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Sonya T. Smith, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Applied Fluids & Thermal Engineering Research Laboratory, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Smith joins a cohort of 252 outstanding individuals elected to the academy in 2021 as announced by Academy President David W. Oxtoby and Chair of the Board of Directors Nancy C. Andrews.