Position
Anderson Family Professor in Energy and the Environment
Role
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Title
Chair, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Office
A221 Engineering Quad
Education
PhD, Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
MSc, Operational Research, London School of Economics and Political Science
Diploma, Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
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Honors and Awards
- Sustainable Engineering Forum Research Award, AIChE, 2024
- Paul E. Elfers Professor, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2017
- Production and Operations Management Society, Applied Research Challenge Award, 2016
- Covestro Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2016
- Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2015
- Outstanding Young Researcher Award, CAST Division of AIChE, 2013
- Vilas Associate, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2013
- W. David Smith Jr. Graduate Student Paper Award, CAST Division of AIChE, 2008
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2006
- Inaugural Olaf A. Hougen Fellowship, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2004
- Alexander Onassis Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2001
- Fulbright Graduate Fellowship (declined), 1999
Affiliations
- Faculty, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
- Associated Faculty, High Meadows Environmental Institute
Research Interests
The goal of research in the group of Christos Maravelias is to develop optimization theory, models and solution methods for problems in the general area of energy and process systems engineering. Current projects include: (1) chemical production scheduling, planning, and supply chain optimization; and (2) energy systems modeling, optimization and analysis, with emphasis on biomass-to-fuels/chemicals and solar fuel and power technologies.
Selected Publications
- Maravelias CT. Chemical Production Scheduling: Mixed-Integer Programming Models and Methods. Cambridge University Press, 2021. (ISBN: 9781107154759).
- O'Neill EG, Geissler CH, Maravelias CT. Large-scale spatially explicit analysis of carbon capture at cellulosic biorefineries, Nature Energy, 9 (7), 828–838, 2024. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01532-8).
- Geissler CH, Maravelias CT. Analysis of Alternative Bioenergy with Carbon Capture Strategies: Present and Future. Energy & Environmental Science, 15, 2679-2689, 2022. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EE00625A).
- Chen Y, Maravelias CT. Variable Bound Tightening and Valid Constraints for Multiperiod Blending. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 34(4), 2073-2090, 2022. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2021.1140).
- Risbeck MJ, Maravelias CT, Rawlings JB. Unification of Closed-loop Scheduling and Control: State-space Formulations, Terminal Constraints, and Theoretical Properties. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 129, 106496, 2019. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2019.06.021).
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