Dr. Mirna Urquidi-Macdonald, professor of engineering science and mechanics, has been appointed to the National Research Council's (NRC's) Research Opportunities in Corrosion Science and Engineering (ROCSE) Committee.

An expert in energy and related technologies, she has been a National Aeronautics and Space Administration/American Society for Engineering Education Summer Faculty Fellow, an advisor to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, and a consultant to the U.S. Department of State on water-cooled nuclear reactors at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria.

She is also an elected fellow of ASM International and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers. Dr. Urquidi-Macdonald's work was cited among the "Great Advances in Science" by the Science Coalition in its report to the 105th Congress on the benefits of federally-funded University-based. She was a 2007 finalist for the prestigious Jefferson Fellowship to advise the U.S. Department of State in the area of Energy in Latin America.

Fluent in Spanish, French and English, Dr. Urquidi-Macdonald has extensive international work experience in government, industry, and academic institutions. Dr. Urquidi-Macdonald is the author or coauthor of more than 250 papers and publications and a recognized advocate for underrepresented groups at Penn State