Thomas F. Edgar

Thomas F. Edgar

Biography

Thomas F. Edgar is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and holds the George T. and Gladys H. Abell Chair in Engineering. He received a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. For over 40 years, his academic work has been concentrated in process modeling, control, and optimization, with over 300 articles and book chapters. He has coauthored leading textbooks: Optimization of Chemical Processes (McGraw-Hill, 2001) and Process Dynamics and Control (Wiley, 2004). He has received major awards from the AIChE and ASEE and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He also served as an ACC General Chair and Program Chair and as AACC President (1990-1991). He has carried out modeling and control research projects jointly with AMD, Applied Materials, Global Foundries, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Tokyo Electron, and SEMATECH, involving 15 Ph.D. students who have worked in the microelectronics industry.