Bhavik Bakshi

Professor,

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Other ASU affiliations

Professor, School of Sustainability

School of Complex Adaptive Systems

Senior Global Futures Scientist, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars

[email protected]

Mail code: 7904

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

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 the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. His research is developing systematic methods to ensure that engineering enables an effective transformation toward sustainability. This is resulting in novel solutions that respect nature’s limits, are socially just, and contribute to economic prosperity. Specific areas of research include product, process, supply chain, and landscape design for a sustainable circular economy. In addition to many papers and invited talks, his contributions include a textbook on sustainable engineering, user-friendly software, and short courses taught across the world. His work has been recognized by many awards including the Computing in Chemical Engineering Award from the Computing and Systems Technology division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the Lawrence K. Cecil Award for environmental chemical engineering from the Environmental Division of AIChE, the Research Excellence award and Education award from the Sustainable Engineering Forum of AIChE, the Education Leadership in Life Cycle Assessment Award from the American Council for LCA,, the CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation, and best paper awards from journals and conferences. He is on the editorial boards of several multidisciplinary journals and has served on government committees such as task forces of the United Nations Environment Program. Prof. Bakshi received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai, MS in Chemical Engineering Practice and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a minor in Technology and Environmental Policy through courses and research conducted at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Education

1992 PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1989 MSCEP Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1986 B. Chem. Eng. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India

Curriculum Vitae

Research Website URL

https://labs.engineering.asu.edu/bakshilab/

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A0J9a6UAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID Profile ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6604-8408

Research Interests

Sustainable engineering, Life cycle assessment, Circular economy, Ecosystem services, Process and Product Design, Multiscale systems

Publications

Books

B. R. Bakshi, ed. Engineering and Ecosystems: Seeking Synergies Toward a Nature-Positive World. Springer, 2023.
B. R. Bakshi. Sustainable Engineering: Principles and Practice. Cambridge University Press, June 2019.
B. R. Bakshi, T. G. Gutowski, and D. P. Sekulic, eds. Thermodynamics and the Destruction of Resources. Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Recent Journal Articles

A. Kumar, F. Nazemi, H. Kodamana, M. Ramteke, and B. Bakshi. “A Large Language
Model-based Framework to Retrieve Life Cycle Inventory and Environmental Impact Data from Scientific Literature”. Environmental Science & Technology (Oct. 2025). accepted.
S. Kim and B. R. Bakshi. “Discovering Net-Zero Chemical Processes and Pathways by Developing Circular Reaction Networks and Their Hierarchical Screening”. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 64.22 (May 2025), pp. 10928–10949.
D. Lopes Silva, D. Silva, A. Farrapo Junior, Y. Xue, and B. Bakshi. “Absolute environmental sustainability of solid biofuels: An investigation by different environmental-ecological performance indicators”. Sustainable Production and Consumption (Mar. 2025).
A. Kumar, H. C. Jami, B. R. Bakshi, M. Ramteke, and H. Kodamana, "An evolutionary study on technologies for polyethylene terephthalate waste recycling using natural language processing". Computers & Chemical Engineering, 109011, 2025
S. M. Ma, P. Pereira, C. W. Pester, P. E. Savage, B. R. Bakshi, and L.-C. Lin. “Understanding PET Hydrolysis via Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Investigation”. J. Phys. Chem. B 129.26 (July 2025), pp. 6594–6603.
A. Mali, X. Zhen, and B. R. Bakshi. “Bridging net-zero, nature-positive, and people-positive goals: A case study in the polyester industry”. Computers & Chemical Engineering (July 2025), p. 109276.
F. Nazemi, R. Hanes, R. Mulyana, J. Castro, S. Mukkamala, T. Hyche, and B. R. Bakshi. “Toward a sustainable circular economy of multilayer plastic films: Life cycle and techno-economic assessment with a focus on end-of-life treatment and multiple recovery cycles”. Sustainable Materials and Technologies (July 2025), e01526.
R. Rathore, B. R. Bakshi, H. Kodamana, and M. Ramteke. “Multi-Objective Optimization of Crop Land Allocation for Sustainability within the Food-Energy-Water-Land-Fertilizer (FEWLF) Nexus”. Computers & Chemical Engineering (May 2025), p. 109207.
S. Sharma, K. Anirudh, B. R. Bakshi, S. Sandeep, H. Kodamana, and M. Ramteke. “Multi-objective optimization for sustainable agricultural strategies considering future climatic scenarios: A study in the context of India”. Computers & Chemical Engineering (July 2025), p. 109306.
S. M. Ma, C. Zou, B. R. Bakshi, and L.-C. Lin, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Zeolite-Assisted Pyrolysis of Polystyrene: Material Selection and Mechanistic Insights". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 63 (50), 21907-21917, 2024

Courses

2026 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
CHE 599	Thesis
CHE 792	Research
CHE 799	Dissertation
SOS 591	Seminar

2025 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
CHE 599	Thesis
CHE 792	Research
CHE 795	Continuing Registration
CHE 799	Dissertation
CHE 494	Special Topics
CHE 598	Special Topics

2025 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
CHE 792	Research
CHE 792	Research
CHE 799	Dissertation
CHE 799	Dissertation

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
CHE 599	Thesis
CHE 792	Research
CHE 799	Dissertation
SOS 591	Seminar

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
CHE 599	Thesis
CHE 792	Research
CHE 494	Special Topics
CHE 598	Special Topics

2024 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
CHE 792	Research
CHE 792	Research
CHE 795	Continuing Registration

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
CHE 792	Research

2023 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
CHE 792	Research

Honors / Awards

Recent awards

Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, 2023. Awarded by the Computing and Systems Technology division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Julie Ann Wrigley Professor, Arizona State University, 2023-present
Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2022
University Distinguished Scholar Award, 2022. Awarded by The Ohio State University
Clara M. and Peter L. Scott Faculty Award for Excellence in Engineering Education, 2021. Awarded by the College of Engineering, The Ohio State University
Education Leadership in LCA Award, 2020. Awarded by the American Council for Life Cycle Assessment.
Lawrence K. Cecil Award, 2019. Awarded by the Environmental Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Education Award, 2019. Awarded by the Sustainable Engineering Forum of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
UAA-ICT Distinguished Alumnus Award, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India, 2018
D. B. Robinson Distinguished Lecturer, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 25, 2018

Recent awards to students

Best paper award from the Sustainable Engineering Forum of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2023, to Michael Charles
Best poster award, second place to Michael Charles from the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference, 2020
Best paper award from the Sustainable Engineering Forum of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2020, to Kyuha Lee and Tapajyoti Ghosh
Leo Award for best student paper at 26th CIRP conference on Life Cycle Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, May 7-9, 2019 to Xinyu Liu and Michael Charles
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to Michael Charles, 2017
W. David Smith Jr. best student paper award from the Computing and Systems Technology Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2016, to Rebecca Hanes
Best paper award from the Sustainable Engineering Forum of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2016, to Rebecca Hanes (declined)
Best paper award, first place from the Sustainable Engineering Forum of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2014, to Shweta Singh