Photo by Stephen Hunts MSU Prof Selected as One of Nation's Top Engineers The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) selected Steven Shaw, professor of electrical engineering at Montana State University, as one of the top young engineers in the country, which qualified him to participate in the NAE's Frontiers of Engineering symposium in September. Shaw, 30, was one of 83 scientists chosen from industry, academia and government to participate in the three-day symposium. All engineers chosen are between the ages of 30 and 45 and are performing "leading edge engineering research and technical work," according to an NAE spokesman. "I'm very pleased to have had a chance to participate in the symposium," Shaw said. "It's an impressive award and I am amazed that I received it." This is the second large award in as many years for Shaw, whose research involves electrical systems as well as monitoring and diagnostics of fuel cells. Last spring Shaw was selected as one of the world's top 100 young innovators in a list compiled by Technology Review, a magazine from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The magazine said the winners are innovators who "will have a deep impact on how we live, work and think in the century to come." Together, the awards predict that Shaw will have a role in developing energy systems of the future. The Frontiers of Engineering symposium was held Sept. 18-20 at the National Academies' Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, Calif. It explored topics in environmental engineering, nanotechnology, counterterrorism technologies and infrastructure protection, and biomolecular computing. Shaw has received more than $1 million in grants for his work, including projects with the Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, the Department of the Interior, two projects with the National Science Foundation, MIT, and the California Energy Commission. MSU departments collaborating with Shaw include electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering, chemistry, and the physics department. Shaw is also working with Zoot Enterprises in Bozeman to help commission their fuel cell system.