Academicians do not ask the source: Musk with a bachelor's degree was elected as a member of the American Academy of Engineering!

On February 9, local time, the official website of the National Academy of Engineering announced the list of newly selected academicians in 2021. A total of 111 academicians and 22 overseas academicians are on the list.

This list reflects a great deal of "inclusiveness", and the inductees are: Musk, the founder of SpaceX, who only has a bachelor's degree, Dr. Zhang Hongjiang, chairman of the Zhiyuan Research Institute, and Satya Nadella, chairman of a large company (Microsoft).

Zhang Hongjiang has outstanding technical contributions and leadership in the field of multimedia computing

Musk, a reusable launch vehicle, has made a breakthrough in the design, manufacture, and engineering of sustainable energy systems

Satya, advancing enterprise computing infrastructure as a cloud service, is an international leader in social technology systems and practices.

In addition, Chinese scholars such as Professor Cao, Jian (Cao Jian) at Northwestern University; Fang Daining from Beijing Institute of Technology; Liu, Bin (Liu Bin) from the National University of Singapore; Yan, Yushan (Yan Yushan) from the University of Delaware; Yang, Taiyin by Gilead Sciences; Chao-hsin Lin (Lin Zhaoxin) from Boeing Company; and Cai Kequan from National Taiwan University were also selected.

The National College of Engineering is the highest academic body in the U.S. engineering community, and being elected as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering is one of the highest professional honors for engineers in recognition of "individuals who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education." The new academicians will officially join at the annual meeting on October 2, 2022, when the total number of academicians will reach 2388, and the number of international academician members will be 310.