E-Mail IMAGE: Zakya H. Kafafi has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. She serves as Distinguished Research Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering in Lehigh University's P.C. Rossin College of... view more Credit: Lehigh University Zakya H. Kafafi, Distinguished Research Fellow within the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science at Lehigh University, was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest honors given to engineers in the United States. The NAE provides guidance to the federal government and conducts independent studies in engineering while honoring individuals who have made significant contributions to research, practice, and education, and who have been influential in new fields of technology.