Faculty Directory

Zoltan Nagy

Arvind Varma Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Office: FRNY G027D
Campus Phone: (765) 494-0734
Mailing Address
Purdue University
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
(765) 494-0805
Organizational Group
Faculty
Year Started in Chemical Engineering
Joined Purdue in 2012
Degrees Received
B.S. Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, 1994
Ph.D. Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, 2001
Honors and Awards Received
2011 - 3rd place "The innovator of the year award" of the 2011 IChemE Awards for Innovations and Excellence.
2010 - Runner up for the "The innovator of the year award" of the 2010 IChemE Awards for Innovations and Excellence.
2010 - Elected Member of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFChE) Crystallisation Working Party.
2009 - "Chemical Research Collaboration Success Award", Council for Chemical Research, USA, for the work "Process Analytical Technology for Pharmaceutical Crystallization" in collaboration with R.D. Braatz group, UIUC.
2008 - "Tudor Tanasescu Award of the Romanian Academy of Science"
2008 - "Journal of Process Control Best Paper Award"
2008 - "Control Engineering Practice Best Paper Award"
2008 - 18th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering Best Paper Award
2007 - Royal Academy of Engineering and ExxonMobile Excellence in Teaching Award.
2005 - "IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award"
2003 - Automatica Outstanding Reviewer Award.
2012 - Associate Editor, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
2011 - Associate Editor, Journal of Process Control.
2008 - Associate Editor, Control Engineering Practice.
2007 - Subject Editor (Pharmaceutical Engineering), Chemical Engineering Research and Design.
Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Associates
Andy Koswara
Qinglin Su
Graduate Student Names
Inyoung Hur (Fall 2025)
Ilke Akturk (Spring 2025)
Yung-Shun Kang (Spring 2025)
Monika Neal (Spring 2025)
Montgomery Smith (Spring 2025)
Yash Barhate (Spring 2026)
Meng-Hua Yang (Spring 2027)
Megha Das (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Tyler Downard (Spring 2028)
Zachary Hillman (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Shrivatsa Korde (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Katherine Young (Spring 2028)
Dalton Yu (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Product and Process Systems Engineering
Process Control and Optimization
Systems Engineering
Pharmaceuticals
Crystallization and Crystal Engineering
Particle Engineering and Behavior

Visiting and Adjunct Faculty

Zoltan Nagy

Arvind Varma Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Office: FRNY G027D
Campus Phone: (765) 494-0734
Mailing Address
Purdue University
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
(765) 494-0805
Organizational Group
Faculty
Year Started in Chemical Engineering
Joined Purdue in 2012
Degrees Received
B.S. Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, 1994
Ph.D. Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, 2001
Honors and Awards Received
2011 - 3rd place "The innovator of the year award" of the 2011 IChemE Awards for Innovations and Excellence.
2010 - Runner up for the "The innovator of the year award" of the 2010 IChemE Awards for Innovations and Excellence.
2010 - Elected Member of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFChE) Crystallisation Working Party.
2009 - "Chemical Research Collaboration Success Award", Council for Chemical Research, USA, for the work "Process Analytical Technology for Pharmaceutical Crystallization" in collaboration with R.D. Braatz group, UIUC.
2008 - "Tudor Tanasescu Award of the Romanian Academy of Science"
2008 - "Journal of Process Control Best Paper Award"
2008 - "Control Engineering Practice Best Paper Award"
2008 - 18th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering Best Paper Award
2007 - Royal Academy of Engineering and ExxonMobile Excellence in Teaching Award.
2005 - "IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award"
2003 - Automatica Outstanding Reviewer Award.
2012 - Associate Editor, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
2011 - Associate Editor, Journal of Process Control.
2008 - Associate Editor, Control Engineering Practice.
2007 - Subject Editor (Pharmaceutical Engineering), Chemical Engineering Research and Design.
Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Associates
Andy Koswara
Qinglin Su
Graduate Student Names
Inyoung Hur (Fall 2025)
Ilke Akturk (Spring 2025)
Yung-Shun Kang (Spring 2025)
Monika Neal (Spring 2025)
Montgomery Smith (Spring 2025)
Yash Barhate (Spring 2026)
Meng-Hua Yang (Spring 2027)
Megha Das (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Tyler Downard (Spring 2028)
Zachary Hillman (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Shrivatsa Korde (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Katherine Young (Spring 2028)
Dalton Yu (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Product and Process Systems Engineering
Process Control and Optimization
Systems Engineering
Pharmaceuticals
Crystallization and Crystal Engineering
Particle Engineering and Behavior

Emeritus Faculty

Zoltan Nagy

Arvind Varma Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Office: FRNY G027D
Campus Phone: (765) 494-0734
Mailing Address
Purdue University
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
(765) 494-0805
Organizational Group
Faculty
Year Started in Chemical Engineering
Joined Purdue in 2012
Degrees Received
B.S. Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, 1994
Ph.D. Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, 2001
Honors and Awards Received
2011 - 3rd place "The innovator of the year award" of the 2011 IChemE Awards for Innovations and Excellence.
2010 - Runner up for the "The innovator of the year award" of the 2010 IChemE Awards for Innovations and Excellence.
2010 - Elected Member of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFChE) Crystallisation Working Party.
2009 - "Chemical Research Collaboration Success Award", Council for Chemical Research, USA, for the work "Process Analytical Technology for Pharmaceutical Crystallization" in collaboration with R.D. Braatz group, UIUC.
2008 - "Tudor Tanasescu Award of the Romanian Academy of Science"
2008 - "Journal of Process Control Best Paper Award"
2008 - "Control Engineering Practice Best Paper Award"
2008 - 18th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering Best Paper Award
2007 - Royal Academy of Engineering and ExxonMobile Excellence in Teaching Award.
2005 - "IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award"
2003 - Automatica Outstanding Reviewer Award.
2012 - Associate Editor, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
2011 - Associate Editor, Journal of Process Control.
2008 - Associate Editor, Control Engineering Practice.
2007 - Subject Editor (Pharmaceutical Engineering), Chemical Engineering Research and Design.
Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Associates
Andy Koswara
Qinglin Su
Graduate Student Names
Inyoung Hur (Fall 2025)
Ilke Akturk (Spring 2025)
Yung-Shun Kang (Spring 2025)
Monika Neal (Spring 2025)
Montgomery Smith (Spring 2025)
Yash Barhate (Spring 2026)
Meng-Hua Yang (Spring 2027)
Megha Das (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Tyler Downard (Spring 2028)
Zachary Hillman (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Shrivatsa Korde (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Katherine Young (Spring 2028)
Dalton Yu (Spring 2028) (co-advised with Gintaras Reklaitis)
Product and Process Systems Engineering
Process Control and Optimization
Systems Engineering
Pharmaceuticals
Crystallization and Crystal Engineering
Particle Engineering and Behavior