Randy S. Lewis | AIChE

Randy S. Lewis

Professor of Chemical Engineering
Brigham Young University

RANDY S. LEWIS, PhD, is a professor of chemical engineering at Brigham Young Univ. (BYU) (Email: randy.lewis@byu.edu). He has been at BYU for 18 years and served as Department Chair for six years. He was previously a faculty member for 11 years at Oklahoma State Univ. He received his BS and PhD, both in chemical engineering, from BYU and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), respectively. Lewis is a Fellow of AIChE and currently serves as Chair of the AIChE Education and Accreditation (E&A) Committee. He has led engineering accreditation teams in the U.S., the Middle East, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, and the Philippines. He has also served as Chair of the AIChE Student Chapters Committee and Chair of the AIChE Career and Education Operating Council (CEOC). Lewis pursues research in sustainable energy, biomedical engineering, and humanitarian engineering. One of his current passions is integrating students from many disciplines to develop and implement projects in the developing world. Projects have been implemented in Tonga, Ghana, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.