Ignacio E. Grossmann (born 1949) is an American chemical engineer. He is the R. R. Dean University Professor in the department of chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.[1] Grossmann received his B.S. degree from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City in 1974. He did his M.S. and Ph.D. at Imperial College London with Roger W. H. Sargent[2] in 1975 and 1977 respectively. In 2015 he was the first recipient of the Sargent Medal of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, named in honor of his doctoral advisor.[3]
Ignacio E Grossmann | |
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Born | 1949 |
Alma mater | Universidad Iberoamericana, Imperial College London |
Known for | Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming |
Awards | Member of National Academy of Engineering |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Process systems engineering, optimization |
Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University |
Doctoral advisor | Roger Sargent |
Notable students | Christodoulos Floudas, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos, Fengqi You |
Website | http://egon.cheme.cmu.edu |
Grossmann is a member of US National Academy of Engineering,[4] and Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE),[5] and a Fellow of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).[6] He has a large academic family tree,[7][8] and has an H-index of 122 by Google Scholar.[9] He is a member and former director of the Center for Advanced Process Decision-making, an industrial consortium that involves 20 petroleum, chemical, engineering, and software companies.
His main research interests are in the areas of discrete/continuous optimization, optimal synthesis and planning of chemical processes and energy systems, supply chain optimization, and optimization under uncertainty.
Publications
editGrossmann has authored more than 700 papers[10] and is a co-author of the text book "Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design"[11] and author of the textbook "Advanced Optimization for Process Systems Engineering".[12] His main contributions are through peer-reviewed articles on mixed-integer nonlinear programming,[13][14] heat integration,[15] production scheduling,[16] among others.
Honors and Awards
edit- John M. Prausnitz AIChE Institute Lecturer, 2024
- INFORMS Journal of Computing Test of Time Paper Award for 1997-2001, 2024
- INFORMS Senior Member, 2024
- Number 2 Lifetime Ranking Among All Scholars Worldwide in Mathematical Optimization, ScholarGPS 2023
- Number 10 in Lifetime Ranking Among All Scholars Worldwide in Chemical Engineering, ScholarGPS 2023
- Kun Li Award for Excellence in Education, 2023
- Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, “A Review of Stochastic Programming Methods for Optimization of Process Systems Under Uncertainty," C. Li and I.E. Grossmann
- Honorary Doctor of Engineering Sciences, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, September 2021.
- 2nd Best Presentation at MINLP Virtual Workshop, Imperial College London, June 2021
- Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical Engineering, AIChE, 2019.
- Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Award, Marquis Who’s Who, 2019.
- 2019 Top Cited Scientist in Computer Science and Electronics: 53 Worldwide, 38 National, 115 H-Index.
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, 2019.
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, China, 2018.
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina, 2018.
- 2017 Award for Long Term Achievements in Computer Aided Process Engineering, Working Party on CAPE of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering, 2017.
- ETH Zürich Chemical Engineering Medal, 2017
- Hougen Lectureship, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2017
- Honorary Doctor, Kazan National Research Technological University, Kazan, Russia, 2016.
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain, 2016.
- One of the Most Influential Scientific Minds, Thompson Reuters, 2015.
- Tsinghua Forum Award of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, January, 2016.
- 5th KAIST CBE Global Distinguished Lecture, KAIST, Daejon, Republic Korea
- Best Technical Paper 2014, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Salt Lake City, 2015
- Chemical Engineering Division's Lectureship Award, ASEE, Seattle, 2015.
- Sargent Medal, Institution of Chemical Engineers, U.K., 2015.
- Constantin Caratheodory Prize, International Society of Global Optimization, 2015
- PROSE award 2015 for chapter in the book “Distillation–Fundamentals and Principles”, (Ed. A Gorak, E. Sorensen)
- Distinguished Professor of Engineering Award, Carnegie Mellon University, 2014.
- 6th James Y. Oldshue Lecture, XXVII Interamerican Congress of Chemical Engineering, Cartagena, Colombia, 2014.
- Inaugural CAPEC-Process Lecture, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, 2014.
- Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher, 2014.
- Zadmer Distinguished Lecture, University of Calgary, Calgary, 2014.
- Ashland Prof. C.N.R. Rao Medal and CHEMCON Distinguished Speaker Award, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Mumbai, 2013.
- Richard S.H. Mah Memorial Lecture, Northwestern University, Evanston, 2013.
- Inaugural Les Shemilt Lecture McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, 2013
- Agustin Vazquez Vera Lectureship, Instituto Tecnologico de Celaya, Mexico, 2013.
- Luis Federico Leloir Award for International Cooperation, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012.
- Texas Distinguished Faculty Lectureship, University of Texas, Austin, 2012
- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Distinguished Lecture, Western University, London, Canada, 2012.
