Rank/Role: Emerita/Emeritus

Paul I. Barton

Research Interests

dynamic modeling, simulation and optimization, hybrid and embedded systems, mixed-integer and global optimization theory and algorithms, design and operation of micro-scale chemical processes, systems biology, energy systems engineering

Education

Ph.D., Imperial College, University of London, 1992

M. Eng., Imperial College, University of London, 1988

Publications

Honors and Awards

Constantin Caratheodory Prize, International Society of Global Optimization, 2021

Journal of Global Optimization, Best Paper Award, 2012

Computing in Chem. Eng. Award of AIChE’s CAST Division, 2011

Indo-American Frontiers of Engineering Award, 2008

Outstanding Young Researcher Award, AIChE CAST Division, 2004

Best Paper Award, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 2004

Hoyt C. Hottel Career Development Professorship, 1992-1997

IChemE’s Hinchley Medal, 1988

BOC/Dr. M.P. Schuftan Memorial Prize for Process Design, 1987

 

Robert E. Cohen

Research Interests

physics and chemistry of polymers, polymer surfaces/interfaces, structure-property relationships

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, Oxford University, 1972-1973

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1972

M.S., California Institute of Technology, 1970

B.S., Cornell University, 1968

Publications

Honors and Awards

Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015

ACS’s Paul J. Flory Polymer Education Award, 2012

Fellow, Materials Research Society, 2010

Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 2010

Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring & Advising, MIT School of Engineering, 2006

Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2005

Fellow, American Physical Society, 2004

Charles M. A. Stine Award, AIChE, 2000

GenCorp Signature University Award, 1999

Society of Plastics Eng. Best Paper Award, Montreal RETEC, 1997

Shell Distinguished Lecturer, Northwestern University, 1996

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher and Scholar Award, 1987

R. W. Vaughan Memorial Lecturer, Caltech, 1984

Harold and Esther E. Edgerton Assistant Professor, MIT, 1975, 1977

DuPont Young Faculty Award, ChemE Dept., MIT, 1974

 

Charles L. Cooney

Research Interests

biochemical engineering

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970

S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967

B.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1966

Publications

Honors and Awards

Elected, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2025

ICB Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award, 2024

Honoris Causa by Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, 2012

Dieter & Inga Koehn Lecture, 2010

Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2009

Founding Fellow, American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering, 1992

Institute of Biotechnological Studies, 1989 Gold Medal

James Van Lannen Award for Distinguished Service to the Division of Microbial & Biochemical Technology of the American Chemical Society, 1985

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1983.

Becten-Dickenson Award lecturer, American Society for Microbiology, 1977

Listed in Who’s Who in Frontiers of Science & Technology

Listed in American Men of Science

Sigma Xi