ThomasBadgwell

About

Thomas A. (Tom) Badgwell, Ph.D., PE, is a Professor of Practice in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He earned a B.S. from Rice University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, all in Chemical Engineering, and he is registered as a Professional Engineer in Texas.

Tom’s career has focused on modeling, optimization and control of chemical processes, with past positions at Setpoint, Fisher/Rosemount, Rice University, Aspen Technology, ExxonMobil and Collaborative Systems Integration.

He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and a past Director of the Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Division, from which he received the Computing Practice Award in 2013. He is also a member of the IEEE Control Systems Society. Tom was inducted into the Control Global Process Automation Hall of Fame in 2022. He has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Process Control, as an Industrial Trustee of the Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (CACHE) Corporation, as a Member of the IFAC Industry Committee, and is presently the Vice Chair, Industry on the IFAC Technical Committee (6.1) on Chemical Process Control.

He has 5 patents, and his 25 publications have received over 11,000 citations.

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (1992)
M.S., Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (1990)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Rice University (1982)

Select Awards & Honors

• Babatunde A. Ogunnaike Control Practice Award – American Automatic Control Council (2024)
• Distinguished Industrial Lecturer – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Control Systems Society (2024)
• Control Global Process Automation Hall of Fame (2022)
• Computing Practice Award – Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Division (2013)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers fellow (2011)

Select Publications