Yannis C. Yortsos

Yannis C. Yortsos
Yannis C. Yortsos
Born	1951 (age 72–73); Athens, Greece
Citizenship	United States, Greece
Known for	Fluid flow, transport, and reaction in porous media
Title	Dean, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Awards	NAE Gordon Prize 2022 ; 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.; 2017-2023, Member NAE Council ; 2014 Ellis Island Medal of Honor ; 2013-present Associate Member, Academy of Athens ; 2008-Present, Member of NAE Section 11; 2005-present Zohrab A. Kaprielian Dean's Chair in Engineering; 1995-present Chester Dolley Professor;
Academic background
Education	B.S. NTUA 1973; M.S. Caltech 1974; Ph.D. Caltech 1979
Alma mater	National Technical University of Athens; California Institute of Technology
Thesis	"Analytical Modeling of Oil Recovery by Steam Injection" (1978)
Academic work
Discipline	Chemical Engineering
Institutions	USC 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.

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