Dr. Ignacio E. Grossmann

Professor Ignacio E. Grossmann is the R. R. Dean University Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He was Department Head from 1994 to 2002, and is currently director of the "Center for Advanced Process Decision-making." He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Major AIChE awards include Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, William H. Walker Award, Warren Lewis Award, and Research Excellence in Sustainable Engineering. He has honorary doctorates from Abo Akademi, University of Maribor and Technical University of Dortmund. His research interests are in the areas of mixed-integer and logic-based optimization, stochastic programming, water and energy systems, and planning and scheduling, and enterprise-wide optimization. He has published over 400 papers in these areas.