Professor Sandro Macchietto FREng

Professor of Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London

Professor Sandro Macchietto is an international leader in Process Systems Engineering who has established innovative organisations in both academia and industry with strong interfaces between them. His academic research, originating methods for simulation, design, control and optimisation of process systems, is widely applied in industry.

He has established two successful spinoffs (Process Systems Enterprise; Hexxcell), co-founded and directed multidisciplinary research centres (Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Energy Futures Lab), directed the UK-Russia UNIHEAT project for refining energy efficiency and created the innovative MSc Course ‘Sustainable Energy Futures’. Recognitions include Queen’s Awards for Excellence and for Enterprise and RAEng MacRobert Award.