- Walter J. Weber, Jr. Distinguished Lecture, University of Michigan, 2012.
- Doctor in Engineering Honoris Causa, Technical University of Dortmund, 2012
- Research Excellence in Sustainable Engineering Award, AIChE, 2011
- Basore Distinguished Lecture, Auburn University, 2011
- Discrete Optimization Top Cited Article 2005-2010
- Warren Lewis Award for Excellence in Education, AIChE, 2009
- Named as one of the “One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era” by AICHE, 2008
- Outstanding Contributed Paper Award, FOCAPO Meeting, 2008
- ExxonMobil Lecture, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2007
- Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Maribor, Solvenia, 2007
- Kun Li Award for Excellence in Education, 2007
- Pfizer Distinguished Lecture, University of Kansas, 2006
- Kelly Lecturer, Purdue University, 2005
- Fellow AIChE, 2004
- 10th Roger Sargent Lecture, Imperial College, London
- INFORMS Computing Society Prize, 2003
- Fulbright Senior Lectureship, 2003
- Fellow INFORMS, 2002
- Top 15 Most Cited Author in Computer Science, ISI, 2002
- Doctor in Technology h.c., Åbo Akademi, 2002.
- Ashton Carry Lecture, Department of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 2002.
- University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001.
- Best Technical Paper 2000, Computers and Chemical Engineering.
- Corresponding Member of Mexican Academy of Sciences, 2000.
- Steven J. Fenves Award for Systems Research, CIT, Carnegie Mellon, 2000.
- Member National Academy of Engineering, 2000.
- Technical Achievement Award in Academic Research, HENAAC, 2000.
- Best Technical Paper 1998, Computers and Chemical Engineering.
- Gambrinus Award, University of Dortmund, 1999.
- Academic Member of Mexican Academy of Engineering, 1999.
- William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature, AIChE, 1997.
- Best Technical Paper 1996, Computers and Chemical Engineering.
- Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, CAST Division, AIChE, 1994.
- Best Technical Paper 1988, Computers and Chemical Engineering.
- Mary Upson Visiting Professorship of Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1986-87.
- Robert W. Vaughan Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1986.
- Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1984.
- Scholarship from British Council, 1974-77.
- Medal Best Student of Mexico, National Council of Science and Technology, 1974.
- Listed in American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in America, Men of Achievement.
References
edit- ^ University, Carnegie Mellon. "Ignacio Grossmann - Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu.
- ^ "Celebrating Professor Roger Sargent, 1926 – 2018 | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. 18 September 2018.
- ^ "Ignacio Grossmann". engineering.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Dr. Ignacio E. Grossmann". NAE Website.
- ^ "Ignacio Grossmann - Profile | AIChE Engage". engage.aiche.org. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ INFORMS. "INFORMS Fellows: Class of 2002". INFORMS. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ "Academic Tree of Ignacio E. Grossmann". titan.princeton.edu.
- ^ "GROSSMANN RESEARCH GROUP - People". egon.cheme.cmu.edu.
- ^ "Ignacio E. Grossmann - Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ^ "GROSSMANN RESEARCH GROUP - Papers". egon.cheme.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ Biegler, Lorenz T. (1997). Systematic methods of chemical process design. Grossmann, Ignacio E., Westerberg, Arthur W. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall PTR. ISBN 0-13-492422-3. OCLC 36074509.
- ^ Grossmann, I.E. (2021). Advanced Optimization for Process Systems Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Series in Chemical Engineering). doi:10.1017/9781108917834. ISBN 9781108831659.
- ^ Duran, Marco A.; Grossmann, Ignacio E. (1986-10-01). "An outer-approximation algorithm for a class of mixed-integer nonlinear programs". Mathematical Programming. 36 (3): 307–339. doi:10.1007/BF02592064. ISSN 1436-4646. S2CID 31702198.
- ^ Viswanathan, J.; Grossmann, I. E. (1990-07-01). "A combined penalty function and outer-approximation method for MINLP optimization". Computers & Chemical Engineering. 14 (7): 769–782. doi:10.1016/0098-1354(90)87085-4. ISSN 0098-1354.
- ^ Yee, T. F.; Grossmann, I. E. (1990-10-01). "Simultaneous optimization models for heat integration—II. Heat exchanger network synthesis". Computers & Chemical Engineering. 14 (10): 1165–1184. doi:10.1016/0098-1354(90)85010-8. ISSN 0098-1354. S2CID 120093940.
- ^ Méndez, Carlos A.; Cerdá, Jaime; Grossmann, Ignacio E.; Harjunkoski, Iiro; Fahl, Marco (2006-05-15). "State-of-the-art review of optimization methods for short-term scheduling of batch processes". Computers & Chemical Engineering. 30 (6): 913–946. doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2006.02.008. hdl:11336/26403. ISSN 0098-1354.