India, May 17 -- Ares Rosakis, Caltech's Theodore von Karman Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, has been named a foreign member of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. Founded in 1660 under the patronage of King Charles II, the Royal Society is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Rosakis is among 94 inductees to the society this year, including 22 new foreign members. His election brings to six the number of fellows and foreign members of the Royal Society currently on the Caltech faculty.

"I am pleased to welcome such an outstanding group into the Fellowship of the Royal Society," said Sir Adrian Smith, president of the Royal Society, in a prepared statement. "This ne...