K. R. Sreenivasan became a member of what organization or association in 1998?
K . R . Sreenivasan Katepalli Raju Sreenivasan is an aerospace scientist , fluid dynamicist and applied physicist whose research includes physics and applied mathematics . He studies turbulence , nonlinear and statistical physics , astrophysical fluid mechanics , and cryogenic helium . He was the dean of engineering and executive vice provost for science and technology of New York University . Sreenivasan is also the Eugene Kleiner Professor for Innovation in Mechanical Engineering at New York University Tandon School of Engineering , and a professor of physics and mathematics professor at the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences . Education . Sreenivasan earned his bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering ( UVCE ) , Bangalore University in 1968 . He attended the Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore , where he was awarded a masters degree in 1970 and doctorate in aerospace engineering in 1975 . His post-doctoral research was at the University of Sydney , the University of Newcastle , and Johns Hopkins University . Sreenivasan was awarded a Honoris Causa masters degree from Yale University in 1985 . In 2006 , he was awarded a Honoris Causa doctorate from University of Lucknow . He received a Honoris Causa doctorate from the University of Hyderabad in 2007 , and from the Romanian Academy in 2008 . Career . In 1979 , he joined the faculty at Yale University , New Haven , Connecticut as assistant professor . In 1985 , he became a full professor . Sreenivasan became chairman of Mechanical Engineering in 1987 . He was appointed the Harold W . Cheel professor of mechanical engineering in 1988 . In 1989 , Sreenivasan was named acting chairman of the council of engineering . He became the Andrew W . Mellon Professor in 1991 . He also served as professor of physics , applied physics and mathematics . In 1991 , Sreenivasan was appointed to the Society of Scholars for Johns Hopkins University . At the American Physical Society ( APS ) , he served as the chair of the Division of Fluid Dynamics , and the founding chairman of the Topical Group in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics . In 1995 , he was awarded the APS Otto Laporte Memorial Award . In 1997 , Sreenivasan became an American citizen . In 2002 , he joined the University of Maryland , College Park and became director of the Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology , which is a part of the University of Maryland College of Computer , Mathematical , and Natural Sciences . That same year , Sreenivasan was named director of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics ( ICTP ) in Trieste , Italy where he held the Abdus Salam Honorary Professorship . He started the position in March 2003 . While working at ICTP he continued to hold his appointment at the University of Maryland as Glenn L . Martin Professor of Engineering and professor of physics . Also in 2002 , he received the Medal in Engineering Sciences from the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World . In 2008 , the American Physical Society awarded him the Dwight Nicholson Medal for human outreach . In 2009 , he was awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science International Scientific Cooperation Award . He received the 2011 Multicultural Leadership Award of the National Diversity Council . He was also awarded the UNESCO Medal for promoting international scientific cooperation and world peace from the World Heritage Centre in Italy . From 2009 until 2011 , Sreenivasan served as senior vice provost for New York University’s Global Network University in science and technology . In 2007 , Sreenivasan was elected to be a member of the National Academy of Sciences . He also served on the Physical Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2009 . In November 2012 , he was appointed acting president of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University . He became president and dean of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and dean of engineering at New York University ( NYU ) , and oversaw the Institutes merger with NYU to become the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering . He is also the executive vice provost in charge of science and technology at NYU . Sreenivasan is the Eugene Kleiner Professor for Innovation in Mechanical Engineering at New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering , and a professor of physics and mathematics professor at the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences . Sreenivasan has been a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology , Rockefeller Institute , the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University , the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge , and the Texas A&M University Institute of Advanced Study . Sreenivasan is a member of the National Academy of Engineering , and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He is a member of the Indian Academy of Sciences , the Indian National Science Academy , the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World , the African Academy of Sciences , and the Accademia die Lincei in Italy . Other activities . He has served on scientific journal editorial boards including American Scientist , Physics of Fluids , Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Physical Review E , Physical Review Letters , Journal of Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics , and the Springer book series on Applied Mathematics . Sreenivasan is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Nonlinear Science .