Biography:Fengqi You

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Fengqi You
Born1983 (age 42–43)
CitizenshipUnited States
Known forEnergy systems engineering, process systems engineering, optimization, sustainability, control and automation, computational and data sciences, AI for Science
AwardsAAAS Fellow, AIChE Fellow, Fellow of RSC
Scientific career
FieldsSystems engineering
InstitutionsCornell University
Doctoral advisorIgnacio E. Grossmann
Websitehttps://www.engineering.cornell.edu/faculty-directory/fengqi-you or https://peese.org

Fengqi You 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 95.[4]

Career

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 co-director of Cornell Institute of Digital Agriculture,[9] and Chair of Ph.D. Studies in Cornell Systems Engineering.[10] 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.[11][12] He is also the director of the Cornell AI for Sustainability Initiative (CAISI).[13][14][15]

You is an associate editor of Science Advances,[16] an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology,[17] an associate editor of Applied Energy,[18] and editor of Computers & Chemical Engineering.[19] He is a member of the editorial boards of ACM Transactions on AI for Science,[20] ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering,[21] AIChE Journal,[22] and Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.[23]

Teaching and research

Fengqi You teaches courses on computational optimization, machine learning, deep learning,[24] quantum computing and artificial intelligence,[25] AI for materials,[26] AI for sustainability,[27] and process design.[28] He developed a graduate certificate program on Computational and Data Science.[29] He also teaches courses on AI for Materials, AI for Sustainability, AI for Science, AI for Energy Systems, and AI for Digital Agriculture.[30] There are news media reports about his research on quantum artificial intelligence,[31] renewable energy transition,[32][33] smart energy systems,[34] solar energy materials,[35][36][37][38][39] electric vehicle batteries,[40] water management,[41] climate impacts of hybrid events and metaverse,[42] carbon neutrality,[43][44] microplastics,[45][46][47][48] plastics and medical waste recycling,[49] carbon footprint accounting,[50][51] crypto,[52] the environmental effects of bitcoin,[53] digital agriculture,[54] AI for materials,[55][56] and AI in Science.[57][58][59]

Awards

  • 2010 — Carnegie Mellon University Ken Meyer Award[60]
  • 2013 — Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Investigator Award[61]
  • 2016 — NSF Career Award[62]
  • 2017 — American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environmental Division Award[63]
  • 2017 — Sustainable Engineering Research Award[64]
  • 2018 — Cornell Research Excellence Award[65]
  • 2018 — ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award[66]
  • 2019 — Excellence in Process Development Research Award by AIChE[67]
  • 2020 — Program Committee's Award for Innovations in Green Process Engineering[68]
  • 2020 — Curtis W. McGraw Research Award from American Society for Engineering Education[69]
  • 2020 — American Automatic Control Council O. Hugo Schuck Award[70][71]
  • 2021 — Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)[72]
  • 2022 — Stratis V. Sotirchos Lectureship Award, Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas[73]
  • 2022 — Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE Fellow)[74]
  • 2023 — Fellow of AAAS[75]
  • 2024 — Amazon Research Award[76]
  • 2024 — Lawrence K. Cecil Award in Environmental Chemical Engineering[77]

