Pate-Cornell is considered a world leader in the engineering risk analysis and management, with specific applications linking to the NASA shuttle tiles, offshore oil platforms, and the US foreign intelligence.
Pate-Cornell holds a PhD in Engineering-Economic Systems and a Masters of Science in Operations Research from the Stanford University. She also received an MS degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble in France. She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1995, and was a member of its Council from 2001 to 2007.
GG Pique, president and chief executive officer, Energy Recovery said, Attracting to our board top scientific talent such as Elisabeth, with her unique broad scientific background is an important evolutionary step as we expand the material science and engineering capabilities of ERI and develop new applications for PX technology. We are very fortunate she has joined our board.
