Congratulations to LaShanda Korley, DSI Affiliated Faculty, who has been elected as a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the society’s highest grade of membership. Nominated by their peers and elected by the Board of Directors, AIChE fellows must have significant chemical engineering experience (generally 25 years), have demonstrated significant service to the profession and have been a member of AIChE for at least 10 years. Korley is a Distinguished Professor in the departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Her group takes inspiration from nature to design new polymers using innovative molecular-level design strategies and manufacturing approaches. She is the director of the CPI, co-director of CHARM and the associate director of CRiSP.