Arthur Tipton, Ph.D.

National Academy of Engineering elected Art Tipton, an AIMBE Fellow and Founder and CEO of Vulcan Gray for the development and commercialization of drug delivery systems, business leadership, and fostering STEM education of disadvantaged students.

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The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 106 new members and 23 international members, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,355 and the number of international members to 298.

Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.” Election of new NAE members is the culmination of a yearlong process. The ballot is set in December and the final vote for membership occurs during January.

Individuals in the newly elected class will be formally inducted during the NAE’s annual meeting on Oct. 3, 2021. A list of the new members and international members follows, with their primary affiliations at the time of election and a brief statement of their principal engineering accomplishments… Continue reading.

Southern Research Institute today announced that Arthur J. Tipton, Ph.D., has been selected by its Board of Directors to serve as president and CEO of Southern Research effective July 8, 2013.

Tipton replaces John A. “Jack” Secrist, III, Ph.D., who served as president and CEO of Southern Research Institute for seven years. Secrist announced his retirement earlier this year after 34 years of service at Southern Research.

“The Board is extremely pleased that Dr. Tipton will lead Southern Research Institute, and I look forward to working with him,” said Ray L. Watts, M.D., president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and chairman of the Southern Research Board of Directors. “This is a critical time for research, with both opportunities and challenges, and his experience and strategic vision are ideal to grow the organization’s portfolio of contract research in biomedical science, drug discovery and advanced technology/engineering.”

Tipton previously served as senior vice president and general manager of Evonik— Birmingham Laboratories in Birmingham, Ala. During his career, he has helped lead the growth of three pharmaceutical/biotech companies and launched four commercial products. He holds 31 U.S. patents with numerous foreign equivalents, and he has more than 70 publications, presentations and invited lectures to his credit.