Ralph W. Pike

Ralph W. Pike is the Director of the Minerals Processing Research Division and is the Paul M. Horton Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering. His degrees are in chemical engineering, doctorate and bachelors from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of a textbook on optimization for engineering systems and coauthor of four other books on design and modeling of chemical processes. His research specialties are optimization theory and applications for the optimal design of engineering systems, on-line optimization of continuous processes, optimization of chemical production complexes, and related areas of resources management, sustainable development, continuous processes for carbon nano-tubes and chemicals from biomass. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and is the past-chair of the AIChE’s Environmental Division and of the Fuels and Petrochemicals Division. He is an active member of the Institute for Sustainability and the Safety and Chemical Engineering Education (SACHE) committee of the Center for Chemical Process Safety.