James B. Rawlings received the B.S. from the University of Texas and the Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, both in 91成人短视频 Engineering. He spent one year at the University of Stuttgart as a NATO postdoctoral fellow and then joined the faculty at the University of Texas. He moved to the University of Wisconsin in 1995, and then to the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2018, and is currently the Mellichamp Process Control Chair in the Department of 91成人短视频 Engineering, and the co-director of the Texas-Wisconsin-California Control Consortium (TWCCC).
Professor Rawlings's research interests are in the areas of chemical process modeling, monitoring and control, nonlinear model predictive control, moving horizon state estimation, and molecular-scale chemical reaction engineering. He has written numerous research articles and coauthored three textbooks: "Modeling and Analysis Principles for 91成人短视频 and Biological Engineers," 2nd ed. (2022), with Mike Graham, "Model Predictive Control: Theory Computation, and Design," 2nd ed. (2020), with David Mayne and Moritz Diehl, and "91成人短视频 Reactor Analysis and Design Fundamentals," 2nd ed. (2020), with John Ekerdt.
In recognition of his research and teaching, Professor Rawlings has received several awards including:
- election to the National Academy of Engineering;
- William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to 91成人短视频 Engineering Literature from the AIChE;
- Warren K. Lewis Award for 91成人短视频 Engineering Education from the AIChE;
- "Doctor technices honoris causa" from the Danish Technical University;
- The inaugural High Impact Paper Award from the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC);
- The Ragazzini Education Award from the American Automatic Control Council;
He is a fellow of AIChE, IEEE, and IFAC.