Fengqi You

Professor and computer scientist

Fengqi You

Born| 1983 (age 40-41)
Citizenship| United States
Known for| Energy systems engineering, process systems engineering, optimization, sustainability, control and automation, computational and data sciences, AI for Science
Awards| AAAS Fellow, AIChE Fellow, Fellow of RSC
Scientific career
Fields| Systems engineering
Institutions| Cornell University
Doctoral advisor| Ignacio E. Grossmann
Website| https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/faculty-directory/fengqi-you or https://peese.org

Fengqi You (Chinese: 尤峰崎; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iû Hong-khi) is a professor and holds the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Chair at Cornell University in the United States.[1][2] His research focuses on systems engineering and data science.[3] According to Google Scholar, his h-index is 80.[4]

## Career[edit]

Fengqi You completed his undergraduate studies at Tsinghua University, and received his Ph.D. in 2009 from Carnegie Mellon University.[5][6][7] After working at Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University, he moved to Cornell University, where he holds positions in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research and Information Engineering, Applied Information Systems, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.[8] He is Cornell Energy Institute's associate director,[9] co-director of Cornell Institute of Digital Agriculture,[10] and Chair of Ph.D. Studies in Cornell Systems Engineering.[11] He co-directs Cornell University AI for Science Institute (CUAISci) and co-leads the Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Cornell with Carla Gomes.[12][13]

You is an associate editor of Science Advances,[14] an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology,[15] and editor of Computers & Chemical Engineering.[16] He is a member of the editorial boards of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering,[17] AIChE Journal,[18] and Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.[19]

## Teaching and research[edit]

Fengqi You teaches courses on computational optimization, machine learning, deep learning,[20] quantum computing and artificial intelligence,[21] and process design.[22] He developed a graduate certificate program on Computational and Data Science.[23] There are news media reports about his research on quantum artificial intelligence,[24] renewable energy transition,[25] smart energy systems,[26] solar energy materials,[27] electric vehicle batteries,[28] water management,[29] climate impacts of hybrid events and metaverse,[30] carbon neutrality,[31][32] microplastics,[33] plastics and medical waste recycling,[34] carbon footprint accounting,[35] crypto,[36] the environmental effects of bitcoin,[37] and AI in Science.[38]

