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Brief Biosketch of Professor C. A. Floudas

Dr. Floudas is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Princeton University, Associated Faculty in the Program of Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University, and Associated Faculty in the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University. He earned his B.S.E. in 1982 at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, completed his Ph.D. in December 1985 at Carnegie Mellon University and joined Princeton University as a Faculty Member in February 1986. In July 1991 he was promoted to Associate Professor and in July 1994 to Professor. He held Visiting Professor positions at Imperial College, England (Fall 1992); Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Switzerland (Spring 1993); University of Vienna, Austria (Spring 1996); and the Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute (CPERI), Thessaloniki, Greece (Fall 1998).

Professor Floudas is a world-renowned authority in mathematical modeling and optimization of complex systems at the macroscopic and microscopic level. His research interests lie at the interface of chemical engineering, applied mathematics, and operations research, with principal areas of focus including chemical process synthesis and design, process control and operations, discrete-continuous nonlinear optimization, local and global optimization, and computational chemistry and molecular biology. Professor Floudas is the author of two graduate textbooks, Nonlinear and Mixed-Integer Optimization (Oxford University Press, 1995), and Deterministic Global Optimization (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000). He has co-edited six monographs/books, has over 160 refereed publications, and has delivered over 240 invited lectures and seminars. He is the chief co-editor of the recently published Encyclopedia of Optimization (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001). He is the recipient of numerous awards for teaching and research that include the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1988; the Engineering Council Teaching Award, Princeton University, 1995; the Bodossaki Foundation Award in Applied Sciences, 1997; the Best Paper Award in Computers and Chemical Engineering, 1998; the Aspen Tech Excellence in Teaching Award, 1999; and the 2001 AIChE Professional Progress Award for Outstanding Progress in Chemical Engineering.

Dr. Floudas has served on the Editorial Boards of Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research (1998-2001); Journal of Global Optimization; Computers and Chemical Engineering (2001-present); Kluwer Book Series on Nonconvex Optimization and its Applications; Informatica; and Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications. He has been Director of the CAST Division of AIChE (1999-2001); and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, INFORMS, the Mathematical Programming Society, and the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He has co-organized at Princeton University the conferences on Recent Advances In Global Optimization (May 1991), State of the Art in Global Optimization: Computational Methods and Applications (May 1995), and Optimization in Computational Chemistry and Molecular Biology: Local and Global Approaches (May 1999}. He has supervised eighteen doctoral students and 7 postdoctoral associates as Head of Princeton's Computer-Aided Systems Laboratory.

Position

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University.
Faculty Member, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University.
Faculty Member, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University.

Education

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1986. Thesis: ``Synthesis and Analysis of Flexible Energy Recovery Systems''. Advisor: I.E. Grossmann.
Diploma of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1982.

Professional Experience

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 1994-present.
Director of Graduate Studies in Chemical Engineering, 1994-1998.
Faculty Member, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University, 2000-present.
Visiting Professor, CPERI, Thessaloniki, Greece, Fall 1998. Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 1991-1994.
Visiting Professor, Imperial College, Fall 1992.
Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Spring 1993.
Faculty Member, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, 1990-present.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 1986-1991.

Research Activities

Professor Floudas' research interests are in the area of Chemical Process Systems Engineering and lie at the interface of chemical engineering, applied mathematics, and operations research, with principal areas of focus including process synthesis and design, process control and operations, discrete-continuous nonlinear optimization, local and global optimization, and computational chemistry and molecular biology.

Honors and Professional Activities

AIChE Professional Progress Award, 2001.
Aspen Tech Excellence in Teaching Award, 1999.
Best Paper Award in Computers & Chemical Engineering, 1998.
Bodossaki Foundation Award in Applied Sciences, 1997.
Engineering Council Teaching Award, Princeton University, 1995.
NSF - Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1988.
CAST Division of AIChE, Director, 1999-2001.
Editorial Board of Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, 1998-2001.
Editorial Board of Journal of Global Optimization.
Editorial Board of Computers and Chemical Engineering, 2001-present.
Editorial Board of Book Series Nonconvex Optimization and its Applications.
Editorial board of Informatica.
Editorial board of Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications.
Editorial board of Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization.
National Programming Committee, AIChE-CAST Division Area 10A : Process and Systems Design : Chairman, 1990-1992.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Member.
Operations Research Society of America, Member.
Mathematical Programming Society, Member.
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Member.

Professional Activities : Conference Organization

April 1988 : Operations Research and the Institute of Management Science Meeting, Washington DC, "Nonlinear Programming", session Chairman.
November 1988 : Annual AIChE Meeting, Washington DC, "Advances In Optimization", session co-chair.
November 1989 : Annual AIChE Meeting, San Francisco, "Advances In Process Synthesis I", session Chair.
November 1989 : Annual AIChE Meeting, San Francisco, "Advances In Process Synthesis II", session Chairman.
July 1990 : SIAM Annual Meeting, Chicago, "Global Optimization", session Chair.
October 1990 : Operations Research Meeting, Philadelphia, "Optimization Applications In Chemical Engineering", session Chair.
November 1990 : Annual AIChE Meeting, Chicago, "Process Synthesis I", session Chair.
November 1990 : Annual AIChE Meeting, Chicago, "Process Synthesis II", session vice-chair.
April 1991 : National AIChE Meeting, Houston, "Tutorial : Heat Exchanger Network Optimization", session chair.
May 1991 : Conference on "Recent Advances In Global Optimization", Princeton University, co-organizer.
November 1992 : Annual AIChE Meeting, Miami, "Design and Control" session Chair.
November 1993 : Annual AIChE Meeting, St. Louis, "Computational Approaches In Process Systems Engineering", session Chairman.
April 1995 :"State of the Art in Global Optimization : Computational Methods and Applications" conference, Princeton University, co-organizer.
May 1999 :"Optimization in Computational Chemistry and Molecular Biology : Local and Global Approaches" conference, Princeton University, co-organizer.
December 2001 :"Metabolic Engineering" Symposium, Princeton University, co-organizer with S. Tilghman.
June 2003 :"Frontiers in Global Optimization" conference, Santorini, Greece, co-organizer with P.M. Pardalos.
July 2004 :"Foundations of Computer Aided Process Design, FOCAPD-2004" conference, Princeton University, co-organizer with R. Agrawal.

University Activities

Workshop on "Understanding Complexity in Natural, Social and Economic Systems", co-leader with R. Sircar, Fall 2003.
Search Committee for SEAS Dean, 2001-2002.
Director of Graduate Studies, 1994-1998.
Computing committee, 1986-1992, 2000-present.
Freshmen Advisor, 1988-1994, 1999-present.
Liaison of AIChE Central New Jersey Section, 1986-1990.
AIChE Student Chapter Advisor, 1986-1990.
Undergraduate committee, 1989-1990.
Engineering and Management Systems program, 1988-present.
Robotics and Intelligent Systems program, 1988-1997.
Committee on Examinations and Standing, 1990-1992.
Committee on Ph.D. General Exam, 1993-1994.