Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering · P. C. Rossin College

Mayuresh V. Kothare

Associate Dean for Research & R. L. McCann Professor

(610) 758-6654

mvk2@lehigh.edu

Whitaker Lab 546 & Packard Lab 308
5 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem PA 18015

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Biography

Mayuresh V. Kothare is the R. L. McCann Professor and Associate Dean for Research in the P. C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science at Lehigh University, where he has been a faculty member since 1998. His research focuses on model predictive control, linear matrix inequalities, microchemical systems, medical oxygen concentrators, and closed-loop neuromodulation control systems. He is an elected Fellow of IEEE, AIChE, and AAAS, and received the 2023 IFAC High Impact Paper Award for his foundational contributions to robust constrained model predictive control.

Areas of Research

Model predictive control
Robust constrained control
Linear matrix inequalities
Anti-windup control
Microchemical systems
Pressure swing adsorption
Medical oxygen concentrators
Closed-loop neuromodulation
Brain-machine interfaces
Vagus nerve stimulation
Cardiovascular system modeling and control
Data-driven dynamical systems modeling
Embedded control systems
Gastrointestinal system modeling
Gene regulatory network modeling

Appointments & Honors

Current Appointments

2024–Associate Dean for Research, P. C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science, Lehigh University
2022–Affiliated Faculty Member, College of Health, Lehigh University
2018–Professor of Electrical Engineering (by courtesy), Lehigh University
2017–Affiliated Faculty Member, Dept. of Bioengineering, Lehigh University

Selected Honors

2026Elected Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
2024Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2023High Impact Paper Award, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
2020Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Teaching

CHE 242: Introduction to Process Control and Simulation
CHE 434: Multivariable Process Control
BIOE/CHE 339/439: Neuronal Modeling and Computation
CHE 395/495: Applied Data Science
CHE 233/234: Process/Plant Design
CHE 185/186: Undergraduate Research
CHE 201: Methods of Analysis in Chemical Engineering
CHE 202/203: Unit Operations Laboratory
CHE 280: Unit Operations Survey
BIO 142/BIO 242: Bioengineering Research

Full Record

Associate Dean for Research, Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science, Lehigh University (2024 – present)
Affiliated Faculty Member, College of Health, Lehigh University (2022 – present)
Professor of Electrical Engineering (by courtesy), Lehigh University (2018 – present)
Affiliated Faculty Member, Dept. of Bioengineering, Lehigh University (2017 – present)
Professor of Chemical Engineering and R. L. McCann Professor, Lehigh University (June 2008 – present)
Chair, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University (July 2012 – June 2021)
Visiting Professor, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai (June 2012)
Distinguished Guest Professor, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai (August 2012 – July 2015)
Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (September 2008 – August 2012)
R. L. McCann Professor, Lehigh University (July 2004 – present)
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University (July 2003 – June 2008)
Co-Director, Chemical Process Modeling and Control Research Center, Lehigh University (2002 – 2012)
Frank Hook Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University (September 2002 – August 2004)
P. C. Rossin Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University (July 2001 – June 2003)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University (July 1998 – June 2003)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mobil Technology Company, NJ (July 1997 – June 1998)
Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, City College of New York (January–June 1997)
Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University (June–July 1996)
Research Assistant, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich (September 1994 – December 1996)
Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology (September 1991 – September 1994)
Research Assistant, IIT Bombay (June–July 1991)

Elected Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors (NAI) (2026)
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2024)
High Impact Paper Award, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) (2023)
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (2020)
Elected Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) (2018)
Inaugural Speaker, Distinguished Lecture Series in Control Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University (2017)
Listed in Most-cited Researchers in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Shanghai Global Ranking (2016)
Guest Professorship, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai (2012)
Elected Fellow, Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) (2012)
Selected to National Academy of Engineering's 14th Annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Workshop (2008)
Outstanding Young Researcher Award (under 40 years), CAST Division of AIChE (2007)
R. L. McCann Professorship, Lehigh University (2004)
Class of 1961 Associate Professorship, Lehigh University (2004)
Best Presentation in Session, American Control Conference, Denver, CO (2003)
Frank Hook Assistant Professorship, Lehigh University (2002)
Alfred Noble Robinson Award, Lehigh University (2002)
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation (2002)
Outstanding Reviewer for Automatica, IFAC (2001)
P. C. Rossin Assistant Professorship, Rossin Endowment, Lehigh University (2001)
Junior faculty (starter) grant, Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society (2001)
Ted Peterson Student Paper Award, Computing & Systems Technology (CAST) Division of AIChE (2000)
Union Oil Graduate Fellowship, California Institute of Technology (1991)
J. N. Tata Endowment prize for outstanding students pursuing graduate studies outside India (1991)
Sumant Mulgaonkar Memorial Award, Jamsetji Tata Trust, India, for academic excellence (1991)
Reliance Heat Transfer Pvt. Ltd. prize for most outstanding student graduating from Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (1991)
Silver Medal for ranking first in graduating class, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (1991)
Selected as state level representative to Indian National Mathematics Olympiad (1986)
Ranked in first fifty students of Bombay in the Bombay Talent Search examination (1984)

