Shrivastava Named 2026 Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors
Northeastern engineering professor Aatmesh Shrivastava poses for a portrait in the ISEC building on the Boston campus. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
ECE Associate Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava has been named to the 2026 Class of Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This prestigious designation honors active researchers whose groundbreaking innovations have produced significant real-world impact and contributed to the welfare of society. Shrivastava will be formally inducted into the 2026 Class during the 15th NAI Annual Conference on June 3, 2026, at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles.
His energy-efficient circuits earn professor’s election into the National Academy of Inventors
This article originally appeared on Northeastern Global News. It was published by Mark Conti.
One of the most common places to find one of his inventions, low-power circuits, is an office setting in which the lights turn on automatically when someone enters a room.
Northeastern University professor Aatmesh Shrivastava, a tenured faculty member of Northeastern’s College of Engineering, has spent his career focused on designing more energy-efficient, low-power circuits to operate sensory interfaces, which are interactive systems that rely on touch, sound or other sensory input as part of the feedback loop. In Shrivastava’s case, it’s movement.
“These sensors know when someone is in the office and the lights turn on. They require sensing modality that sense changes in movement patterns, or in sound,” he said.
An associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, Shrivastava, is one of 230 people to be elected this year as a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), an academic member association that recognizes researchers whose work has made an impact on the welfare of society.
There are currently over 4,600 individual NAI members across more than 260 institutions worldwide. The senior member recognition program was launched by the NAI in 2018 and allows member institutions like Northeastern to nominate and recognize innovators on their campuses.
Joining the NAI wasn’t necessarily on Shrivastava’s radar, but when the opportunity landed on his desk, he felt he was more than qualified – so he went for it.
“This ranks quite high among my accomplishments,” Shrivastava said, “I believe there are only around 50 or so members in my specific field.”
Northeastern’s Nian Sun, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering, helped nominate Shrivastava to the NAI.
With his 22 granted patents, commercial success and dedication to mentoring the next generation of inventors, Shrivastava is a candidate who embodies the NIA’s mission, Sun said.
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