For his demonstrated excellence in all areas of faculty responsibility for more than two decades, engineering professor Demetre Economou has been named the recipient of the University of Houston’s highest faculty honor, the Esther Farfel Award, which carries with it a $10,000 prize.

“I am humbled and honored to receive this award, especially knowing that some heavy hitters have received it in the past,” said Economou, a John and Rebecca Moores Professor at the Cullen College of Engineering. “There are quite a few top-notch faculty across campus who could have won it.”

Economou joined the university in 1986 and has been the associate chair of the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering and the undergraduate program director of the department since 1995. He also heads the Plasma Processing Laboratory.

“He is recognized nationally and internationally as the leading expert in plasma processing of materials and the application of chemical engineering principles to the area of manufacturing of electronic materials and now, more broadly, for the manufacturing of nanomaterials,” said Ramanan Krishnamoorti, the chairman of Economou’s department.

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