Recognition as an associate is a lifetime appointment, and is awarded based on service to the National Research Council.
The National Academies include the National Research Council, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. Their goal is to unite experts in all areas of science, medicine and technology to address national issues and provide advice to both the federal government and the public.
Allen, a nationally renowned expert in outdoor air pollution, joined the College of Engineering’s faculty in 1995. He holds the Melvin H. Gertz Regents Chair in Chemical Engineering, and is director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources and the Environmental Solutions Program at UT Austin. He also serves as chairman of the Texas Council on Environmental Technology, and is a past president of the environmental division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
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About UT's Cockrell School of Engineering:
The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering ranks among the top six public engineering schools in the United States. With the nation's fourth highest number of faculty elected members of the National Academy of Engineering, the School's more than 7,000 students gain exposure to the nation's finest engineering practitioners. Appropriately, the School's logo, an embellished checkmark used by the first UT engineering dean to denote high quality student work, is the nation's oldest quality symbol. The School maintains a Web site at http://www.engr.utexas.edu