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

• We are happy to announce a special celebration honoring Professor Pistikopoulos at the 2026 AIChE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN. This event will celebrate his academic and scholarly accomplishments over the last 40 years. Please join us at The Emery Hotel (215 S. 4th St, Minneapolis, MN) on November 8, 2026 at 6PM CST. Please RSVP using this link.
• Warmest Congratulations to Dr. Yuhe Tian, a former member of our research group currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemcial and Biomedical Engineering at West Virginia University for the prestigious AIChE 35 under 35 Award. Well done Yuhe!
• Professor Pistikopoulos is one of the plenary speakers at the 29th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction. The plenary lecture is titled "Towards a Sustainable Energy-Materials Transition Nexus".
• The second edition of Integrated Process Design and Operational Optimization via Multiparametric Programming by Dr. Baris Burnak, Dr. Nikolaos A. Diangelakis, and Prof. Efstratios Pistikopoulos is now available online. Congratulations to the authors!
• Multi-parametric Optimization and Control by Prof. Efstratios Pistikopoulos, Dr. Nikolaos A. Diangelakis, and Dr. Richard Oberdieck 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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