The Florida Atlantic University Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors
The Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors was established in 2019 to honor the innovative accomplishments of FAU researchers and to support the mission of the academy to increase greater public understanding of the vital role research, innovation and technology plays in our society.
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) is a member organization comprising U.S. and international universities, government agencies, and non-profit research institutes. Currently there are over 4,600 individual members affiliated with more than 260 institutions worldwide. 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.
| Name | Membership |
|---|---|
| Danny Alice | Honorary Member |
| Waseem Asghar | Inventor Member |
| Randy Blakely | Fellow |
| Predrag Cudic | Inventor Member |
| Anni Dalgleish | Inventor Member |
| Megan Davis | Inventor Member |
| Kenneth Dawson-Scully | Inventor Member |
| Sarah Du | Inventor Member |
| Gregg Fields | Fellow |
| Behnaz Ghoraani | Inventor Member |
| Esther Guzman | Inventor Member |
| Alberto Haces | Inventor Member |
| Maureen Hahn | Inventor Member |
| Jason Hallstrom | Inventor Member |
| Shihong Huang | Inventor Member |
| Vijaya Iragavarapu | Inventor Member |
| Hari Kalva | Fellow |
| Salvatore Lepore | Inventor Member |
| Warner Miller | Inventor Member |
| Mehrdad Nojoumian | Inventor Member |
| Andrew Oleinikov | Inventor Member |
| Bing Ouyang | Inventor Member |
| Christina Pappachan | Honorary Member |
| Shirely Pomponi | Inventor Member |
| Howard Prentice | Inventor Member |
| Martin Riche | Inventor Member |
| Rodolfo Andres Rivas Matta | Honorary Member |
| Christopher Rodriguez | Honorary Member |
| Jose Sanchez | Honorary Member |
| Eric Schwartz | Honorary Member |
| Ravi Shankar | Inventor Member |
| Emmanuelle Tognoli | Inventor Member |
| Lawrence Toll | Inventor Member |
| Henriette van Praag | Inventor Member |
| Herbert Weissbach | Fellow |
| Paul Wills | Inventor Member |
| Amy Wright | Fellow |
| Jang-Jen Wu | Senior Member |
Fellow: The NAI Fellows Program was established to highlight academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
Senior Member: NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists, and administrators with success in patents, licensing, and commercialization and have produced technologies that have brought or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. They are rising stars who foster a spirit of innovation within their communities and institutions while educating and mentoring the next generation of inventors.
Inventor Member: Membership in the FAU chapter is open to university faculty who have received at least one issued patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Chapter members are automatically enrolled as members of NAI, with all rights and privileges thereof. To apply for membership as an Inventor Member, please complete and submit a membership application.
Honorary Member: The FAU chapter recognizes members of the university community, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, and affiliates, who materially support and advance technological development and innovation. Honorary members may not vote or hold office in NAI.
To nominate an Honorary Member, please email techdevelop@fau.edu.
The FAU chapter of NAI, in partnership with FAU Wave, offers a mentor program designed to match faculty members who are NAI chapter members with students participating in the Wave competition. Benefits for students and faculty participating in the program include:
Benefits for Wave Students
- Assigned faculty mentor in specific area of interest
- Access to NAI Global Academic Inventors Network
- Opportunity to present during Next Generation Inventors session at the NAI Annual Meeting
- Additional training through the NAI intellectual property certificate course
- Honorary NAI chapter membership
Benefits for NAI Faculty
- Contribute to NAI goal to educate and mentor innovative students
- Identify promising students for positions in your lab or on your NSF I-Corps team
- Recognition at annual NAI chapter luncheon
- Recognition at annual FAU Wave award ceremony
- Improve student success metrics for your department and college
To participate in the program as a mentor or mentee, please email techdevelop@fau.edu.
Contact Information
National Academy of Inventors3702 Spectrum Boulevard, Suite 165
Tampa, FL 33612
(813) 974-4438
info@academyofinventors.org
www.academyofinventors.org
FAU Chapter of the NAI
Office of Technology Development777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561) 299-6836
techdevelop@fau.edu