Lorenz T. Biegler

39.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
539 papers, 28.0k citations indexed

About

Lorenz T. Biegler is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Numerical Analysis and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorenz T. Biegler has authored 539 papers receiving a total of 28.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 396 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 96 papers in Numerical Analysis and 70 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lorenz T. Biegler's work include Advanced Control Systems Optimization (331 papers), Process Optimization and Integration (233 papers) and Fault Detection and Control Systems (122 papers). Lorenz T. Biegler is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Control Systems Optimization (331 papers), Process Optimization and Integration (233 papers) and Fault Detection and Control Systems (122 papers). Lorenz T. Biegler collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Lorenz T. Biegler's co-authors include Andreas Wächter, Víctor M. Zavala, Ignacio E. Grossmann, Arthur W. Westerberg, Carl D. Laird, Shivakumar Kameswaran, Arvind U. Raghunathan, Claudia Schmid, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Anshul Agarwal and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Applied Physics and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Lorenz T. Biegler

510 papers receiving 26.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

On the implementation of an interior-point filter line-search algorithm for large-scale nonlinear programming

2005 6.5k citations Lorenz T. Biegler et al. profile →
Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design

1997 960 citations Lorenz T. Biegler et al. profile →
Computers and Chemical Engineering

2008 747 citations Lorenz T. Biegler et al. profile →
An algorithmic framework for convex mixed integer nonlinear programs

2007 603 citations Lorenz T. Biegler, Carl D. Laird et al. profile →
Nonlinear Programming

2010 480 citations Lorenz T. Biegler profile →
Nonlinear programming : concepts, algorithms, and applications to chemical processes

2010 451 citations Lorenz T. Biegler profile →
Large-scale nonlinear programming using IPOPT: An integrating framework for enterprise-wide dynamic optimization

2008 434 citations Lorenz T. Biegler et al. Computers & Chemical Engineering profile →
Retrospective on optimization

2004 414 citations Lorenz T. Biegler et al. Computers & Chemical Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lorenz T. Biegler United States	73	16.5k	3.7k	3.3k	3.1k	2.9k	539	28.0k
YangQuan Chen United States	88	22.9k 1.4×	3.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.3×	4.4k 1.4×	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k	38.5k
Christodoulos A. Floudas United States	89	12.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	4.9k 1.5×	4.4k 1.4×	2.7k 0.9×	379	25.9k
Jun Wang China	100	11.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	2.6k 0.8×	613 0.2×	1.3k 0.4×	953	34.5k
Xin‐She Yang United Kingdom	67	4.6k 0.3×	1.9k 0.5×	7.6k 2.3×	666 0.2×	2.3k 0.8×	325	34.1k
Bart De Moor Belgium	74	9.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	417 0.1×	1.4k 0.5×	641	30.8k
James B. Rawlings United States	66	19.6k 1.2×	1.4k 0.4×	772 0.2×	615 0.2×	1.1k 0.4×	220	25.3k
Laurent El Ghaoui United States	38	18.1k 1.1×	615 0.2×	4.1k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	453 0.2×	157	30.1k
Kenneth V. Price Germany	12	4.1k 0.2×	1.8k 0.5×	8.4k 2.6×	571 0.2×	1.6k 0.6×	13	29.8k
D.Q. Mayne United Kingdom	51	17.7k 1.1×	888 0.2×	1.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	557 0.2×	215	21.3k
Rainer Storn Germany	11	3.9k 0.2×	1.8k 0.5×	7.9k 2.4×	538 0.2×	1.6k 0.5×	15	28.3k

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Tran, Thien, et al.. (2025). A computational investigation of high-flux, plate-and-frame membrane modules for industrial carbon capture. Digital Chemical Engineering. 16. 100246–100246. 1 indexed citations

Lin, Tiras Y., et al.. (2025). Optimization of direct air capture processes using reactive transport models of adsorption-desorption cycles. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 204. 109379–109379.

Martelli, Emanuele, et al.. (2025). Economic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for cyclic gas pipeline operation. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 196. 109039–109039. 4 indexed citations

Lima, Fernando V., et al.. (2024). Self-stabilizing economic nonlinear model predictive control applied to modular systems. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 191. 108825–108825. 1 indexed citations

Biegler, Lorenz T., et al.. (2024). Globally Convergent Method for Optimal Control of Hybrid Dynamical Systems. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58(14). 868–873.

Han, Yueheng, et al.. (2024). Efficient trust region filter modeling strategies for computationally expensive black-box optimization. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 189. 108816–108816. 3 indexed citations

Bynum, Michael, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Direct and Iterative Approaches for the Parallel Solution of Structured Nonlinear Optimization Problems. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58(14). 793–798.

Zhu, Lingyu, et al.. (2024). A hybrid method for online monitoring of internals performance in distillation columns. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 194. 108968–108968.

Bhattacharyya, Debangsu, et al.. (2024). Optimization of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell Systems Accounting for Long-Term Performance and Health Degradation. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 3. 448–454. 3 indexed citations

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Biegler, Lorenz T., et al.. (2023). Including CFD rigorous models in the optimal design of carbon capture plants through trust-region methods. Chemical Engineering Science. 286. 119646–119646. 9 indexed citations

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Parker, Robert, Bethany L. Nicholson, John D. Siirola, Carl D. Laird, & Lorenz T. Biegler. (2022). An implicit function formulation for optimization of discretized index-1 differential algebraic systems. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 168. 108042–108042. 4 indexed citations

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Schenk, Christina, Lorenz T. Biegler, Lu Han, & Jason Mustakis. (2020). Kinetic Parameter Estimation from Spectroscopic Data for a Multi-Stage Solid–Liquid Pharmaceutical Process. Organic Process Research & Development. 25(3). 373–383. 5 indexed citations

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Patwardhan, Sachin C., et al.. (2019). Batch and Moving Horizon Estimation for Systems subjected to Non-additive Stochastic Disturbances. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 52(1). 16–21. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Yajun, et al.. (2019). Optimal Grade Transitions in a Gas-phase Polymerization Fluidized Bed Reactor. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 52(1). 448–453. 3 indexed citations

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Biegler, Lorenz T., et al.. (2018). Large-scale DAE-constrained optimization applied to a modified spouted bed reactor for ethylene production from methane. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 113. 162–183. 10 indexed citations

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Biegler, Lorenz T.. (2018). Analysis of a reversed Coleman-Conn reduced SQP method. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University).

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Biegler, Lorenz T., et al.. (2018). Multistep, Newton-type control strategies for constrained, nonlinear processes. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 67(6). 562–577. 4 indexed citations

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Esche, Erik, et al.. (2012). Oxidative Coupling of Methane: Optimal Operating Policies for a Membrane Reactor Network. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 84(11). 1980–1988. 4 indexed citations

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Huang, Rui, Sachin C. Patwardhan, & Lorenz T. Biegler. (2010). Offset-free Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Based on Moving Horizon Estimation for an Air Separation Unit. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 43(5). 631–636. 5 indexed citations

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Raspanti, Claudia, J. Alberto Bandoni, & Lorenz T. Biegler. (1998). New faster for the steady-state back-off problem. Latin American Applied Research - An international journal. 28. 129–134. 1 indexed citations

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