References

  1. ↑ "Fengqi You | Cornell Engineering". engineering.cornell.edu. https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/faculty-directory/fengqi-you. 
  2. ↑ "Fengqi You Brings Energy Systems Engineering to Cornell | Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering". https://www.cheme.cornell.edu/magazine/features/fengqi-you-brings-energy-systems-engineering-cornell. 
  3. ↑ "Fengqi You, AIChE". 6 July 2016. https://www.aiche.org/community/bio/fengqi-you. 
  4. ↑ "Fengqi You - Google Scholar". https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3ixInr8AAAAJ&hl=en. 
  5. ↑ "Welcome Fengqi You | Cornell Engineering". https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/spotlights/welcome-fengqi-you. 
  6. ↑ "Olin Hall News Fall 2015". https://www.cheme.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/users/user5543/Olin%20Hall%20News%209_30_15.pdf. 
  7. ↑ "Fengqi You". https://www.peese.org/professor/. 
  8. ↑ "Fengqi You Brings Energy Systems Engineering to Cornell | Cornell Engineering". https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/magazine/features/fengqi-you-brings-energy-systems-engineering-cornell. 
  9. ↑ "Leadership | Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture". https://digitalagriculture.cornell.edu/about/leadership/. 
  10. ↑ "Academic Leadership | Systems Engineering". https://www.systemseng.cornell.edu/se/people/academic-leadership. 
  11. ↑ "Cornell joins Schmidt AI in Science postdoc research initiative" (in en). https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/10/cornell-joins-schmidt-ai-science-postdoc-research-initiative. 
  12. ↑ "Leadership and Staff – Cornell University AI for Science Institute". https://science.ai.cornell.edu/people/leadership-staff/. 
  13. ↑ "People – Cornell AI4S Initiative". https://sustainability.ai.cornell.edu/people/. 
  14. ↑ "AI for Sustainability Visiting Professorship launches at Cornell | Cornell Chronicle" (in en). https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/11/ai-sustainability-visiting-professorship-launches-cornell. 
  15. ↑ "Newest NRT awardees empower STEM graduate students through mentorship - National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program | NSF - National Science Foundation" (in en). https://www.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/nrt/newest-nrt-awardees-empower-stem-graduate-students-through-mentorship. 
  16. ↑ "Editorial Board | Science Advances". https://www.science.org/content/page/science-advances-editorial-board. 
  17. ↑ "IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Editorial Board | IEEE Control Systems Society". http://ieeecss.org/publication/transactions-control-systems-technology/editors. 
  18. ↑ "Editorial board - Applied Energy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/applied-energy/about/editorial-board. 
  19. ↑ "Fengqi You, PHD". https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/computers-and-chemical-engineering/about/editorial-board. 
  20. ↑ "ACM TRANSACTIONS ON AI FOR SCIENCE Editorial Board | ACM Digital Library" (in en). doi:10.1145/tais. https://dl.acm.org/journal/tais/editorial-board?doi=10.1145%2Ftais&publicationCode=tais. 
  21. ↑ "Issue Editorial Masthead" (in en). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 8 (30). 2020-08-03. doi:10.1021/scv008i030_1399344. ISSN 2168-0485. 
  22. ↑ "AIChE Journal" (in en). doi:10.1002/(ISSN)1547-5905. https://aiche.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/15475905/homepage/editorialboard.html. 
  23. ↑ "Issue Editorial Masthead" (in en). Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59 (31). 2020-08-05. doi:10.1021/iev059i031_1400000. ISSN 0888-5885. 
  24. ↑ Registrar, Cornell University, Office of the University. "Fall 2023 - SYSEN 6888" (in en). https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/FA23/class/SYSEN/6888. 
  25. ↑ "Spring 2021 - SYSEN 5860" (in en). https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP21/class/SYSEN/5860. 
  26. ↑ Registrar, Cornell University, Office of the University. "Spring 2025 - CHEME 6820" (in en). https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP25/class/CHEME/6820. 
  27. ↑ Registrar, Cornell University, Office of the University. "Spring 2025 - CHEME 6810" (in en). https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP25/class/CHEME/6810. 
  28. ↑ "Teaching". https://www.peese.org/teaching/. 
  29. ↑ "Computational and Data Science Certificate | Systems Engineering". https://www.systemseng.cornell.edu/se/programs/certificate-program/computational-and-data-science-certificate. 
  30. ↑ "AI4S Curriculum and Events – Cornell AI4S Initiative". https://sustainability.ai.cornell.edu/nrt/ai4s-curriculum-and-events/. 
  31. ↑ "Cornell Researchers Integrate Quantum Computing with AI for a Smarter Power Grid" (in en-US). https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/cornell-researchers-integrate-quantum-computing-with-ai-for-a-smarter-power-grid/. 
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  33. ↑ "Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits" (in en). 2025-05-22. https://apnews.com/article/congress-clean-energy-reconciliation-tax-credits-trump-c66009b4ac41a37517429bc08df26251. 
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  36. ↑ Liang, Haoyue; You, Fengqi (2023-03-08). "Reshoring silicon photovoltaics manufacturing contributes to decarbonization and climate change mitigation" (in en). Nature Communications 14 (1): 1274. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36827-z. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 36890141. Bibcode: 2023NatCo..14.1274L. 
