Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi, professor and holder of the Bryan Research and Engineering Chair in Chemical Engineering in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Computing in Chemical Engineering Award. The prestigious award, presented by the Computing and Systems Technology Division of AIChE, recognizes outstanding contributions in the application of computing and systems technology to chemical engineering.
El-Halwagi, who also serves as managing director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Gas and Fuels Research Center, is internationally recognized for his pioneering contributions to the fundamentals and applications of sustainable design of industrial processes through systems integration and multiscale optimization. In 2017, he published the second edition of his widely used textbook, “Sustainable Design Through Process Integration: Fundamentals and Applications to Industrial Pollution Prevention, Resource Conservation and Profitability Enhancement.”
El-Halwagi has written two other textbooks, co-edited 10 books, and co-authored about 500 refereed papers and book chapters. He is also an AIChE fellow and a recipient of the AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum Research Excellence Award, the National Science Foundation's National Young Investigator Award, and many university-level research and teaching awards.