Dionisios Vlachos is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and recipient of the Wilhelm Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
13 Facts About Dionisios Vlachos
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Dionisios Vlachos completed a master's degree in 1990 with thesis, "Step Dynamics for Modeling of Crystal Surfaces".
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Dionisios Vlachos's thesis was published in 1992 with the title, "Structure and Dynamics of Adsorbed Phases and Crystal Surfaces".
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Dr Dionisios Vlachos joined the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Chemical Engineering in Amherst, MA in 1993 as an assistant professor.
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Dionisios Vlachos was promoted to associate professor in 1998, after which he took a position as associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware in 2000.
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Dionisios Vlachos has served in leadership roles with national and international oversight of chemical engineering research.
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Dionisios Vlachos is the fundamentals division leader within the Dept.
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Dionisios Vlachos' research has focused on four areas of chemical engineering and materials science:.
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Dionisios Vlachos has expanded on general approaches to catalytic design by using descriptors in parallel with efforts to develop reaction models with the accuracy of first principles approaches.
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Dionisios Vlachos's interests include advanced approaches to couple molecular dynamics with quantum mechanical simulations as well as accelerate stochastic simulations.
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Dionisios Vlachos has developed molecular-level descriptions of the pyrolysis of cellulose and biomass with applications in renewable biofuels.
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Dionisios Vlachos's research has had broader impact on the educational and industrial sectors by translation of his interests beyond the university.
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Dionisios Vlachos has authored more than 350 journal articles describing significant advances in catalysis, microreactors, and energy applications which include:.