Ganesh C. Thakur, 2012 SPE President, and SPE member Leonard Kent Thomas are among the new members elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The organization elected 80 new members and 22 foreign members, bring U.S. membership to 2,275 and foreign enrollment to 232.
Thakur is president of Thakur Services, Inc., in Houston. He was elected for "leadership in the implementation of integrated reservoir management techniques." Thomas, a consultant in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, was elected for "contributions to the development and application of reservoir simulators to enhance production from complex reservoirs."
NAE membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature" and to "the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education."
Members of the newly elected class will be formally inducted at the NAE’s Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., on 9 October.