Faculty Research Awards 2015

Arvind Varma, Ph.D.

R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor
Jay & Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head
School of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University

Arvind Varma is the R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor and Jay & Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head, School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. His research interests are in chemical and catalytic reaction engineering, and clean energy sources. He has published over 285 archival journal research articles in these areas, co-authored three books and co-edited two books. As mentor, Dr. Varma has directed 44 completed Ph.D. dissertations, and the research of 28 post-doctoral research associates. He is the founding Editor (1996-present) of the Cambridge Series in Chemical Engineering, a series of textbooks and monographs published by the Cambridge University Press.

A Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciencesence, he has received a number of recognitions for his research and teaching, including the R.H. Wilhelm and Warren K. Lewis Awards of AIChE, and the Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award of ASEE.