Auteur: Niket Sharma

Y.A. Liu, Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech, is an award-winning teacher of sustainable design and practice, and industrial sustainable design projects. American Society for Engineering Education honored Liu with the George Westinghouse Award for excellence in engineering education and Fred Merryfield Design Award for excellence in teaching and research of sustainable design. The Chemical Manufacturers Association honored Liu with the National Catalyst Award for excellence in chemical education. Niket Sharma received his Ph D in chemical engineering and M. Eng. in computer science with specialization in machine learning from Virginia Tech in 2021. He is currently a Senior Engineer at Aspen Technology, Boston, where he is working on the development of machine learning and hybrid modeling applications combining chemical engineering and data science principles. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on integrated process modelling and big data analytics for optimizing polyolefin manufacturing.