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Alkis Constantinides
Professor
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Application of numerical methods and artificial intelligence in chemical process planning.
Teacher of graduate and
undergraduate courses in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. Research
interests are in the fields of computer applications in chemical and
biochemical engineering, artificial intelligence, process modeling and
optimization, biotechnology, fermentations, and enzyme engineering.
Industrial experience in process development and design of large petrochemical
plants and in pilot plant research. Consultant to industry in the areas
fermentation processes, enzyme engineering, application of artificial
intelligence in chemical process planning, design and economics of chemical
processes, technology assessment, modeling and optimization. Author
of the textbooks "Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering,"
"Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers with MATLAB Applications"
and "Applied Numerical Methods with Personal Computers."
Past Chairman of the Department (1996-2002), Director of Alumni Relations, and
Director of Undergraduate Program (2005-06).
Recipient of the prestigious
Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the 1998, 1999, 2003,
2005, and 2008 Teaching Excellence Awards chosen by the Graduating Senior Class
of the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering .
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Publications Books: S. M. Dunn, A. Constantinides, and P. V. Moghe, Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, Academic Press, Burlington, MA, 632 pp. (2006). A. Constantinides and N. Mostoufi, Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers with MATLAB Applications, Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River NJ, 590 pp (1999). A. Constantinides, Applied Numerical Methods with Personal Computers, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY, 626 pp, (1987). Selected journal articles: R.S. Schloss, C.C. Chang, A. Constantinides, P.V. Moghe, Alteration of Leukocyte Migration on Prosthetic Material, ePTFE, Under Flow: Role of CD43, an Adhesion Regulator Molecule, Journal of Biomed. Mater. Res., 60, 8-19, (2002). J. A. Hatfield and A. Constantinides, Knowledge-Based Information Development & Simulation System for Chemical Batch Processing, Int. J. of Flexible Automation and Information Management, 3, 47, (1995). |