El Prof. George Stephanopoulos del Massachusetts Institute of Technology visita nuestra institución y dictará dos conferencias sobre Process Systems Engineering. Las presentaciones serán: "From Solvay to the 21st Century: A History of Development, Successes and Prospects for the Future" y "Foundations of Process Systems Engineering".
Tendrán lugar durante los días 22 y 23 de febrero de 14:30 a 16:30 horas, en el salón gris (salón 727 - piso 7).
Las actividades serán abiertas y en idioma inglés. Se solicita confirmar asistencia a los correos aferrari@fing.edu.uy o jimenaf@fing.edu.uy.
Biografía
George Stephanopoulos was born in Kalamata, Greece, in 1947. He received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering from National Technical University of Athens in 1970, and his M.E. from McMaster University in 1971. During the period 1971 1974 he worked ‐ with Art Westerberg at the University of Florida on his PhD degree. He started his academic career in the University of Minnesota as Assistant Professor and soon he was promoted to Professor. In September of 1980 he took on a chaired professorship at his Greek alma matta and taught there until January 1984, when he joined the faculty at MIT; first as the J.R. Mares and then as the A.D. Little Professor of Chemical Engineering. After a two ‐ year leave of absence (2000 ‐ 02) from MIT as Chief Technology Officer and Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC), he returned to MIT and continued as Managing Director, Member of the Board of MCC until 2005.
George’s research interests and scientific developments have covered many aspects of Process Systems Engineering applied at various systems, such as: networks of chemical or biochemical reactions; integrated manufacturing systems within the scope of a national economy or corporate business; city traffic networks and intercity transportation networks and nanoscale processes. With his scientific work he has been distinguished in the scientific community, he has been selected as one of the 100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era, he has been awarded by several Chemical Engineering Societies and Councils, he has been invited for honorary lectureships at several well known Universities and Congresses, while he has been a member of several editorial boards.
George has authored/co ‐ authored 7 books and co ‐ edited 8. He has co ‐ authored more than 210 papers. Over the years he has mentored more than 40 PhD students, with 16 of them in academic positions around the world.
George Steohanopoulos, MIT site: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/profile.html?id=29