Welcome!

You are invited to explore the Multi-parametric Optimization & Control group by Professor Pistikopoulos, the inventor and pioneer of explicit/multi-parametric model predictive control (mp-MPC), at the Texas A&M Energy Institute and the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. The group is located in the Frederick E. Giesecke Building at Texas A&M University.

Research topics

The research direction in the Multi-parametric Optimization & Control group aims at gaining fundamental understanding, and developing theoretical and practical advances & tools in the areas of multi-parametric optimization and control, first-principles based and data-driven modeling, energy & process systems engineering, biological & biomedical systems engineering, sustainable smart manufacturing and process intensification.

  • The PAROC Framework
  • The POP Toolbox
  • Explicit MPC
  • Multi-Scale Energy Systems
  • Food-Energy-Water-Nexus
  • Process Intensification
  • Data Sciences
  • Smart Manufacturing
  • Design, Control, Scheduling
  • Energy Price Index

Principal Investigator

Biosketch
Curriculum Vitæ

Efstratios N. (Stratos) Pistikopoulos FREng
Director, Texas A&M Energy Institute,
Editor-in-Chief, Computers & Chemical Engineering,
Dow Chemical Chair,
Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering,
Texas A&M University

327 Giesecke Engineering Research Building
3251 Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3251
+1-979-458-0259
stratos@tamu.edu

  • Daniel Wenck Ribeiro was presented with the best presentation award in the PSE session with the presentation entitled "Process Intensification with Integrated Structural Controllability Considerations". Hearty congratulations!
  • Congratulations to Dr. Miriam Sarkis, who recently joined the Energy Institute as a post-doctorate research associate, for been awarded the 2024 Dudley Newitt Prize for Theoretical/ Computational Excellence, which is awarded for a PhD thesis of exceptional merit demonstrated by theoretical/ computational excellence and presentation in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London.
  • Congratulations to Professor Marianthi Ierapetritou from the University of Delaware, for been awarded the 2025 Sargent Medal from the Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK, the top recognition in the PSE area.
  • Dr. Dustin Kenefake has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Computational and Algorithmic Advances in Multiparametric Optimization and Control". We would like to congratulate Dr. Kenefake and wish him all the best for his future career.
  • Dr. Rahul Kakodkar has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Energia: A data-informed decision making and risk assessment framework for energy transition scenario analysis". We would like to congratulate Dr. Kakodkar and wish him all the best for his future career.
  • Multi-parametric Optimization and Control by Prof. Efstratios Pistikopoulos, Dr. Nikolaos A. Diangelakis, and Dr. Richard Oberdieck is now available.
  • Integrated Process Design and Operational Optimization via Multiparametric Programming by Dr. Baris Burnak, Dr. Nikolaos A. Diangelakis, and Prof. Efstratios Pistikopoulos is now available.
  • Multi-level Mixed-Integer Optimization - Parametric Programming Approach by Professors Styliani Avraamidou and Efstratios Pistikopoulos is now available.
  • Synthesis and Operability Strategies for Computer-Aided Modular Process Intensification by Professors Efstratios Pistikopoulos and Yuhe Tian is now available.
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