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Dr. Rakesh Agrawal is the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. He received a B. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, an M.Ch.E. from the University of Delaware and an Sc.D. in chemical engineering from MIT. His research includes novel processes for the fabrication of low-cost thin-film solar cells, energy systems analysis, shale gas processing, biomass to liquid fuel conversion, synthesis of efficient multicomponent separation processes using distillation, membranes and adsorption, and basic and applied research in gas separations and liquefaction. Agrawal has published 246 technical papers and has given over 270 invited lectures. He holds 128 U.S. and more than 500 foreign patents. These patents are used in over one hundred chemical plants with total capital expenditure in multibillion dollars. He has served on technology and engineering advisory boards of a number of companies. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors. Agrawal has received several awards including the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Obama in 2011. For additional information, visit Dr. Agrawal's Purdue website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/People/ptProfile?id=3942 or the Rakesh Agrawal Research Group website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/RARG/ |
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