World Scientific Congratulates Author on National Academy of Engineering Election

World Scientific author Professor Dawn A. Bonnell has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Professor Bonnell was cited for the development of atomic-resolution surface probes, and for institutional leadership in nanoscience that qualified her election to the Academy. This is a major achievement milestone and a professional distinction accorded to American engineers.

Professor Bonnell published Scanning Probe Microscopy for Energy Research with World Scientific. The other editorial members of the book series that Professor Bonnell is involved in and who have been elected members of the Academy include Frans Spaepen, Mark Lundstrom, and John Rogers.

Scanning Probe Microscopy for Energy Research retails for US$148 / £98. More information about the book can be found at http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/8613. This book belongs to the World Scientific Series in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and is its 7th volume. More information on the book series can be found at http://www.worldscientific.com/series/wssnn

About Professor Dawn A. Bonnell:

Professor Bonnell is the Trustees Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at University of Pennsylvania. Her awards include: Fellow of the AAAS, George H. Heilmeier Award for Excellence in Faculty Research - 2006, Staudinger-Durrer Prize, Department of Materials at ETH, Zurich - 2006, President, American Vacuum Society, Governing Board, American Institute of Physics - 2004, Fellow AVS