Dr. M. Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, the Burt and Deedee McMurtry Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, is widely recognized as a leader in engineering risk analysis and management.

Her research has focused on inclusion of both technical and management factors in probabilistic risk analysis models with applications that include the NASA shuttle tiles, offshore oil platforms, and medical systems. Since 2001, her research has also examined the possibilities of terrorist attacks on the United States.

Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1995, to its Council (2001-), and to the French Académie des Technologies (2003), Dr. Paté-Cornell has received many of the highest honors in her field. She sits on many advisory boards, including the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (2001-2004; 2005-), the Advisory Council of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. (2002-), the Boards of Trustees of the Aerospace Corp. (2004-), and of InQtel (2006-). She...

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