Anirudh Shenvi, a graduate student advised by professors Agrawal, Reklaitis and Venkatasubramanian, received the Henry Ford Graduate Scholarship from the College of Engineering, Purdue University for the 2011-12 Academic Year.

The Henry Ford Scholarship winner is selected from students having the "best academic record in Engineering one year before graduation, if the student is pursuing a graduate degree."

Anirudh's objective for his PhD research is to develop and provide systematic tools to a practicing process engineer that will help identify and design low-cost, energy-efficient and practically viable distillation processes.