ChE Adjunct Professor Kostroski wins Purdue University Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award
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The University of Illinois Chicago Chemical Engineering Adjunct Professor Kyle Kostroski has won a 2023 Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award from his alma mater, Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The award from Purdue University’s Davidson School of Chemical Engineering recognizes alumni who have achieved distinction as leaders while making significant contributions to their fields. The award has been given to only 159 alumni since 1988 and a banquet and awards ceremony at Purdue University recognizes the recipients each year.
Kostroski received this award for his development of forward-thinking strategies to transform the energy industry’s efforts to address the need for secure, affordable, and lower carbon resources.
“Congratulations to Professor Kyle Kostroski for this well-deserved honor,” ChE Department Head Vikas Berry said. “His captivating classes have consistently enriched the educational experience for our students!”
In addition to being an adjunct professor, Kostroski is the vice president of engineering prioritization, planning, and performance in BP’s Innovation and Engineering organization. He has held a number of roles of increasing responsibility in the technical, commercial and operations areas of the company’s downstream since joining BP in 2008. As a company executive, Kostroski leads a team responsible for optimizing the use of BP’s most senior and distinct technical capability group in group engineering to support global business in hydrocarbons production and refining, hydrogen and carbon capture, onshore and offshore wind, electrical vehicle charging, and biofuels.
Kostroski joined the UIC chemical engineering department since 2022 and has taught courses in separations process engineering and polymer engineering.