Romagnoli awarded the 2005 John A. Brodie Medal

March 23, 2006

The Australian Institute of Chemical Engineers awarded Professor Jose Romagnoli, holder of the Cain Chair in the Gordon A. and Mary Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, the 2005 John A. Brodie Medal for his contributions to chemical engineering. The medal is awarded for the best paper in the discipline of chemical engineering presented at the annual Chemeca Conference.

Later this year, Romagnoli will be the keynote speaker at the ADCHEM-2006 "International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes," hosted April 2-6 in Granados, Brazil, where he will speak about data processing and reconciliation trends and the impact of technology. He has also been invited to be the keynote speaker at the 2006 PSE “Escape 16,” July 9-14 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. At this conference, he will speak about model-centric technologies for support of manufacturing operations.

Romagnoli, who received both his bachelor’s degree in 1973 from the Universidad Nacional del Sur, in Argentina and his doctorate degree in 1980 from the University of Minnesota, in chemical engineering, joined the department in August 2005 following more than 10 years at the University of Sydney, Australia. A world-renowned expert in process systems engineering, he has received numerous medals and awards for his contributions to the field of chemical engineering, including the prime minister’s Centenary Medal of Australia. He is the author of two books and has published more than 200 papers in scientific and professional journals.