Electrical & Biomedical Engineering Professor Jeongwon Park named to the National Academy of Inventors 2024 class of Senior Members

March 06, 2024

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering Professor Jeongwon Park named to the National Academy of Inventors 2024 class of Senior Members

March 06, 2024

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering Professor Jeongwon Park has been named to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2024 class of Senior Members. NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and administrators from NAI member institutions who have demonstrated innovation producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. Park will be inducted into the NAI Senior Members at the NAI annual conference in June.

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March 06, 2024

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