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  40. ↑ Zhang, Chunbo; Zhao, Xiang; Sacchi, Romain; You, Fengqi (2023-04-11). "Trade-off between critical metal requirement and transportation decarbonization in automotive electrification" (in en). Nature Communications 14 (1): 1616. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37373-4. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 37041146. Bibcode: 2023NatCo..14.1616Z. 
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  49. ↑ "Your disposable COVID masks could be reborn as fuel" (in en-US). 2022-03-24. https://www.popsci.com/environment/covid-waste-fuel-plastics/. 
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  52. ↑ "These are the top U.S. States for Bitcoin mining". https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/09/26/top-u-s-states-bitcoin-mining/. 
  53. ↑ Tessaglia-Hymes, Diane; University, Cornell. "Study shows how wind and solar projects could profit from bitcoin mining" (in en). https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-solar-profit-bitcoin.html. 
  54. ↑ "How AI can slash indoor farming energy use" (in en). 2024-09-10. https://www.agtechnavigator.com/Article/2024/09/10/How-AI-can-slash-indoor-farming-energy-use/. 
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  57. ↑ "Cornell University selected for Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship" (in en). https://www.weny.com/story/47799986/cornell-university-selected-for-schmidt-ai-in-science-postdoctoral-fellowship. 
  58. ↑ Vendrell, Raul Conchello; Ajagekar, Akshay; Bergman, Michael T.; Hall, Carol K.; You, Fengqi (2024-12-18). "Designing microplastic-binding peptides with a variational quantum circuit–based hybrid quantum-classical approach". Science Advances 10 (51). doi:10.1126/sciadv.adq8492. PMID 39693432. Bibcode: 2024SciA...10.8492V. 
  59. ↑ Gosavi, Atharva. "Amazon plans massive $10 billion AI data center in North Carolina" (in en). https://interestingengineering.com/culture/amazon-boosts-ai-with-10b-investment. 
  60. ↑ "Fengqi You Receives Ken Meyer Award". https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/chemical-biological/news-events/news/articles/archive/news-2010-05-24.html. 
  61. ↑ "Engineer Honored with Early Career Investigator Award". https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2013/06/chemical-engineer-honored-with-early-career-investigator-award/. 
  62. ↑ "Environmental Issues and Process Industries" (in en). 2016-12-14. https://research.cornell.edu/research/environmental-issues-and-process-industries. 
  63. ↑ "Fengqi You wins 2017 Environmental Division Early Career Award from AIChE | Operations Research and Information Engineering". https://www.orie.cornell.edu/news/fengqi-you-wins-2017-environmental-division-early-career-award-aiche. 
  64. ↑ "Fengqi You wins the 2017 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Research Award | Operations Research and Information Engineering". https://www.orie.cornell.edu/news/fengqi-you-wins-2017-aiche-sustainable-engineering-research-award. 
  65. ↑ "Fengqi You receives Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Award, 2018 | Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering". https://www.cheme.cornell.edu/news/fengqi-you-receives-cornell-engineering-research-excellence-award-2018. 
  66. ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2017ASCE....5.7450A. 
  67. ↑ "Excellence in Process Development Research Award". 28 March 2012. https://www.aiche.org/community/awards/excellence-process-development-research-award. 
  68. ↑ "Fengqi You Receives AIChE Program Committee's Award for Innovations in Green Process Engineering | Cornell Engineering". https://www.cheme.cornell.edu/news/fengqi-you-receives-aiche-program-committees-award-innovations-green-process-engineering. 
  69. ↑ "Fengqi You has been selected to receive the 2020 Curtis W. McGraw Research Award | Cornell Energy Systems Institute". https://energy.cornell.edu/news/fengqi-you-cbe-has-been-selected-receive-2020-curtis-w-mcgraw-research-award. 
  70. ↑ "The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) has awarded Dr. Fengqi You, and Chao Ning, the 2020 O. Hugo Schuck Award | Systems Engineering". https://www.systemseng.cornell.edu/news/american-automatic-control-council-aacc-has-awarded-dr-fengqi-you-and-chao-ning-2020-o-hugo. 
  71. ↑ "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. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9147246. 
  72. ↑ "Fengqi You elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry". https://www.cheme.cornell.edu/news/fengqi-you-elected-fellow-royal-society-chemistry-frsc. 
  73. ↑ "Stratis V. Sotirchos Lectureship Award 2022" (in en). https://www.forth.gr/en/news/show/&tid=2118. 
  74. ↑ "Professor Fengqi You Elected as AIChE Fellow | Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering". https://www.cheme.cornell.edu/news/professor-fengqi-you-elected-aiche-fellow. 
  75. ↑ "Twelve faculty members elected AAAS fellows" (in en). https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/01/twelve-faculty-members-elected-aaas-fellows. 
  76. ↑ "Fengqi You" (in en). https://www.amazon.science/research-awards/recipients/fengqi-you. 
  77. ↑ "Lawrence K. Cecil Award in Environmental Chemical Engineering" (in en). 2012-03-28. https://www.aiche.org/community/awards/lawrence-k-cecil-award-environmental-chemical-engineering. 



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