• Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Bryan Research and Engineering Chair in Chemical Engineering
  • Managing Director, TEES Gas and Fuels Research Center
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Educational Background

  • Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles – 1990
  • M.S., Cairo University – 1986
  • B.S., Cairo University – 1984

Research Interests

    • Sustainable design of industrial processes
    • Process integration, intensification, simulation, and optimization
    • Process safety
    • Energy systems and green energy carriers
    • Hydrocarbon processing, chemical process industries, and integrated biorefineries
    • Industrial ecology
    • Water management
    • Low-carbon footprint technologies

Industry Experience

    • Served on more than 60 industrial projects in the areas of process innovation and improvement, productivity enhancement, multi-scale systems integration, optimization, techno-economic assessment, and sustainability.

Awards & Honors

  • 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award in Research – University Level, the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University
  • 2020 Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Computing and Systems Technology Division (AIChE CAST)
  • 2020 Engineering Genesis Award, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
  • 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University
  • 2018 Distinguished Service Award, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University
  • 2018 Most Helpful Professor Award, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Chapter, Texas A&M University
  • 2016 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Faculty Fellow Research Award
  • 2016 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Engineering Genesis Award
  • 2014 Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • 2013 Celanese Distinguished Teaching Award
  • 2012 Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching – University Level, the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University
  • 2012 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Faculty Fellow Research Award
  • 2011 Excellence and Service Award (as Chair of the Computing and Systems Technology Division), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • 2011 Faculty of the Year Award, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Chapter, Texas A&M University
  • 2009 The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Sustainable Engineering Forum (AIChE SEF) Research Excellence Award
  • 1994 The National Science Foundation's National Young Investigator Award

Selected Publications

  • Atilhan, S., S. Park, M. M. El-Halwagi, M. Atilhan, M. Moore, and R. B. Nielsen, “Green Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel for the Shipping Industry”, Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, Vol. 31, 100668 (2021)
  • Panu, M., K. Topolski, S. Abrash, and M. M. El-Halwagi, “CO2 Footprint Reduction via the Optimal Design of Carbon-Hydrogen-Oxygen SYmbiosis Networks (CHOSYNs)”, Chem. Eng. Sci., 203, 1-11 (2019)
  • El-Halwagi, M. M., “Sustainable Design through Process Integration: Fundamentals and Applications to Industrial Pollution Prevention, Resource Conservation, and Profitability Enhancement”, Second Edition, IChemE/Elsevier (2017)
  • El-Halwagi, M. M., “Process Integration”, Elsevier (2006)
  • El-Halwagi, M. M., “Pollution Prevention through Process Integration: Systematic Design Tools", Academic Press, San Diego (1997)
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