WVU Professor Elected to Prestigious National Academy

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A West Virginia University professor has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE), an organization of the most elite engineers in the nation. Syd Peng, professor and former longtime chair of WVU's Department of Mining Engineering in the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, was elected to the NAE for his leadership in the development of advanced longwall mining and ground-subsidence-control technologies. "I am humbled by this honor and grateful to all those who have helped me in my career," said Peng. "This announcement brings a great deal of pride to me, to my department and college and to. West Virginia University." Peng is the first faculty member from WVU to be elected to the NAE and only the fourth person from West Virginia to receive the honor. "This election is an important milestone for West Virginia University and for the state of West Virginia," said WVU President David C. Hardesty, Jr. "Syd Peng is a tremendous asset to this institution and to this state." Peng will be officially inducted into the NAE during the organization's annual meeting in September.