People:  Faculty: Dr. Christos Georgakis
Dr. Christos Georgakis

Director, Systems Research Institute
Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Tufts University
E-mail: Christos.Georgakis@tufts.edu

Administrative Duties:

 

2004-Present Director, Systems Research Institute for Chemical and Biological Processes, Tufts University; Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering and
2004-Present Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
20042007 Chairman, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at Tufts University
2004-Present Chairman of Faculty Search Committee, Tufts University
2002-2004 Head, Othmer Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences and Engineering (formerly called Department of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Martial Science) and Director, Systems Research Institute for Chemical and Biological Processes; Polytechnic University.
2002-2003 President, American Automatic Control Council
1999-2001 Vice-President, American Automatic Control Council
1996-2001 Chairman of Departmental Faculty Search Committee
1991-96 Chairman of the Graduate Affairs Committee for Chemical Engineering: In this capacity, Professor Georgakis was responsible for all policy and administrative duties related to more than 80 full-time and about 30 part-time graduate students of the Department. Professor Georgakis was responsible for running the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination.
1984-96 Member of Departmental Committee on Graduate Affairs.
1991-96 Member and Past Chairman (1991-92) of Departmental Committee on Graduate Student Recruiting.
1991-92 Chairman of a Departmental Committee to review the graduate course requirements in Chemical Engineering.
1988-92 Member of the College Promotions Committee.
1989-90 Member of the Search Committee for a new Chair of Chemical Engineering.
1984-2001 Center Director of the NSF-funded Industry-University Co-Operative Research Center in Chemical Process Modeling and Control at Lehigh University. The Center reported to the Dean of Engineering and Applied Science.
1983-85 Initiator and Coordinator of the development effort to establish the Industry-University Co-operative Research Center in Process Modeling and Control funded by NSF in 1985.
1984-85 Chairman of a college-wide committee to review, update and coordinate all undergraduate and graduate courses in Control.
1984-89 Member of the college-wide executive committee for Manufacturing Systems Engineering.
1982-83 Initiator and chairman of a group of faculty that proposed to the Minister of Research and Technology the establishment of the Chemical Process Engineering Institute (University of Thessaloniki, Greece).
1975-80 Departmental Faculty Search Committee (MIT).
1975-77 Dean's Committee for new Chair in Chemical Engineering (MIT).
1978-80 Departmental Seminar Coordinator (MIT).
1977-78 Graduate Student Admissions Committee (MIT).
1977-80 Freshman Advisor, (MIT).
1975-78 Design and Production of the Departmental Booklet on Graduate Education (MIT).
1975-78 Design and Production of Departmental Posters on Graduate Education (MIT).
1976 Dean's Committee on an Institute-wide undergraduate subject on computer models of physical and engineering systems.

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