## Awards[edit]

* 2010 — Carnegie Mellon University Ken Meyer Award[39]
* 2013 — Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Investigator Award[40]
* 2016 — NSF Career Award[41]
* 2017 — American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environmental Division Award[42]
* 2017 — Sustainable Engineering Research Award[43]
* 2018 — Cornell Research Excellence Award[44]
* 2018 — ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award[45]
* 2019 — Excellence in Process Development Research Award by AIChE[46]
* 2020 — Program Committee's Award for Innovations in Green Process Engineering[47]
* 2020 — Curtis W. McGraw Research Award from American Society for Engineering Education[48]
* 2020 — American Automatic Control Council O. Hugo Schuck Award[49][50]
* 2021 — Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)[51]
* 2022 — Stratis V. Sotirchos Lectureship Award, Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas[52]
* 2022 — Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE Fellow)[53]
* 2023 — Fellow of AAAS[54]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Fengqi You | Cornell Engineering". engineering.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
2. ^ "Fengqi You Brings Energy Systems Engineering to Cornell | Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering". www.cheme.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
3. ^ "Fengqi You, AIChE". 6 July 2016.
4. ^ "Fengqi You - Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
5. ^ "Welcome Fengqi You | Cornell Engineering". www.engineering.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
6. ^ "Olin Hall News Fall 2015" (PDF).
7. ^ "Fengqi You".
8. ^ "Fengqi You Brings Energy Systems Engineering to Cornell | Cornell Engineering". www.engineering.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
9. ^ "Leadership | Cornell Energy Systems Institute".
10. ^ "Leadership | Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture". digitalagriculture.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
11. ^ "Academic Leadership | Systems Engineering".
12. ^ "Cornell joins Schmidt AI in Science postdoc research initiative". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
13. ^ "Leadership and Staff – Cornell University AI for Science Institute". science.ai.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
14. ^ "Editorial Board | Science Advances".
15. ^ "IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Editorial Board | IEEE Control Systems Society". ieeecss.org. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
16. ^ "Fengqi You, PHD".
17. ^ "Issue Editorial Masthead". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8 (30): scv008i030_1399344. 2020-08-03. doi:10.1021/scv008i030_1399344. ISSN 2168-0485.
18. ^ "AIChE Journal". American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
19. ^ "Issue Editorial Masthead". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 59 (31): iev059i031_1400000. 2020-08-05. doi:10.1021/iev059i031_1400000. ISSN 0888-5885. S2CID 241586311.
20. ^ Registrar, Cornell University, Office of the University. "Fall 2023 - SYSEN 6888". classes.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-19.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
21. ^ "Spring 2021 - SYSEN 5860". classes.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
22. ^ "Teaching".
23. ^ "Computational and Data Science Certificate | Systems Engineering". www.systemseng.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
24. ^ "Cornell Researchers Integrate Quantum Computing with AI for a Smarter Power Grid". HPCwire. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
25. ^ Kacapyr, Syl. "AI tool could help plan New York state's transition to clean electrical power". techxplore.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
26. ^ Lefkowitz-Cornell, Melanie (2019-02-05). "Machine learning lets old building use less heat". Futurity. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
27. ^ Liang, Haoyue; You, Fengqi (2023-03-08). "Reshoring silicon photovoltaics manufacturing contributes to decarbonization and climate change mitigation". Nature Communications. 14 (1): 1274. Bibcode:2023NatCo..14.1274L. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36827-z. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 9995667. PMID 36890141.
28. ^ Zhang, Chunbo; Zhao, Xiang; Sacchi, Romain; You, Fengqi (2023-04-11). "Trade-off between critical metal requirement and transportation decarbonization in automotive electrification". Nature Communications. 14 (1): 1616. Bibcode:2023NatCo..14.1616Z. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37373-4. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 10090058. PMID 37041146.
29. ^ "Irrigazione Scientifica Ottimizzata e Consapevole – In a Bottle". www.inabottle.it. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
30. ^ Kaye, Danielle (2022-01-28). "Conferences comeback faces climate challenge". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
31. ^ "Un groupe de défense met en doute les efforts du Qatar d'organiser une Coupe du monde neutre en carbone". ZeGreenWeb (in French). 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
32. ^ Koop, Fermin (2022-10-19). "Will the World Cup in Qatar be carbon-neutral? Probably not, experts claim". ZME Science. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
33. ^ "New Technology To Remove Plastic Microbeads from Oceans". www.plastemart.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
34. ^ "Your disposable COVID masks could be reborn as fuel". Popular Science. 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
35. ^ DeWeerdt, Sarah (2022-07-19). "Much of the ivory tower's carbon footprint start off campus". Retrieved 2023-01-08.
36. ^ "These are the top U.S. States for Bitcoin mining". fortune.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
37. ^ Tessaglia-Hymes, Diane; University, Cornell. "Study shows how wind and solar projects could profit from bitcoin mining". techxplore.com. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
38. ^ "Cornell University selected for Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship". www.weny.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
39. ^ "Fengqi You Receives Ken Meyer Award".
40. ^ "Engineer Honored with Early Career Investigator Award".
41. ^ "Environmental Issues and Process Industries". Cornell Research. 2016-12-14. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
42. ^ "Fengqi You wins 2017 Environmental Division Early Career Award from AIChE | Operations Research and Information Engineering".
43. ^ "Fengqi You wins the 2017 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Research Award | Operations Research and Information Engineering".
44. ^ "Fengqi You receives Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Award, 2018 | Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering".
45. ^ Allen, David T. (2017). "Luque, Yan, You: 2018 Winners of the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Awards". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 5 (9): 7450. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02826.
46. ^ "Excellence in Process Development Research Award". 28 March 2012.
47. ^ "Fengqi You Receives AIChE Program Committee's Award for Innovations in Green Process Engineering | Cornell Engineering".
48. ^ "Fengqi You has been selected to receive the 2020 Curtis W. McGraw Research Award | Cornell Energy Systems Institute".
49. ^ "The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) has awarded Dr. Fengqi You, and Chao Ning, the 2020 O. Hugo Schuck Award | Systems Engineering".
50. ^ "AACC Awards [5 awards]". 2020 American Control Conference (ACC). July 2020. pp. 17–21. doi:10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9147246. ISBN 978-1-5386-8266-1.
51. ^ "Fengqi You elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry". www.cheme.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
52. ^ "Stratis V. Sotirchos Lectureship Award 2022". Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
53. ^ "Professor Fengqi You Elected as AIChE Fellow | Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering". www.cheme.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
54. ^ "Twelve faculty members elected AAAS fellows". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-02-17.

## External links[edit]

* Research group website
* Fengqi You's publications indexed by Google Scholar
* Cornell University Online Open Textbook on Computational Optimization
* Northwestern University Chemical Process Design Open Textbook
* Northwestern University Open Text Book on Process Optimization
* COVID-19 Cases in New York State

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