Dr. Elaine Oran, professor of aerospace engineering, is one of only a few international fellows inducted into the Royal Academy of Engineering this year. The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has a rigorous selection process, selecting fellows based on outstanding personal engineering achievement.
RAEng is the United Kingdom’s national academy of engineering. The academy consists of engineers from the UK and abroad with the goal to “harness the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone.”
To be considered as potential fellows, active professional engineers must be nominated by current Academy members. The Academy’s Membership Committee has a nearly year-long process of selecting fellows.
Dr. Oran will be officially inducted into the Royal Academy of Engineering at a special ceremony in London on November 27.
Dr. Oran’s research interests include computational physics and astrophysics, explosions, propulsion, and turbulence. She is known for her work in the field of reactive flow, particularly in high-speed chemical and nuclear flows. Because of her work in these areas, she has received numerous awards, including the Fluid Dynamics Prize from the American Physical Society, the Zel’dovich Gold Medal of the Combustion Institute, the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Senior Professionals from the United States government, and an Achievement Award from the Society of Women Engineers.
Dr. Oran is currently a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Combustion Institute, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and holds several honorary doctorates from universities in the UK and France.