Research Interests
nano-based drugs, personalized medicine, cancer immunology
Education
Ph.D., University of California at Davis
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz
Rank/Role: Full Professor
Richard D. Braatz
Research Interests
applied mathematics and control theory, data analytics and machine learning, (bio)pharmaceutical manufacturing, materials processing
Education
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1993
M.S., California Institute of Technology, 1991
B.S., Oregon State University, 1988
Publications
Honors and Awards
John R. Ragazzini Education Award, 2023
Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 2019
AIChE Separation Division Innovation Award, 2019
Elected AIChE Fellow, 2018
Automatica Paper Prize, 2017
Excellence In Education Award, Int’l Society of Automation, 2015
AIChE Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, 2014
AIChE PD2M Award for Outstanding Contribution to QbD for Drug Substance, 2013
Technical Innovation Award, Int’l Society of Automation, 2013
Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2013
IEEE Control Systems Society Transition to Practice Award, 2011
Research Collaboration Award, Council for Chemical Research, 2009
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008
Journal of Process Control Prize Paper Award (for theory/ methodology), 2008
Journal of Process Control Prize Paper Award (for a survey), 2008
Fellow, Int’l Federation of Automatic Control, 2008
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2007
AIChE Excellence in Process Development Research Award, 2006
Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize, 2005
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award, 2005
CAST Outstanding Young Researcher Award, AIChE, 2005
Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, Engineering Research Council, 2004
CAST Directors’ Award, AIChE, 2003
Ernest W. Thiele Lectureship, University of Notre Dame, 2001
Donald P. Eckman Award, American Automatic Control Council, 2000
Allan S. Myerson
Research Interests
crystallization from solution with an emphasis on nucleation, polymorphism, and industrial applications of crystallization
Education
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1977
M.S., University of Virginia, 1975
B.S., Columbia University, 1973
Publications
Honors and Awards
AICHE Process Development Division Excellence in Process Development Research Award, 2015
Clarence G. Gerhold Award, AIChE Separations Division, 2015
American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Fellow Award, 2010
American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Separation Science and Technology, 2008
Virginia Engineering Foundation Engineering Achievement Award, 2000
William A. Tisdale
Research Interests
renewable energy, nanotechnology, energy transport in nanomaterials, nonlinear spectroscopy, spectroscopic imaging
Education
Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-2011
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2010
B.S., University of Delaware, 2005
Publications
Honors and Awards
Warren K. Lewis Professorship of Chemical Engineering, 2023
C. Michael Mohr Outstanding Faculty Award, MIT ChemE, 2023
Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2023
AIChE NSEF Young Investigator Award, 2017
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2017
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, 2016
Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering, 2016
NSF CAREER Award, 2015
Everett Moore Baker Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2014
3M Nontenured Faculty Award, 2014
DOE Early Career Award, 2013
NSF IGERT Fellowship, Univ. of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Alexander J. Taylor Award, 2005
Tau Beta Pi Undergraduate Scholarship, 2004
Fikile R. Brushett
Research Interests
electrochemical energy conversion and storage, microfluidics, interfacial phenomena, catalyst synthesis, and tomography
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
M.S.E., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009
B.S.E., University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Publications
Honors and Awards
Appointed as the Chevron Chair of Chemical Engineering, 2024
AIChE’s Allan P. Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Institute, 2022
ECS’s Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award, 2022
NOBCChE – Lloyd N. Ferguson Young Scientist Award for Excellence in Research, 2020
Electrochemical Society – Energy Technology Division Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award, 2019
Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Chair, MIT, 2018
I&ECR, Class of 2017 Influential Researcher, 2017
C&EN, Talented Twelve, 2017
Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Argonne National Laboratory, 2010-2012
Harry G. Drickamer Research Fellowship, 2009-2010
