DavidAllen

About

David Allen is the author of seven books and more than 250 papers, primarily in the areas of urban air quality, the engineering of sustainable systems, and the development of materials for environmental and engineering education. Allen has been a lead investigator for multiple air quality measurement studies, which have had a substantial impact on the direction of air quality policies.

He directs the Air Quality Research Program for the State of Texas, and he is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the American Chemical Society’s journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry Engineering. He has developed environmental educational materials for engineering curricula and for the University’s core curriculum, as well as engineering education materials for high school students. He led the development of a year-long high school engineering course, Engineer Your World, which is used in hundreds of high schools nationwide.

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1983)
M.S., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1981)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University (1979)

Select Awards & Honors

• President’s Research Impact Award – The University of Texas at Austin (2025)
• Billy & Claude R. Hocott Distinguished Centennial Engineering Research Award – The University of Texas at Austin (2021-2022)
• Energy Transition Award – ENI (2020)
• National Academy of Engineering fellow (2017)
• Distinguished Alumnus – Cornell University, Class of 1979 (2014)
• Zarrow Family K-16 Teaching Innovation Award – The University of Texas at Austin (2014)
• American Chemical Society elected fellow (2013)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers elected fellow (2012)
• Warren K. Lewis Award for Chemical Engineering Education – American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2011)

Related Websites

• Center for Energy and Environmental Resources (CEER)
• Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis (CEESA)

Select Publications