lead independent director of Minerals Technologies Inc. which develops, produces, and markets specialty mineral, mineral-based and synthetic mineral products and related systems and services.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"large-up-3\">\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\">\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/association-for-research-in-vision-and-ophthalmology-fellow-susana-marcos-509912\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\" https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/fea-susana-marcos.jpg\" alt=\"crop of Susan Marcos headshot\" \/><strong>International vision association honors Susana Marcos<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: .9em;\">The Center for Visual Science director has been elected a Gold Fellow by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\">\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/2021-national-academy-of-inventors-505422\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\" https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fea-national-academy-of-inventors-2021.jpg\" alt=\"side by side headshots of Duncan Moore and David Williams\" \/><strong>A cure for blindness? A next-generation solar concentrator?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: .9em;\">Two new Rochester fellows of the National Academy of Inventors take aim at transformative discoveries in the world of optics.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\">\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/andrew-berger-elected-optica-fellow-505062\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\" https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fea-andrew-berger-optica-fellow.jpg\" alt=\"portrait of Andrew Berger\" \/><strong>Andrew Berger honored for novel ways to monitor biological cells and tissues<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: .9em;\">The Rochester optics professor has been elected a fellow of Optica, the international society for optics and photonics.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clark is among the 111 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