Mike Doherty
UCSB Chemical Engineering Department Chair, Professor
Research
Modeling, Theory, and Simulation
Affiliations
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
American Chemical Society
Cambridge Philosophical Society (Fellow)
Honors
E.V. Murphree Award for Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, American Chemical Society
2012
Stanley Katz Memorial Lecture, Department of Chemical Engineering, City College of the City University of New York
2011
Editors’ Choice article selected by the editors of the Journal of Chemical Physics for, “Bubbles, Crystals, and Laser-Induced Nucleation,” J. Chem. Phys., 134, 171102/1-4 (2011) by B. Knott, J.L. LaRue, A. Wodtke, M.F. Doherty and B. Peters
2011
The Roger Sargent Lecture, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London
2010
Distinguished Researcher Lecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Imperial College, London
2009
Centennial Lecture, Imperial College London
2008
Michael Abbott Memorial Lecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2008
AstraZenica Lecture, University of Manchester, UK
2008
Named one of the “One Hundred Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era” (post 1945) by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
2008
Ruth-Larson Lecture, Iowa State University
2007
Botsaris Lecture (inaugural lecture), Tufts University
2006
Dow-Sharma Lectures, University Institute of Chemical Technology, Bombay, India
2006
Tilak Lecture, University Institute of Chemical Technology, Bombay, India
2005
Featured Educator for 2004, Chemical Engineering Education, 38 (3), 168-173 (2004)
2004
Clarence G. Gerhold Award, Separations Division, AIChE
2004
Excellence in Process Development Research Award, Process Development Division, AIChE (awarded jointly with M. F. Malone)
2004
Process Systems Engineering Consortium (Link)
UCSB in conjunction with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2004
Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research, AIChE
2004
Best Paper of the Year Award, 2001, Computers and Chemical Engineering, for “A Systematic Method for Reaction Invariants and Mole Balances for Computers Chem. Engng., 25, 1199-1217 (2001)
2001
Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship, University of Massachusetts
1998
Eastman Lecturer, University of Tennessee
1997
Merck, Sharp and Dohme Lectures, University of Puerto Rico
1996
Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, CAST Division of AIChE (awarded jointly with M. F. Malone)
1996
Best Paper of the Year Award, 1993, Computers and Chemical Engineering, for “Computing Azeotropes in Multicomponent Mixtures,” by Z. T. Fidkowski, M.F. Malone and M.F. Doherty, Computers Chem. Engng., 17, 1141-1155 (1993)
1993
Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts
1993
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts
1981
Education
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
Trinity College,
University of Cambridge
1977
B.S. Chemical Engineering
Imperial College,
University of London
1973
Contact
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080