Faculty FacultyPreetinder S. VirkProfessor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus phone617.253.3177fax617.252.1651emailpsvirk@mit.eduroom66-462 Support StaffCindy Welch Research Interests turbulent drag reduction, graph-theoretic modeling of hydrocarbon pyrolysis pathways, mechanistic investigation of high-transfer hydrogen transfer pathways Education Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967 B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1962 Publications Honors and Awards Outstanding Veteran Advisor Award, 2016