President, National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC, USA (Through 30 June 2025)
Education
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA, 1967
M.S. (1969) & Ph.D. (1971), Chemical Eng., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1971-1976
Associate Professor (1976-1979), Professor (1979-1984), Head (1983-1994), Department of Chemical Engineering, University Professor (1994-2004), Dean, College of Engineering. (1996-2004), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Provost and University Vice President, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2004-2007
President (2007-2015), Distinguished Professor (2015-2019), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
President, National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC, 2019 – 2025
Specialties
Chemical Engineering, Engineering Sciences, Academic Administration
Awards and Honors
Fifth Berkeley Lecture, University of California, March 1989
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1989
Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 1989
National Science Foundation Commemorative Lectureship, 1989
Holtz Lecture, Johns Hopkins University, 1990
National Academy of Engineering (Elected 1992, Councilor 2015-2019, President 2019-2025)
NWO (Dutch Research Council) Fellow, Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen, the Netherlands, 1994
Research Scholar Award, University of Melbourne, Australia, 1995
Barnett Dodge Lectureship, Yale University, 1997
31st Annual W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Eng., California Institute of Technology, 1998
Stanley Katz Lecturer 2001, City College of New York, 2001
Blue/Green Lecturer, University of Michigan and Michigan State University, 2003
Inaugural John A. Quinn Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, 2004
Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Mumbai, India, 2004
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005
National Engineering Award, American Association of Engineering Societies, 2012
National Science Board, appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama, 2014 – 2020
Honorary Doctorates, University of Delaware (2021), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2021), Illinois Institute of Technology (2021), and Case Western Reserve University (2022)
Distinguished Career Award in Engineering, Washington Academy of Sciences, 2022
William R. Schowalter Lecture, AIChE Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, 2022
Honorary Doctor of Science from University of Strathclyde, 2024
Lifetime Achievement Award, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, 2025