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John Reid, CS research professor and director of the Center for Digital Agriculture, co-authored the article, "Building Capacity: How Engineering Shaped America's Land, Sea, and Mind," in a special issue of The Bridge, a free online publication from the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), where he discusses John Deere's invention of the steel plow and its national impact on agricultural production and the rise of American industry. The special issue marks the country's 250th anniversary and focuses on the profound role engineering has played in shaping the nation and improving lives around the world.

Nishil Talati, CS assistant professor, has been selected as one of 74 highly accomplished, early-career engineers to participate in The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2026 Symposium of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). According to NAE, participants selected are engineers who are performing exceptional research and technical work in a variety of disciplines and across academia, industry and government who will come together to share new techniques and approaches, facilitate collaboration in engineering, and build professional networks among the next generation of engineering leaders.