Two Nigerians Elected Into US Academy Of Engineering

Two Nigerian-Americans, Oyekunle Olukotun and Oluwole Winston Soboyejo have been elected into the prestigious United States National Academy of Engineering.
The United States Mission in Nigeria drew attention to their achievement in a tweet congratulating them.
“We congratulate Nigerian-Americans Oyekunle Olukotun and Oluwole Soboyejo for their election to the prestigious @theNAEng of the U.S.A.
“They were elected based on their outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, & education”, the U.S. Mission said.
Olukotun and Soboyejo were among the 104 new members and 24 international members, announced NAE President John L. Anderson on February 9.
Olukotun is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Stanford University in California.
He was elected based on his contributions to on-chip multiprocessor architectures and advancement to commercial realization.
Soboyejo is senior vice president and provost, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Northborough, Massachusetts.
His election followed his contributions to the understanding of dynamic behaviour of materials and for leadership in STEM outreach in Africa.
Soboyejo was born in 1964 to academic parents in Palo Alto, California, USA in 1964.
He moved to Nigeria with his family in 1965. Wole is the son of Professor Alfred Sobojeyo of The Ohio State University and Anthonia Soboyejo.