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PEESE Journal Covers

  Our publication titled “Sailing towards sustainability: offshore wind’s green hydrogen potential for decarbonization in coastal USA” was featured as the front cover of the August 2024 issue of Energy & Environmental Science. This research has garnered media attention, with coverage in outlets such as: Cornell Chronicle: Green hydrogen study […]


Schmidt AI4Sci Program

Professor You co-leads a large AI for Science program with Professor Carla Gomes at Cornell CIS. The program is funded by Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative of Eric and Wendy Schmidt. The $148 million Schmidt AI in Science Fellowships program will support researchers in developing and using AI in innovative ways […]


AIChE Fellow, George Lappin Award, & Sotirchos Award

Fengqi You was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) by the AIChE Board of Directors. AIChE is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 60,000 members from over 110 countries. The grade of AIChE Fellow is the highest grade of […]


SEF Education Award

Professor Fengqi You was selected to receive the 2021 Sustainable Engineering Forum Education Award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) to recognize his contributions and accomplishments on sustainability education. AIChE is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 60,000 members from over 110 countries. The […]


Teaching Excellence Award

Professor you recently won the 2020 Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker Excellence in Teaching Award, which is the highest award for teaching in the college to recognize excellence in teaching and learning. Two years ago, Professor You received the 2018 Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Award to recognize his leadership […]


AIChE GPE Award

Professor Fengqi You has been awarded the 2020 Innovations in Green Process Engineering Award by American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and Green Process Engineering Association. This award recognizes an individual for contributions to the field of green process engineering for sustainable energy and environment. Professor You was selected for […]


Automatic Control Council O. Hugo Schuck Award

The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) has awarded Dr. Fengqi You, Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor, and CBE PhD student, Chao Ning, the prestigious 2020 O. Hugo Schuck Award. The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) was formed in 1957 and represents the United States to the world automatic […]


McGraw Research Award

Prof. Fengqi You has been selected to receive the 2020 Curtis W. McGraw Research Award by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The Curtis W. McGraw Research Award was established in 1957 with the initial assistance of the McGraw-Hill Book Company to recognize outstanding achievements by engineering college research […]


AIChE PD Research Award

Prof. You was recently notified of his selection for the Excellence in Process Development Research Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) this year. AIChE is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 60,000 members from over 110 countries. Sponsored by Pfizer, the AIChE […]


Computing & Systems Technology OYR Award

Prof. You was selected to receive the 2018 Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Outstanding Young Researcher Award. This award is presented by AIChE to honor an individual with outstanding contributions to the computing and systems technologies (CAST). Prof. You was recognized for “contributions to fundamental theory and applications of supply […]


ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. Lectureship Award

The American Chemical Society (ACS) announces today that Prof. You is a winner of the prestigious 2018 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award. The ACS has more than 158,000 members in all fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields, and it is the world’s largest scientific society by […]


AIChE ENV EC Award

Prof. You was recently notified of his selection for another national award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) this year. AIChE is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 60,000 members from over 110 countries. In addition to the 2017 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Research […]


AIChE Sustainable Engineering Research Award

Prof. You has been selected to receive the 2017 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Research Excellence Award (formerly named “Research Excellence in Sustainable Engineering Award”). This award is presented annually to recognize an individual with significant contributions to research activities on sustainability, and it is most prestigious award given by AIChE honoring […]


Awards to M.Eng. students

PEESE M.Eng. students were recognized with distinguished awards by the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Shristi Varshney won the Fall 2020 Outstanding M.Eng. Project Award, in recognition of her research contribution to the sustainable campus energy systems project. The Spring 2020 Outstanding M.Eng. Project Award was bestowed to […]


Jiyao wins AIChE Award

Jiyao Gao, a PEESE graduate student, was selected to receive a Sustainable Engineering Forum Student Paper Award from AIChE this year. These student paper awards are presented to graduate students who published the best technical papers that describe results related to engineering and sustainability. Jiyao is one of the three […]


Daniel received awards

PEESE graduate student Daniel Garcia was selected to receive a 2018 Sustainable Engineering Forum Student Paper Award from AIChE. These student paper awards are presented to graduate students who published the best technical papers that describe results related to engineering and sustainability. Daniel is one of the three Student Award […]


