Ali Cinar
Professor of Chemical EngineeringDirector, Complex Systems and Dynamics Research Center, IIT
Director, Engineering Center for Diabetes Research and Education, IIT
Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate College
Office: Room 217 Perlstein Hall (ChBE Dept), 301E MB (Graduate College)
Phone: 312.567.3042 (ChBE), 312.567.3637 (GC)
Fax: 312.567.8874 (ChBE), 312.567.7517 (GC)
Email:
cinar@iit.edu
Web:
Personal Webpage
Expertise
Education
- B.S. from Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey (Chemical Engineering, 1970)
- M. Eng. from Texas A & M University (Chemical Engineering, 1973)
- Ph.D. from Texas A & M University (Chemical Engineering, 1976)
Research
Complex Adaptive Agent-Based Systems
- Hierarchical multi-agent systems for modeling, supervision, and control of distributed complex adaptive systems
- Bifurcation analysis and complexity in large distributed systems
Supervision of Manufacturing Process Operations
- Multivariable process monitoring, performance assessment, and fault diagnosis
- Nonlinear and multivariable process model development
- Knowledge-based systems for supervisory process control and intelligent process operations
Modeling and Simulation of Biomedical Systems
- Dynamic modeling of glucose and insulin variations in blood for patients with diabetes
- Metabolic pathway models for signaling insulin secretion and utilization
- Monitoring and trend analysis automation in patient supervision systems.
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
- 2003 - Ernst W. Thiele Award, Chicago Section of AIChE
- 1996 - W. M. Langdon Award for Excellence in Teaching
- 1992-1993 - ASA/NSF/NIST Senior Research Fellow