GEM PhD Engineering Fellowship, 2006-2010
SURGE Fellowship, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006-2010
American Chemical Society Scholar, 2002-2006
Heather J. Kulik
Research Interests
catalysis, transition-metal chemistry, electronic structure methods, atomistic simulations, enzyme catalysis
Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
B.E., The Cooper Union, 2004
Publications
Honors and Awards
Presidential Early Career Award in Science & Engineering, 2025
The Lammot du Pont (1901) Memorial Professorship in Chemical Engineering, 2024
AIChE CoMSEF Impact Award, 2023
Hans-Fischer Senior Fellowship, 2023
MSDE Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award, 2021
Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry, 2021
DARPA Director’s Fellowship Award, 2020
Journal of Physical Chemistry and PHYS Division Lectureship Award, 2019
NSF CAREER Award, 2019
Marion Milligan Mason Award, 2019
DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2018
ONR Young Investigator Award, 2018
ACS OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2018
I&ECR, Class of 2017 Influential Researcher, 2017
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface, 2012-2017
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellow, 2004-2008
William C. and Esther Hoffman Beller Prize for Excellence in Chemical Engineering, 2004
United States Presidential Scholar, 2000
Gregory Rutledge
Research Interests
molecular engineering of soft condensed matter, polymer science and engineering, statistical mechanics and molecular simulation, electrospinning and electrospun fibers
Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990
B.S., University of Virginia, 1983
Publications
Honors and Awards
AIChE Braskem Award for Excellence in Materials Engineering and Science, 2022
Elected AIChE Fellow, 2017
Fellow, PMSE Division, American Chemical Society, 2015
Fiber Society Founder’s Award, 2014
Lammot du Pont Professorship of Chemical Engineering, 2007
Peter Anthony Leermakers Symposium Lecturer, Wesleyan Univ, 2006
Fellow, America Physical Society, 2005
H.A. Morton Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Akron, 2000
Best Paper Award, Plastics Analysis Division, SPE, 1997
National Young Investigator Award, NSF, 1994
3M Innovation Award, 1993
DuPont Young Faculty Award, 1992
Robert C. Armstrong
Research Interests
polymer molecular theory, polymer fluid mechanics, rheology, multiscale process modeling, transport phenomena, applied mathematics
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1973,
B.ChE., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1970
Publications
Honors and Awards
AIChE Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical Engineering, 2020
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2020
Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2008
Bingham Medal Award, 2006
University of Wisconsin Distinguished Service Citation, 2001
Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Alumni, 1996
Warren McCabe Lecturer, North Carolina State University, 1995
Society of Rheology, President, 1993-95
Professional Progress Award, AIChE, 1992
Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids named as a Citation Classic, 1988
Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series Lecturer, 1987
Outstanding Faculty Award, ChemE Dept., MIT, 1975, 1976
DuPont Young Faculty Award, 1974, 1975
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
Daniel Blankschtein
Research Interests
colloid and interface science; thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and molecular simulations of surfactant self-assembly and hydrophobic solute micellar-enhanced solubilization in aqueous media; thermodynamics, molecular simulations, and kinetics of the dispersion and stabilization of nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, graphene, MoS2) using solvents and aqueous surfactant solutions; transdermal and oral drug delivery
Education
Ph.D., Tel-Aviv University, 1983
M.Sc., Tel-Aviv University, 1979
B.Sc., Tel-Aviv University, 1977
Book
Lectures in Classical Thermodynamics with an Introduction to Statistical Mechanics, 2021
– In the News: Chemical engineering professor turns his legendary thermodynamics lectures into a textbook.
Publications
Honors and Awards
Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising, 2015
Outstanding Faculty Award, ChemE Dept, MIT: 1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, and 2015
Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Best Poster Award, 2004
NE Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Best Paper Award, 2001
Controlled Release Society, Dow Corning Award, 1999
American Pharmaceutical Association, Ebert Prize, 1996
Harvard Health Letter, Outstanding Research Award, 1996
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1989