Purdue celebrates distinguished professor elected to the National Academy of Engineering
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University family well-represented with alumni, adjunct faculty appointments
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Laura Pyrak-Nolte has dedicated her work at Purdue University to understanding fractures with the goal of ensuring environmental safety and enhancing renewable energy production.
Pyrak-Nolte, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Science, is one of Purdue’s latest members of the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional honors accorded to any engineer in the United States.
Also honored as part of the Purdue family among the academy’s latest class of 106 members is an adjunct professor, Santokh Badesha, and six alumni including alumnus Christopher Burke, a well-respected expert in water resource projects.