In-silico Modeling and Control of Cardiovascular Dynamics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2025
Multi-Model Predictive Control: Controller Formulation and Application to Medical Oxygen Concentrators, San Jose State University, 2021
Multi-Model Predictive Control: Controller Formulation and Application to Medical Oxygen Concentrators, Azeotropy 2019, IIT Bombay, 2019
Multi-Model Predictive Control: Controller Formulation and Application to Medical Oxygen Concentrators, Columbia University, 2018
Multi-Model Predictive Controller Formulation and Application to Medical Oxygen Concentrators, Zhejiang University, China, 2017
Multi-Model Predictive Controller Formulation and Application to Medical Oxygen Concentrators, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 2017
Multi-Model Predictive Control: Controller Formulation and Application to Medical Oxygen Concentrators, Distinguished Lecture Series in Control Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2017
Overview of Research in Dynamics and Control of Chemical and Neural Systems, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia, 2013
Modeling and Control Problems in Closed-Loop Neuroprosthetic Systems, LFHM Seminar Series, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
Non-Equilibrium, Non-Isobaric, Non-Isothermal Desorption of Nitrogen from a LiX Zeolite Column, 11th International Conference on the Fundamentals of Adsorption, Baltimore, MD, 2013
Dynamics and Control of Integrated Microchemical Systems, 10th IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes (ADCHEM), Singapore, 2012
Synthesis of Controllers for Constrained Systems, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 2012
Control of Constrained Multivariable Systems using Linear Matrix Inequalities, Zhejiang University, China, 2012
Broadcast Model Predictive Control of Multi-Cellular Systems, AIChE CAST Division Plenary Session, 2009
Dynamics and Control of Integrated Microchemical Systems, GE Water and Process Technology, Trevose, PA, 2007
Dynamics and Control of Integrated Microchemical Systems, University of California Santa Barbara, 2006
Linear Matrix Inequalities in Chemical Process Control, 2007 Advanced Process Control workshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2007
Synthesis of Controllers for Constrained Systems, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2006
Synthesis of Controllers for Constrained Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, 2005
Integrated Microchemical Systems with Application to Micro-Scale Fuel Processing, University of Pittsburgh, 2005
Integrated Microchemical Systems with Application to Micro-Scale Fuel Processing, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada, 2005
Synthesis of Controllers for Constrained Systems, 24th Annual Benelux national meeting on Systems and Control, Houffalize, Belgium, 2005
Dynamics and Control of Integrated Microchemical Systems, 24th Annual Benelux national meeting on Systems and Control, Houffalize, Belgium, 2005
Dynamics and Control of Integrated Microchemical Systems, 7th Conference on Chemical Process Control (CPC7), Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, 2006
A Framework for Scheduled Output Feedback Model Predictive Control for Constrained Nonlinear Systems, 7th IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes (ADCHEM), Hong Kong, 2004
High Performance Embedded Model Predictive Control System-on-Chip, Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, 2004
A Framework for Design of Scheduled Model Predictive Control for Constrained Nonlinear Systems, DuPont, Wilmington, DE, 2004
Integrated Microchemical Systems, New Jersey Center for Microchemical Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2004
Integrated Microchemical Systems with Applications in Micro-Reforming, City College of the City University of New York, 2003
Integrated Microchemical Systems with Applications in Micro-Reforming, Corning Incorporated, 2003
Fuel Processing Microreactors for Hydrogen Production by Methanol Reforming, Knowledge Foundation's 5th International Symposium Small Fuel Cells 2003, New Orleans, LA, 2003
Analysis and Synthesis of Feedback Controllers for Actuator Limited Multivariable Systems, Dept. of Mathematics, Lehigh University, 2003
Control and Dynamical Systems Research at Lehigh University, Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005
Linear Matrix Inequalities in Systems and Control, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Lehigh University, 2002
Issues in Micro and Nano-scale Power Devices, Pennsylvania Nanotechnology 2002, Harrisburg, PA, 2002
Smart Microchemical Plant-on-Chip for High Performance Microscale Portable Power, Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, 2002
Research in Linear Matrix Inequalities and Integrated Microchemical Systems, ExxonMobil Chemical Company, Baytown, Texas, 2001
Some Research Problems in Constrained Process Control and Integrated Microchemical Systems, University of Delaware, 2001
Integrated Microchemical Systems: Chemical Plant-on-chip, Lehigh University, 2001
Smart Microchemical Plant-on-Chip for High Performance Microscale Portable Power, Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, 2001
Some Research Problems in Constrained Process Control and Integrated Microchemical Systems, Chemical Process Modeling and Control Research Center, Lehigh University, 2000
Constrained Process Control: Theory and Practice, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2000
Chemical Microplant on a Chip: Miniature Fuel Processing for Portable Power, Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, 2000
An Integrated Chemical Reforming Microplant for Fuel Cell Applications, NSF grantees workshop, Washington DC, 2000
Perspectives in Constrained Process Control: Theory and Practice, Lehigh University, 1999
Control of Systems Subject to Constraints, Lehigh University, 1997
Control of Constrained Systems, City College of New York, 1997
Perspectives in Constrained Process Control: Theory and Practice, Industrial Advisory Committee Meeting, Chemical Process Modeling & Control Center, Lehigh University, 1997
Constrained Control of Linear Systems, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, 1996
Robust Constrained Model Predictive Control using Linear Matrix Inequalities, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, 1995
A Unified Framework for the Study of Anti-Windup Control Systems, California Institute of Technology, 1993
Efficient Scheduled Stabilizing Model Predictive Control for Constrained Nonlinear Systems, International Workshop on Assessment and Future Directions of Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, Germany, 2005
Efficient Scheduled Model Predictive Control for Constrained Nonlinear Systems, NSF workshop on Mathematical Modeling and Control of Plasmas in Magnetic Fusion, 2006
Smart Microchemical Plant-on-Chip for High Performance Microscale Portable Power, Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, 2000