Ignacio E. Grossmann is the Rudolph R. and Florence Dean Professor of Chemical Engineering and Department Head at Carnegie Mellon University. He obtained his BS degree at the Universidad lberoamericana in 1974 and his MS and PhD at Imperial College in 1975 and 1977, respectively, all in chemical engi· neering. His research interests are in the areas of process synthesis, energy integration, process flexibility, planning and scheduling of batch and continuous processes, and mixed-integer and logic-based optimization.