Editorial Boards of AIChE J. and ACS-SCE

Prof. You was recently invited to become a member of AIChE Journal Consulting Editors Board. AIChE Journal editorial team made the invitation to acknowledge Prof. You’s expertise and stature as a prominent chemical engineering researcher. AIChE Journal is the flagship journal of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Besides, Prof. You […]


No. 1 most cited AIChE J. articles from 2012, 2013, 2014, & 2015

In the recent updated list of “Top cited AIChE Journal papers from 2015”, the No. 1 and No. 2 most cited articles are both from PEESE. Please follow the link below for the full list of “top cited papers” at the AIChE Journal website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1547-5905/homepage/MostCited.html#cited15 In the earlier “top cited” […]


Associate Editor of Comput. & Chem. Eng.

Prof. You was recently appointed as Associate Editor of Computers & Chemical Engineering, the flagship journal of Process Systems Engineering. As an Associate Editor of the Journal, Prof. You handles submissions in the areas of Optimization and Energy Systems Engineering.


NSF CAREER Award

Prof. You recently received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAREER award is the most prestigious recognition given by the NSF to teacher-scholars early in their academic careers. The awarded research project, titled ‘A Computational Framework for Multiscale Optimization of Sustainability for Process Supply Chains,’ aims […]


Dajun receives Distinguished Graduate Researcher Award

Congratulations to Dajun for earning the 2015 Distinguished Graduate Researcher Award, an honor bestowed on the most outstanding graduate researcher (one per year) in Northwestern’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering! Dajun has been extremely productive in the past four years that published eleven first author papers and three co-authored […]


Dajun named “3M Fellow”

Dajun Yue was recently selected to receive the 3M Fellowship for the next two years. Supported by a gift from 3M, a 3rd-year PhD student at McCormick is named “3M Fellow” every two years. The fellow is selected by 3M based on the candidate’s academic performance, research publications and research […]


Recognitions from C&CE

PEESE recently receives multiple recognitions from Computers & Chemical Engineering, the flagship journal in the Process Systems Engineering area. These recognitions include: Two Most Cited Articles in 2010-2012 (one on scheduling and control, and the other one on oil spill response planning) Two Most Downloaded Articles in 2012-2013 (one for […]


Dajun receives CAST Student Travel Award

Dajun Yue, a PEESE graduate student, was selected to receive the CAST Student Travel Award from the CAST Division of AIChE. All nomination packages were reviewed by a committee of 4 CAST Officers, and the competition was stiff. Dajun is one of the 5 CAST Travel Grant winners this year. […]


Prof. You receives Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Award

Prof. You was recently selected to be the recipient of 2013 Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Award. This award recognizes extraordinary early career scientist in energy research. One recipient per year was selected by a committee with members from both Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory. More details are available in the Northwestern […]


Prof. You selected as a Searle Teaching Fellow

Professor You was selected to be one of the 18 Searle Fellows for AY 2012 – 2013 at Northwestern University. The Searle Fellows program is a multi-disciplinary, year-long program for early career faculty. Established in 1999, the program aims to provide faculty with the expertise and knowledge to critically assess […]


Prof. You recognized as a Top Reviewer of C&CE

Professor You was recently recognized as a Computers & Chemical Engineering Top Reviewer of 2011. Computers & Chemical Engineering is a major journal in Process Systems Engineering. The journal publisher appreciate Professor You’s contributions to this journal through the following citation: “Your thoughtful critiques and timely edits have allowed us […]


Prof. You receives W. David Smith Jr. Award from AIChE

Prof. You has been selected as the recipient of the W. David Smith, Jr. Graduate Student Paper Award of the CAST Division of AIChE. The award, which will be presented to him at the Annual AIChE Meeting in Minneapolis on October 18, 2011, recognizes an individual for published work on […]


Fengqi You receives Ken Meyer Award

Fengqi You, who will join the ChBE faculty in September 2011, received the Ken Meyer Award for the best PhD thesis in Carnegie Mellon University in May 2010. The Ken Meyer Award is presented every year to a senior doctoral student who has demonstrated excellence in graduate research in chemical […]