Berkeley Scientist Elected Home Secretary of the National Academy of Engineering

Summary

Dr. Thomas F. Budinger of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been elected the Home Secretary of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Responsibilities of this position include oversight and policy development for the membership, requiring  engagement of the twelve sections of the NAE in technical activities, and for reports that analyze engineering and science issues facing the U.S. Dr Budinger’s conducted medical imaging research for many years with support from the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research. While serving in this capacity in Washington, DC, Dr. Budinger will continue research at the Berkeley Lab and some teaching activities as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.