Two FAMU College of Agriculture and Food Sciences (CAFS) professors have been named members of National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Satayanryan Dev, Ph.D., associate professor and program chair of biological systems engineering, and Charles Magee, Ph.D., professor of biological systems engineering, were admitted in the 2022 Class of Senior Members of NAI, the world’s best emerging academic inventors.
The announcement came just days after Magee received his latest patent for various embodiments directed to an anti-icing and ultra-violet reflective apparatus for vehicle windshields and windows. With patent No.11,370,285 B2, the Anti-Icing and Ultraviolet (UV) Reflective Apparatus is a dual-purpose device to prevent ice sheets from forming on vehicles’ windshields and windows in sub-freezing weather, preventing UV light from entering vehicles. The invention can be placed inside or outside the windshield to prevent UV light from entering. Additional features of the device include providing a canvas for advertising by businesses, organizations, and institutions.
FAMU now has five members – two fellows and three senior members – in the 83-member group, including Mandip Singh Sachdeva, section leader, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, who was also named a Senior Member in 2022.
“This means 50 percent of the BSE program is being recognized as innovative by the National Academy of Inventors,” said Robert Taylor, Ph.D., dean and director of land-grant programs at FAMY CAFS. “We congratulate Dr. Dev and Dr. Magee for achieving this outstanding milestone.”
NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists, and administrators from NAI member institutions who have demonstrated remarkable innovation-producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, tangible impact on the welfare of society. They also have growing success in patents, licensing, and commercialization while educating and mentoring the next generation of inventors.
According to NAI, this latest class of NAI Senior Members comes from 41 research universities. They are named inventors on more than 1,093 issued U.S. patents.
The 2022 new Senior Members were inducted at the Senior Member Ceremony during the 11th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Inventors in Phoenix, Arizona, in June.