Seven scientists and engineers at the 天美影视传媒 have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences, according to an July 15 by the academy. One-third of the 21 new members for 2020 hail from the UW.

The new members are lauded for 鈥渢heir outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement and their willingness to work on behalf of the academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.鈥� The academy鈥檚 current membership selected 17 of the new members, and four were chosen by virtue of their election to one of the .

New UW members who were elected by academy members are:

• , the Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of the College of Engineering and professor of bioengineering, 鈥渇or outstanding contributions to the design and application of microtechnologies to biomedical research, leadership in interdisciplinary research and education, and entrepreneurial excellence.鈥�
• , professor of chemistry and of materials science and engineering, 鈥渇or the development of controlled polymerization reactions for conjugated polymers, especially alkyl-thiophenes, for organic electronics applications.鈥澛燣uscombe is also a faculty member with the , the and the .
• , professor of Earth and space sciences, 鈥渇or fundamental contributions to geomorphology, for the elucidation of soils, rivers, and landscapes as underpinnings of ecological systems and human societies, and for reaching broad audiences through trade books on agriculture, microbes, creationism, and fisheries.鈥�
• Sue Moore, research scientist at the in the Department of Biology, 鈥渇or contributions to the understanding of Arctic marine ecosystems and pioneering the integration of Conventional Science and Indigenous Knowledge to yield better policy decisions.鈥�
• , professor of pharmacology, 鈥渇or exceptional contributions to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which ubiquitin ligases, as a new class of enzymes, control protein ubiquitination in human physiology and diseases, as well as plant growth and development.鈥�

UW members who were chosen by virtue of their election to one of the National Academies are:

• , professor of biostatistics and of epidemiology at the UW and a faculty member at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 鈥渇or pioneering work in the field of designing and analyzing vaccine studies, including studies of HIV vaccines and innovative use of mathematical and statistical methods to study infectious disease.鈥� Halloran was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2019.
• , professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering, 鈥渇or contributions to geotechnical earthquake engineering, including liquefaction, seismic stability and seismic site response.鈥� Kramer was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2020.

New members are to be inducted at the annual members meeting, which is currently scheduled for September.

Membership to the academy recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of engineering, from research to practice to education. Kramer was elected for 鈥渃ontributions to geotechnical earthquake engineering, including liquefaction, seismic stability and seismic site response.鈥�

Kramer earned his undergraduate, master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.

During his 36-year tenure at UW, Kramer has made notable research advancements in the areas of liquefaction, seismic slope stability and dynamic soil behavior, both nationally and internationally. Locally, he led a study about 25 years ago with professor Marc Eberhard that documented the seismic vulnerability of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seattle seawall. Kramer also pioneered an innovative method for producing more complete, rational and consistent estimates of the hazards of liquefaction, which causes soil to behave like a liquid, in different earthquake-prone environments.

Kramer is the author of聽鈥淕eotechnical Earthquake Engineering,鈥� the first book written on the subject, which is widely recognized as raising the practice of earthquake engineering around the world. Over the years, Kramer has assumed leadership roles with the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, a consortium of West Coast universities. He recently helped form and lead the Next-Generation Liquefaction project,聽an international effort supported by the center that is building an openly accessible database of liquefaction case histories that will be used to develop new predictive models for the triggering and consequences of liquefaction.

Newly elected members will be formally inducted Oct. 4 during the National Academy of Engineering’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.