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
  
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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

• Dr. Prerna Jain, a former member of the Multi-parametric Optimization and Control Research Group and Texas A&M Chemical Engineering Alumna, has been named to the Reuters Events: Trailblazing Women 2026. Congratulations on this important recognition, Dr. Jain!
• Dr. Yuanxing (Yoly) Liu has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled "Process modeling, monitoring, and safety management of proton exchange membrane water electrolysis systems’. We would like to congratulate Dr. Liu and wish her all the best for her future career.
• Professor Pistikopoulos is one of the invited speakers at the SuSChemE-SUSTENS2 Conference taking place June 29-30 in Athens, Greece.
• Dr. Sahithi Srijana Akundi has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled "Towards the Integration of Safety and Control via Multi-Parametric Programming". We would like to congratulate Dr. Akundi and wish her all the best for her 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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