Arvind Varma
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Arvind Varma is the R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor
and Head, School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University
. His research interests are in chemical and catalytic reaction engineering, and new energy sources.
. His research interests are in chemical and catalytic reaction engineering, and new energy
sources. He has published over 260 archival journal research papers in these areas, co-authored three books (Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering, Oxford University Press, 1997; Parametric Sensitivity in Chemical Systems, Cambridge University Press, 1999; Catalyst Design: Optimal Distribution of Catalyst in Pellets, Reactors and Membranes, Cambridge University Press, 2001) and co-edited two books. He is the founding Editor (1996–present) of the Cambridge Series in Chemical Engineering, a series of textbooks and monographs published by the Cambridge University Press.
Professor Varma received his PhD degree from the University of Minnesota
(1972). He has held Visiting Professorships at a number of institutions, including Caltech (Chevron Visiting Professor), Princeton
, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota
(Piercy Distinguished Visiting Professor), Univ of Cagliari, Italy (Visiting Chair Professor), IIT
-Kanpur and UICT-Mumbai (Kane Visiting Professor; Golden Jubilee Fellow). He is the recipient of several awards for his research and teaching, including the R. H. Wilhelm Award (1993) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award of the American Society for Engineering Education (2000). In 2008, he was named a Fellow of AIChE; the journal I&EC Research published a Festschrift in honor of his 60th birthday (Volume 47, No. 23, 2008); and he was named a Distinguished Chemical Engineering Alumnus (inaugural batch of 3) and Distinguished Alumnus of Panjab University.
Professor
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and Head, School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
. His research interests are in chemical and catalytic reaction engineering, and new energy sources.
Education and work
Dr. Arvind Varma is the R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor and Head, School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue UniversityPurdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
. His research interests are in chemical and catalytic reaction engineering, and new energy
Energy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
sources. He has published over 260 archival journal research papers in these areas, co-authored three books (Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering, Oxford University Press, 1997; Parametric Sensitivity in Chemical Systems, Cambridge University Press, 1999; Catalyst Design: Optimal Distribution of Catalyst in Pellets, Reactors and Membranes, Cambridge University Press, 2001) and co-edited two books. He is the founding Editor (1996–present) of the Cambridge Series in Chemical Engineering, a series of textbooks and monographs published by the Cambridge University Press.
Professor Varma received his PhD degree from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
(1972). He has held Visiting Professorships at a number of institutions, including Caltech (Chevron Visiting Professor), Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
(Piercy Distinguished Visiting Professor), Univ of Cagliari, Italy (Visiting Chair Professor), IIT
Indian Institutes of Technology
The Indian Institutes of Technology are a group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education. The IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as “institutions of national importance”, and lays down their powers, duties,...
-Kanpur and UICT-Mumbai (Kane Visiting Professor; Golden Jubilee Fellow). He is the recipient of several awards for his research and teaching, including the R. H. Wilhelm Award (1993) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award of the American Society for Engineering Education (2000). In 2008, he was named a Fellow of AIChE; the journal I&EC Research published a Festschrift in honor of his 60th birthday (Volume 47, No. 23, 2008); and he was named a Distinguished Chemical Engineering Alumnus (inaugural batch of 3) and Distinguished Alumnus of Panjab University.
Fellowships, Honors and Recognitions
- Honoree, Festschrift issue, I&EC Research (Volume 47, No. 23) 2008.
- Fellow, AIChE 2008
- Distinguished University Alumnus, Panjab University 2008
- Distinguished Chemical Engineering Alumnus (Inaugural batch of 3), Panjab University 2008
- Honoree, 60th Birthday sessions - I & II, AIChE Annual Meeting 2007
- Technology and Innovation Award, Industry Week 2005
- Honorary Fellow (Inaugural batch), Indian Institute of Chem. Engrs 2001
- Research Achievement Award (Inaugural), University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
2001 - Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award, ASEE 2000
- Ernest W. Thiele Award, AIChE (Chicago section) 1998
- Burns Graduate School Award, University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
1997 - R.H. Wilhelm Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers 1993
- Special Presidential Award, University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
1992 - College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award 1991
- Indo-American Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar Award 1988-89
- Fellow, American Institute of Chemists 1987
- NSF US-India Exchange Visitor 1982
Books
- Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering, A. Varma and M. Morbidelli, 690 + xvi pages, Oxford University Press, New York, 1997.
- Parametric Sensitivity in Chemical Systems, A. Varma, M. Morbidelli and H. Wu, 342 + xvi pages, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1999; paperback 2005.
- Catalyst Design: Optimal Distribution of Catalyst in Pellets, Reactors and Membranes, M. Morbidelli, A. Gavriilidis and A. Varma, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2001; paperback 2005.
- The Mathematical Understanding of Chemical Engineering Systems: Selected Papers of N. R. Amundson, R. Aris and A. Varma (Editors), Pergamon Press, 829 pages, 1980.
- Chemical Reaction and Reactor Engineering, J. J. Carberry and A. Varma (Editors), Marcel Dekker, 1069 pages, 1987.