Current Position

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
B.S.E., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan

Research Interests

Prof. Dowling’s research combines chemical engineering, computational optimization, and uncertainty quantification to enable principled molecular-to-systems engineering of sustainable energy and environmental technologies. Applications areas include energy markets and infrastructure, carbon sequestration, shale gas utilization, and advanced separations (membranes, ionic liquids).

Relevant Energy Publications

1. Sorourifar, Farshud, Victor M. Zavala, and Alexander W. Dowling. "Integrated multiscale design, market participation, and replacement strategies for battery energy storage systems." IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 11, no. 1 (2018): 84-92.
2. Morais, Ana Rita C., Abby N. Harders, Kalin R. Baca, Greta M. Olsen, Bridgette J. Befort, Alexander W. Dowling, Edward J. Maginn, and Mark B. Shiflett. "Phase Equilibria, Diffusivities, and Equation of State Modeling of HFC-32 and HFC-125 in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids for the Separation of R-410A." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59, no. 40 (2020): 18222-18235.
3. Dowling, Alexander W., and Victor M. Zavala. "Economic opportunities for industrial systems from frequency regulation markets." Computers & Chemical Engineering 114 (2018): 254-264.
4. Renteria, Jose A., Yankai Cao, Alexander W. Dowling, and Victor M. Zavala. "Optimal pid controller tuning using stochastic programming techniques." AIChE Journal 64, no. 8 (2018): 2997-3010.
5. Dowling, Alexander W., Ranjeet Kumar, and Victor M. Zavala. "A multi-scale optimization framework for electricity market participation." Applied Energy 190 (2017): 147-164.

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