The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) on Tuesday named 黑料老司机 System President Judy Genshaft and digital camera inventor Steve Sasson, who holds a faculty position in USF鈥檚 Institute for Advanced Discovery & Innovation, as Fellows for 2018. They were among 148 leading global innovators selected for the honor.
Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional accolade bestowed solely to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.
USF and the University of Florida are the only two public universities in the state with more than one Fellow this year.
鈥淭hese two individuals 鈥� in their own unique ways 鈥� have had a lasting and historic impact on global innovation and invention,鈥� said NAI President Paul R. Sanberg. 鈥淧resident Genshaft鈥檚 championing of academic inventors around the world has helped create a movement to recognize the vi