Arvind Varma

Dr. Arvind Varma
Born October 13, 1947
Firozabad, India
Residence USA
Nationality USA
Fields Chemical Engineering, Catalysis, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Combustion Synthesis
Institutions Purdue University
Alma mater University of Minnesota
Doctoral advisor Neal Amundson
Known for Reactor Theory, Combustion Synthesis, Novel Methods for Hydrogen Generation

Arvind Varma (born in Firozabad, India on October 13, 1947) 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.

Education and work

Dr. Arvind Varma has served as the R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor and Head, School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University since January 2004 – he was named Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head in 2012. Prior to joining Purdue, he was the Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Center for Molecularly Engineered Materials at the University of Notre Dame. A native of India, he received all his degrees in Chemical Engineering: B.S. from Panjab University (1966), M.S. from the University of New Brunswick (1968) and Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota (1972). He remained at Minnesota for one year as an assistant professor, and was a senior research engineer with Union Carbide Corporation for two years before joining the Notre Dame faculty in 1975. He achieved the rank of full Professor in 1980, received the Schmitt Chair position in 1988, and was named founding Director of the Center for Molecularly Engineered Materials in the year 2000.

Dr. Varma’s research interests are in chemical and catalytic reaction engineering, and new energy sources. He has published more than 275 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. As mentor, Dr. Varma has directed 41 completed Ph.D. dissertations, and the research of 26 post-doctoral research associates. He has organized and chaired numerous technical sessions at professional society meetings, and served as Chair of ISCRE-18 held in June 2004. He has also served on many national level committees, including service as founding Director of the AIChE Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (1996-98) and member of the AIChE Awards Committee (1994-99). He is currently a member of AIChE’s International Committee, Chair of the Awards Committee, I&EC Division-ACS and also Chair of the Engineering Research Council Awards Committee, ASEE. 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 served as Department Chair at Notre Dame during 1982-88. 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; Tilak Visiting Fellow).

Fellowships, Honors and Recognitions

Books

References

  1. ↑ "Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering". Oxford University Press.
  2. ↑ "Parametric Sensitivity in Chemical Systems". Cambridge University Press.
  3. ↑ "Catalyst Design: Optimal Distribution of Catalyst in Pellets, Reactors and Membranes". Cambridge University Press.

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