Christodoulos Floudas

{{Short description|Greek–American chemical engineer}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Christodoulos Achilleus Floudas

| birth_date = 31 August 1959

| death_date = 14 August 2016

| workplaces = Princeton University, Texas A&M University

| alma_mater = Carnegie Mellon University

| doctoral_advisor = Ignacio Grossmann

}}

Christodoulos Achilleus Floudas (August 31, 1959 – August 14, 2016) was a Greek–American chemical engineer.

Floudas completed a diploma in chemical engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1982,{{cite news |title=In Memoriam Christodoulos (Chris) A. Floudas1959-2016 |url=http://www.focapo-cpc.org/pdf/Floudas.pdf |accessdate=2 June 2020}} and received his Ph.D. in 1986 at Carnegie Mellon University under the guidance of Ignacio Grossmann.{{Cite web|url=http://egon.cheme.cmu.edu/people.html|title=GROSSMANN RESEARCH GROUP - People|website=egon.cheme.cmu.edu}}{{Cite web|url=https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/christodoulos-achilleus-floudas|title=Christodoulos Achilleus Floudas | Dean of the Faculty|website=dof.princeton.edu}} Floudas began teaching at Princeton University upon earning his doctorate, and was later named the Stephen C. Macaleer ’63 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science.{{cite journal |last1=Pistikopoulos |first1=Efstratios N. |authorlink1=Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos |title=In memoriam: Professor Christodoulos A. Floudas (1959–2016) |journal=Journal of Global Optimization |date=August 2018 |volume=71 |issue=4 |pages=651–653 |doi=10.1007/s10898-018-0670-x |s2cid=51870733 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/9baba2308d483d80269c6a05a1a5706e/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=29930|url-access=subscription }} From February 2015, he was the director of the Energy Institute at Texas A&M University, as well as the Erle Nye ’59 Chair Professor for Engineering Excellence within the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering.{{Cite web|url=http://titan.engr.tamu.edu/people/floudas-cv/|title=MSEL :: Curriculum Vitæ - Christodoulos A. Floudas|website=titan.engr.tamu.edu}}

His research areas were global optimization and process systems engineering. In 2011, Floudas was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering "[f]or contributions to theory, methods, and applications of global optimization in process systems engineering, computational chemistry, and molecular biology."{{cite news |title=Professor Christodoulos A. Floudas |url=https://www.nae.edu/42069/Professor-Christodoulos-A-Floudas |accessdate=2 June 2020 |publisher=National Academy of Engineering}} In 2013, he was elected a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.{{cite news |last1=Misener |first1=Ruth |title=In Memoriam: Christodoulos Achilleus Floudas |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/research-centres-and-groups/cpse/annual-report/newsletter-and-technical-articles/FloudasReflection_CPSE.pdf |accessdate=2 June 2020 |publisher=Imperial College London |date=30 September 2016}} From 2014 to 2015, Floudas was listed as one of the highly cited researchers.{{cite news |title=A pioneer in systems engineering |url=https://www.ellines.com/en/fingerprints/17098-a-pioneer-in-systems-engineering/ |accessdate=2 June 2020 |work=Ellines}} His h-index is 100 according to Google Scholar.{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=338T-eEAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Christodoulos A. Floudas - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com}}