Ignacio Grossmann

Ignacio E. Grossmann is the R.R. Dean University Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He obtained a B.S. from Universidad Iberoamericana (1974), followed by M.S. (1975) and Ph.D. (1977) in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London.

• Member & Former Director, Center for Advanced Process Decision-Making (industrial consortium with 20+ companies)
• Foreign Academic, Royal Academy of Exact, Physical & Natural Sciences of Spain (2025)
• 700+ publications, textbooks: Advanced Optimization in Process Systems Engineering and Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design (co-authored with Larry Biegler & Art Westerberg)

His research interests span:

• Mixed-Integer/Nonlinear Programming (MILP/MINLP)
• General Disjunctive Programming (GDP)
• Global Optimization & Multiperiod Optimization
• Applications in chemical process design, energy systems, and decarbonization

Honors & Awards:

• Multiple AIChE awards (Computing, Walker, Warren Lewis, Sustainable Engineering)
• 2015 Sargent Medal (IChemE)
• 2025 Foreign Academic of Spanish Royal Academy
• 2019 Top Cited Scientist (Worldwide #53, National #38 in CS/Electronics)

Education & Legacy: 68 Ph.D. and 34 M.S. students mentored. Honorary doctorates from 9 institutions including RWTH Aachen (Germany), University of Maribor (Slovenia), and Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina).