Chemical Engineering Faculty

• Luke Achenie

  

  Professor of Chemical Engineering

  Credentials:

  • Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1988
  • M.A.M., Carnegie Mellon University, 1984
  • M.S., Northwestern University, 1982
  • B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981

  Office Location:

  • 142D Randolph Hall

  Contact:

  • 540-231 4257
  • 540-231 5022 (fax)
  • Email: achenie@vt.edu

  Research Interests:

  • Computer Aided Molecular Design:
    

    Development of optimization models to systematically identify chemical products in the presence of the chemical process system.

  • Process Design:
    

    Analysis of chemical processing systems in which there are uncertainties in process and model parameters. This is referred to as Flexibility Analysis.

  • Systems Engineering Approaches to Computational Biology:
    

    Development of algorithms for multifunction gene annotation, genetic pathway analysis and clustering. This work is in collaboration with researchers from the University of Connecticut Health Center.

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Randolph Hall 133, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 Phone: 540 231 6631 Fax: 540 231 5022

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