NAEK revealed last 5th the list of 30 new regular members of 2015.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

15 were selected from institutions including Hanyang Univ. Professor Jae Geun Park, SNU Professor Haecheon Choi, Korea Univ. Professor Dae Ryuk Yang and KAIST Professor Do Kyung Kim, and another 15 were chosen from corporations including CEO Sung Uk Park of SK Hynix, CEO Dong Yeon Son of Doosan Infracore, CEO Jil Il Kim of POSCO, CEO Dongsu Kim of Daelim Insdustrial and President Jong Guk Song of STEPI.

Along with the new members, the NAEK also selected 53 other members who will have a chance to become regular members in the future. Following this, NAEK currently has 291 regular members and 274 members.

The NAEK selects members who has excellent research progress and innovative technological development from schools, research institutes, corporations and others over a rigorous 10 moth screening process.