CEO, EPIXC
Sridhar Seetharaman is a distinguished figure in materials science, engineering, and industrial decarbonization, currently serving as the Chief Science Officer for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University and the Fulton Professor of Industrial Decarbonization. He also holds the position of CEO of EPIXC( DOE’s 7th Manufacturing Institute), a $170M public-private partnership funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, aimed at electrifying U.S. industry and reducing carbon emissions. Additionally, he contributes his expertise at the national level as the Chair of NIST’s USA Manufacturing USA Council and as a member of the U.S. DOE Industrial Technology Innovation Advisory Committee (ITIAC).
Throughout his career, Seetharaman has demonstrated exceptional leadership in building strategic partnerships and executing key initiatives across industry, government, and academia. He previously served as the Associate Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer at the Colorado School of Mines, and held professorships at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Warwick (UK), and Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine (UK). His work focuses on decarbonization and energy savings in industrial processes, including improving circularity in electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plants and developing innovative iron-making processes.
Seetharaman’s contributions have earned him numerous accolades, including being named an International Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and receiving the DOE Hydrogen Program (HFTO) 2024 R&D Award. He has also been recognized with the TMS 2019 Extraction & Processing Division Distinguished Lecturer award and multiple Jerry Silver Awards for Best Paper. As a dedicated educator and mentor, he has supervised over 25 doctoral students and has been honored with teaching awards such as the Benjamin Richard Teare Teaching Award and the Philbrook Award.