Bhavik Bakshi
Professor of Engineering
- Arizona State University
Bhavik Bakshi holds the Wrigley Professorship at Arizona State University with appointments in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, School of Sustainability and School of Complex Adaptive Systems. He is also the Richard M. Morrow professor emeritus in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. His research develops systematic engineering methods and tools to guide the transition to “net-zero” carbon emissions. This approach considers not just the direct cost and benefits of alternative technologies, but also the hidden environmental and economic impacts across different industry sectors. Bhavik and his colleagues have developed a global industry model that traces energy use and impacts across the full product and process life cycle. For example, they estimate that the direct and indirect emissions associated with the global chemical and material industries, including energy and transport, account for about 70% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
Bhavik’s work has earned many awards and honors, including the Computing in Chemical Engineering Award from the Computing and Systems Technology division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Education Leadership in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Award from the American Council for LCA, and the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. He received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai, India, followed by an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Technology and Environmental Policy, all from MIT.