Benoit Chachuat
Professor Of Process Systems Engineering at Imperial College London
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBenoit Chachuat is a Professor of Process Systems Engineering at Imperial College London with over 25 years of expertise in process simulation, optimisation and sustainable chemical engineering. He directs research at the Centre for Process Systems Engineering, translating advanced computational modelling and optimisation methods into safer, economically and environmentally sustainable bio/chemical processes. Educated with a PhD from INPL and shaped by postdoctoral stints at INRIA, MIT and EPFL, he blends deep theoretical foundations with practical problem-solving motivated by real-world environmental and energy systems. His academic career spans appointments across McMaster, EPFL and Imperial, reflecting sustained leadership in both research and teaching. Known for combining rigorous optimisation theory with process data, he often frames computational advances around tangible industrial and environmental impacts.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDipl-Ing, Environmental Engineering, Dipl-Ing, Environmental Engineering at Ecole nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de StrasbourgPhD, Chemical Engineering, PhD, Chemical Engineering at Institut national polytechnique de LorraineDEA, Water Engineering Science, DEA, Water Engineering Science at Universite Louis Pasteur
English, French, SpanishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
omega-icl/canon
Apr 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:24 commits, 4 branches in 1 year 1 month
omega-icl/mcpp
Oct 2015 - May 2022
Contributions:1 release, 80 commits, 1 push in 6 years 7 months
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