EMI confers recognition of Fellow membership to individual members with a distinguished record of research, accomplishments and service to the Institute. All recipients must be members of EMI in good standing for at least eight years. 

Minimum Requirements for Nominations 

  • a member of EMI for 8 years, with
  • 3 most recent consecutive years of EMI membership

Selection Criteria

  • quality and impact of work 
  • participation in EMI conferences  
  • involvement in EMI committees 
  • publications in the EMI journals

The nominator is to provide a letter explaining how the nominee has met the above criteria and has participated in EMI activities that justifies elevation to the rank of Fellow. Self-nominations will not be accepted.

  1. The nomination letter.
  2. A detailed vita of the nominee (up to 10 pages).
  3. Two letters of support from current EMI Fellows in good standing.
  4. Nominations due by March 1, 2026.
  5. To learn more, or to submit a nomination package for EMI Fellow, contact us at: [email protected]
  6. EMI Board of Governors are not eligible to be nominated for the grade of EMI Fellow and are prohibited from writing nomination or support letters.

CLASS OF 2025:

  • Elisabeth Malsch, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI 
    Managing Principal
    Thornton Tomasetti

     

  • Paolo Gardoni, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE. F.EMI

     Alfredo H. Ang Family Professor and an Excellence Faculty Scholar in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

     

  • Sanjay Govindjee, Ph.D., F.EMI
    Horace, Dorothy, and Katherine Johnson Professor in Engineering
    University of California, Berkeley