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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For leadership in mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model formulation and solution for process design and operation.

Overview

Ignacio E. Grossmann is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a particular focus on process systems engineering and optimization. Their research encompasses a broad range of subfields including control and systems engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, and computational theory and mathematics.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Process Optimization and Integration
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms
  • Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Supply Chain and Inventory Management
  • Optimization and Mathematical Programming

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Grossmann include:

  • "A review on superstructure optimization approaches in process system engineering" (2020), Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • "A deep reinforcement learning approach for chemical production scheduling" (2020), Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • "A Review of Stochastic Programming Methods for Optimization of Process Systems Under Uncertainty" (2021), Frontiers in Chemical Engineering
  • "Mixed-integer linear programming models and algorithms for generation and transmission expansion planning of power systems" (2021), European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Algorithmic Approaches to Inventory Management Optimization" (2021), Processes

Grossmann frequently publishes in a set of specialized journals and archives including:

  • Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • Optimization and Engineering
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • AIChE Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Héctor D. Pérez, John M. Wassick, David E. Bernal, Daniel Ovalle, and Mariano Martín, reflecting sustained cooperative efforts in advancing process systems engineering.

In addition to journal publications, Grossmann has contributed to book literature, including a title published by Cambridge University Press:

  • "Advanced Optimization for Process Systems Engineering" (2021)

Among professional recognitions, Ignacio E. Grossmann was named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2000, an award acknowledging leadership in mixed integer nonlinear programming model formulation and solution for process design and operation.

Best Publications

  • An outer-approximation algorithm for a class of mixed-integer nonlinear programs

    Marco A. Duran;Ignacio E. Grossmann

  • Systematic methods for chemical process design

    L.T. Biegler;I.E. Grossmann;A.W. Westerberg

  • Simultaneous optimization models for heat integration—II. Heat exchanger network synthesis

    Terrence Fu Yee;Ignacio E. Grossmann

  • Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design

    Lorenz T. Biegler;Ignacio E. Grossmann;Arthur W. Westerberg

  • An algorithmic framework for convex mixed integer nonlinear programs

    Pierre Bonami;Lorenz T. Biegler;Andrew R. Conn;GéRard CornuéJols

  • State-of-the-art review of optimization methods for short-term scheduling of batch processes

    Carlos Alberto Mendez;Jaime Cerda;Ignacio E. Grossmann;Iiro Harjunkoski

  • A combined penalty function and outer-approximation method for MINLP optimization

    J. Viswanathan;I.E. Grossmann

  • A structural optimization approach in process synthesis. II: Heat recovery networks

    Soterios A. Papoulias;Ignacio E. Grossmann

  • Retrospective on optimization

    Lorenz T. Biegler;Ignacio E. Grossmann

  • Review of Nonlinear Mixed-Integer and Disjunctive Programming Techniques

    Ignacio E. Grossmann

  • An outer-approximation algorithm for a class of mixed-integer nonlinear programs

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  • An index for operational flexibility in chemical process design. Part I: Formulation and theory

    R. E. Swaney;I. E. Grossmann

  • Modelling and computational techniques for logic based integer programming

    R. Raman;I.E. Grossmann

  • Enterprise‐wide optimization: A new frontier in process systems engineering

    Ignacio Grossmann

  • Automatic synthesis of optimum heat exchanger network configurations

    C. A. Floudas;A. R. Ciric;I. E. Grossmann

  • Optimal process design under uncertainty

    Keshava Prasad. Halemane;Ignacio E. Grossmann

  • An LP/NLP based branch and bound algorithm for convex MINLP optimization problems

    I. Quesada;I.E. Grossmann

  • Scope for industrial applications of production scheduling models and solution methods

    Iiro Harjunkoski;Christos T. Maravelias;Peter Bongers;Pedro M. Castro

  • Global optimization for the synthesis of integrated water systems in chemical processes

    Ramkumar Karuppiah;Ignacio E. Grossmann

  • Algorithms for Hybrid MILP/CP Models for a Class of Optimization Problems

    Vipul Jain;Ignacio E. Grossmann

  • An index for operational flexibility in chemical process design. Part II: Computational algorithms

    R. E. Swaney;I. E. Grossmann

  • A combined penalty function and outer-approximation method for MINLP optimization : applications to distillation column design

    J Viswanathan;Ignacio E. Grossmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariano Martín
Mariano Martín University of Salamanca
José A. Caballero
José A. Caballero University of Alicante
Jose M. Pinto
Jose M. Pinto Linde (United States)
Lorenz T. Biegler
Lorenz T. Biegler Carnegie Mellon University
Zdravko Kravanja
Zdravko Kravanja University of Maribor
Pedro M. Castro
Pedro M. Castro University of Lisbon
Iiro Harjunkoski
Iiro Harjunkoski Aalto University
Fengqi You
Fengqi You Cornell University
Nikolaos V. Sahinidis
Nikolaos V. Sahinidis Georgia Institute of Technology
Arthur W. Westerberg
Arthur W. Westerberg Carnegie Mellon University

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