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Nikolaos Sahinidis

Nikolaos Sahinidis

Gary C. Butler Family Chair and Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering

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404.894.3036
404.894.2301

Education

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (1990), Carnegie Mellon University
Diploma Chemical Engineering (1986), Aristotle University

Nikolaos Sahinidis

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Nick Sahinidis is the Gary C. Butler Family Chair and Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech. His current research activities are at the interface between computer science  and operations research, with applications in various engineering and scientific areas, including: global optimization of mixed-integer nonlinear programs: theory, algorithms, and software; informatics problems in chemistry and biology; process and energy systems engineering. Sahinidis has served on the editorial boards of many leading journals and in various positions within AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers). He has also served on numerous positions within INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences), including Chair of the INFORMS Optimization Society. He received an NSF CAREER award, the INFORMS Computing Society Prize, the MOS Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize, the Computing in Chemical  Engineering Award, the Constantin Carathéodory Prize, and the National Award and Gold Medal from the Hellenic Operational Research Society. Sahinidis is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of AIChE and INFORMS.

Expertise:
  • Optimization
  • Analytics and Machine Learning
  • Energy and Sustainable Systems
National Academy of Engineering - 2022
AIChE Fellow - 2017
National Award and Gold Medal, Hellenic Operational Research Society - 2016
Constantin Carathéodory Prize - 2015
INFORMS Fellow - 2014
Computing in Chemical Engineering Awar - 2010
Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize - 2006
INFORMS Computing Society Prize - 2004
NSF CAREER Award - 1995
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Georgia Tech Supply Chain and
Logistics Institute
H. Milton Stewart School of
Industrial & Systems Engineering
765 Ferst Drive, NW, Suite 228
Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone: 404.894.2343