Sau-Hai (Harvey) Lam,
the Edwin Wilsey '04 Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering,
which is among the highest honors of the engineering profession.
The academy cited Lam for his "contributions to aerospace engineering
in the areas of plasma flows, combustion, turbulence and adaptive
controls."
Lam, who received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1958, joined the
University's faculty two years later. He led an active career as a
teacher, researcher and administrator for four decades, transferring to
emeritus status in 1999.
Lam was among 76 new members elected to the academy this year,
including three other Princeton alumni: Thomas Koch, who earned a
bachelor's in physics in 1977 and is now a professor of computer and
electrical engineering at Lehigh University; Stephen Jaffe, who
received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1968 and is a
distinguished scientific adviser at ExxonMobil Research and
Engineering; and Eric Schmidt, who received a bachelor's degree in
electrical engineering in 1976 and is now chief executive officer of
Google.
Lam's election brings to 20 the number of faculty members in the School
of Engineering and Applied Science who are members of the National
Academy of Engineering.
