Five Georgia Tech faculty members have been elected as American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows in recognition of their "efforts toward advancing science or its applications," Science magazine announced in its Oct. 29 edition.

Faculty members and their scientific endeavors are:

Richard A. DeMillo, PhD 72, John P. Imlay dean of the College of Computing, for distinguished contributions to the fields of computer security, software engineering and mathematics, with particular emphasis on information security.

Rigoberto Hernandez, Goizueta Foundation associate professor of chemistry, for innovative computational methods and theoretical models for understanding structural and dynamic chemical behavior and for commitment to diversity and inclusiveness in science.

Peter J. Hesketh, professor of mechanical engineering, for the development of microfluidic and microvalve devices and biosensors and for the application of stereolithography in fabricating prototype chemical sensors.

John F. McDonald, chair of the School of Biology and head of the Ovarian Cancer Institute, for pioneering work on the evolution of transposable genetic elements and their contributions to gene and genome structure and function.

Gary B. Schuster, dean of the College of Sciences, for pioneering research in organic photochemistry and for leadership of the academic enterprise.

The new fellows will be presented with a certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin on Feb. 19 during the 2005 AAAS annual meeting in Washington, D.C.