Masoud Soroush

Professor

Degrees

PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1992
MSE, Electrical Engineering: Systems, University of Michigan, 1991
MSE, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1988
BS, Chemical Engineering, Abadan Institute of Technology, Iran, 1985

Honors and Awards

• NSF Faculty Early CAREER Award, 1997
• The O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award, American Automatic Control Council, 1999 (with S. Tatiraju and R. Mutharasan)
• Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Drexel University, 1999
• Research Initiation Award, Petroleum Research Fund–American Chemical Society, 1994
• Best Presentation Award, American Control Conference, 2006
• Best Presentation Award, American Control Conference, 1998

• Fuel Cell Modeling, Control and Optimization
• Polymerization Reaction Engineering
• Nonlinear Model-Based Control
• Nonlinear State and Parameter Estimation
• Fault Detection and Identification
• High-Temperature Polymerization Reactor Design and Optimization

Bavarian, M.; Soroush, M.; Kevrikidis, I.B; Benziger, J.B. Mathematical Modeling, Steady-State and Dynamic Behavior, and Control of Fuel Cells: a Review. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2010, Publication Date (Web): July 16.

Garriga, J.L.; Soroush, H.M.; Soroush, M. On the Effects of Tunable Parameters of Model Predictive Control on the Locations of Closed-Loop Eigenvalues. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2010, Publication Date (Web): July 7.

Garriga, J.L.; Soroush, M. Model Predictive Control Tuning Methods: A Review. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2010, 49(8), 3505-3515.

Pariyani, A.; Seider, W.D.; Oktem, U.G.; Soroush, M. Incidents Investigation and Dynamic Analysis of Large Databases in Chemical Plants: An FCCU Case Study. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2010, Publication Date (Web): April 2.

Soroush, M.; Weinberger, C.B. Two Core Chemical Engineering Courses on Process Modeling. Chem. Eng. Educ. 2010, 44(1), 65–72.

Srinivasan, S.; Kalfas, G.A.; Petkovska, V.I.; Bruni, C.; Grady, M.C.; Soroush, M. Experimental Study of Spontaneous Thermal Homo-Polymerization of Methyl and n-Butyl Acrylate. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2010, Published Online, June 8.

Srinivasan, S.; Lee, M.W.; Grady, M.C.; Soroush, M.; Rappe, A.M. Computational Study of Self-Initiation Mechanism in Thermal Polymerization of Methyl, Ethyl and n-Buthyl Acrylates. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2010, Publication Date (Web): July 14.

Hajimolana, S. Ahmad; Soroush, Masoud. Dynamics and Control of a Tubular Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48, 6112-6125.

Srinivasan, S.; Lee, M. W.; Grady, M. C.; Soroush, M.; Rappe, A. M. Computational Study of the Self-Initiation Mechanism in Thermal Polymerization of Methyl Acrylate. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2009, 113(40), 10787-10794.