Welcome to the Li Group

We are a research group at the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering of Purdue University. Our aim is to develop theory, algorithms, models, and software for large-scale optimization and machine learning with applications in energy, chemical, and biological systems.

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We are currently looking for passionate new PhD students, Postdocs, and undergraduate students to join the team (more info) !

We are proud to be part of Professor Ignacio Grossmann’s academic family tree!

News

December 2024

Can is awarded the prestigious NSF CAREER Award on developing novel neural network architectures inspired by optimization algorithms.

December 2024

Welcome to new PhD students, Shraman Pal, Piyush Sharma, and Hsuan-Han Chiu!

November 2024

Asha received the third place in the CAST Directors' Student Presentation Award Session at the 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting. Congrats, Asha!

September 2024

Can is awarded an ONR grant on machine learning aided global optimization of MINLP.

August 2024

Yen-Chun won the fourth place Best Poster Award at the Purdue ChemE Graduate Student Organization Symposium.

August 2024

Can is awarded an NSF grant on machine learning for stem cell research in collaboration with Prof. Xiaoping Bao.

July 2024

Welcome to new visitor Chun-Cheng Chang from China Steel Corporation, Taiwan.

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