Prodromos Daoutidis is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota. He has also held a position as Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2004 2006. He is the recipient of several research and teaching awards and recognitions, including the NSF CAREER Award, the Model-Based Innovation Prize from Process Systems Enterprise, the Ted Peterson Award of CAST, the George Taylor Career Development Award, the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, the Ray D. Johnson/Mayon Plastics Professorship and the Shell Chair at the Univer...