Yannis C. Yortsos

Yannis C. Yortsos
Yortsos in 2024
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Athens, Greece
CitizenshipUnited States, Greece
Known forFluid flow, transport, and reaction in porous media
TitleDean, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Awards
  • NAE Gordon Prize 2022[1]
  • Emmy Award 2022 Documentary, "Lives Not Grades", Executive Producer
  • 2017 ASEE President's Award to Viterbi School for promotion of diversity in engineering to K-12 students as a career.[2]
  • 2017-2023, Member NAE Council[3]
  • 2014 Ellis Island Medal of Honor[4]
  • 2013-present Associate Member, Academy of Athens[5]
  • 2008-Present, Member of NAE Section 11[6]
  • 2005-present Zohrab A. Kaprielian Dean's Chair in Engineering[7]
  • 1995-present Chester Dolley Professor[8]
Academic background
EducationB.S. NTUA 1973
M.S. Caltech 1974
Ph.D. Caltech 1979
Alma materNational Technical University of Athens
California Institute of Technology
Thesis"Analytical Modeling of Oil Recovery by Steam Injection" (1978)
Academic work
DisciplineChemical Engineering
InstitutionsUSC Viterbi School of Engineering

Yannis C. Yortsos is a Greek-American chemical engineer and academic, currently serving as Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California.[9]

  1. ^ https://www.nae.edu/55293/GordonWinners
  2. ^ https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2017/06/building-inclusive-future/
  3. ^ https://www.nae.edu/20412/MemberDirectory?id=20412&qps=11
  4. ^ http://medalists.eihonors.org/index.html
  5. ^ http://www.academyofathens.gr/en/organization/members/1st-section
  6. ^ https://www.nae.edu/20412/MemberDirectory?id=20412&qps=11
  7. ^ https://viterbischool.usc.edu/awards/university-viterbi-school-honors/endowed-chairs-professorships/
  8. ^ https://viterbi.usc.edu/directory/faculty/Yortsos/Yannis
  9. ^ "USC - Viterbi School of Engineering. - Yannis Yortsos". Retrieved 20 February 2013.