Technical Reports & Book Chapters

Pulsipher, J. L., Cole, D. L., Jalving, J., & Zavala, V. M. (2025). Optimization in Chemical and Biological Engineering Using Julia. In Introduction to Software for Chemical Engineers. CRC Press. [doi]

Zavala, V. M. (2025). Statistics for Chemical Engineers: From Data to Models to Decisions. Cambridge University Press.

Jiang, S., Qin, S., Pulsipher, J. L., & Zavala, V. M. (2024). Convolutional neural networks: Basic concepts and applications in manufacturing. In Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing. Elsevier, 63–102. [doi] [preprint]

Cole, D. L., Gangammanavar, H., & Zavala, V. M. (2023). Hierarchical Graph Modeling for Multi-Scale Optimization of Power Systems. arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.10568. [doi]

Martín-Hernández, E., Sampat, A. M., Martín, M., Zavala, V. M., & Ruiz-Mercado, G. J. (2020). A Logistics Analysis for Advancing Carbon and Nutrient Recovery from Organic Waste. In Advances in Carbon Management Technologies. CRC Press, 186–207. [doi]

Shin, S., Lu, Q., & Zavala, V. M. (2020). Unifying Theorems for Subspace Identification and Dynamic Mode Decomposition. arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.07410. [doi]

Jalving, J., & Zavala, V. M. (2019). Optimization in Chemical and Biological Engineering using Julia. In Introduction to Software for Chemical Engineers. CRC Press, 713–730. [doi]

Cao, Y., & Zavala, V. M. (2018). A Sigmoidal Approximation for Chance-Constrained Nonlinear Programs. arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.02402. [doi]

Shin, S., & Zavala, V. M. (2018). Computing Economic-Optimal and Stable Equilibria for Droop-Controlled Microgrids. arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.09802. [doi]

Shin, S., & Zavala, V. M. (2018). Multi-Grid Schemes for Multi-Scale Coordination of Energy Systems. In Energy Markets and Responsive Grids. Springer, 195–222. [doi] [preprint]

Chiang, N.-Y., & Zavala, V. M. (2016). Emerging Optimal Control Models and Solvers for Interconnected Natural Gas and Electricity Networks. In Alternative Energy Sources and Technologies. Springer, 89–115. [doi]

Larson, R., Sharara, M., Good, L., Porter, P., Zavala, V. M., Sampat, A., & Smith, A. (2016). Evaluation of Manure Storage Capital Projects in the Yahara River Watershed. Technical Report for Dane County, WI. [link]

Kim, K., & Zavala, V. M. (2016). Large-Scale Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming Algorithms for Power Generation Scheduling. In Alternative Energy Sources and Technologies. Springer, 493–512. [doi]

Zavala, V. M. (2016). Managing Conflicts Among Decision Makers in Multiobjective Design and Operations. In Sustainability in the design, synthesis and analysis of chemical engineering processes. Elsevier, 169–180. [doi]

Zavala, V. M., & Biegler, L. T. (2009). Nonlinear programming strategies for state estimation and model predictive control. In Nonlinear model predictive control. Springer, 419–432. [doi]