Jagannathan Rajagopalan ’s research has led to nine granted patents and new ways to design metallic alloys for applications in electronics, robotics and biomedical devices. Now, Rajagopalan, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy , part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, has been elected as a 2026 National Academy of Inventors , or NAI, senior member. He says the recognitio