The Center for Advanced Process Decision-making (CAPD) at Carnegie Mellon
University will offer a six-day course entitled:
Conceptual Design, Optimization and Process Operations
http://capd.cheme.cmu.edu/shortcourse.html
May 31-June 6, 2006
This course is organized along the topics of conceptual design,
optimization and process operations. The course stresses the application of
recently developed design concepts and optimization-based strategies to
practical process problems. Geared to the practitioner, this course
provides practical information and exposure to powerful and sophisticated
modeling tools for process synthesis, analysis, optimization and planning.
In addition, the course emphasizes systematic solution approaches and
provides the necessary background to understand the tools and apply them
correctly and efficiently to your process problem.
Course participants will address these topics through lectures and hands-on
workshops. Specific computer methods will include modeling tools, nonlinear
and mixed integer programming codes.
You Should Attend If...
- you are a process engineer interested in obtaining improved solutions for
your design, operation and planning problems.
- you are an engineer interested in learning how to formulate models for
process design and synthesis, and for process and supply chain
optimization, and how to solve them with advanced computer tools.
- you are a manager interested in understanding and introducing these tools
in your working environment.
- you are a researcher interested in quickly testing new process ideas and
concepts through the use of optimization-based tools.
Course Modules:
A-Conceptual Design: to be taught Wednesday and Thursday (May 31st and
June 1st) will focus on conceptual design methods for the synthesis of
chemical processes at the macroscale (azeotropic & reactive distillation)
and microscale (Lab-on-a-chip systems).
B-Optimization: to be taught on Friday and Saturday (June 2nd and 3rd),
will focus on modeling and algorithms for nonlinear programming and mixed
integer programming including disjunctive programming and applications to
process optimization.
C-Process Operations: to be taught on Monday and Tuesday (June 5th and
6th), will focus on differential/algebraic models for real time
optimization and parameter estimation, and on mixed-integer programming
models for process scheduling and supply chain optimization.
The material in each module is independent and self-contained and can be
taken in any combination. A detailed description of the topics covered in
the course is given in: http://capd.cheme.cmu.edu/shortcourse_details.htm
The Faculty:
Lorenz T. Biegler is Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie
Mellon. He obtained his doctorate in chemical engineering at the University
of Wisconsin in 1981 and joined Carnegie Mellon University in the same
year. His research interests include process optimization and the
optimization of differential-algebraic systems. A 1985 Presidential Young
Investigator and a recipient of the 1996 ASEE McGraw Award and the 2000
AIChE Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, he is a consultant for a
number of industries.
Ignacio E. Grossmann, Dean University Professor and Former Head of Chemical
Engineering at Carnegie Mellon, obtained his master of science and
doctorate in chemical engineering from Imperial College, London. He joined
Carnegie Mellon in 1979 after one year of industrial experience with the
Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo where he was the leader of the Process
Optimization Group. His interests are in the areas of mixed-integer and
logic based programming, process synthesis, supply chain optimization, and
planning and scheduling. He was a 1984 recipient of the Presidential Young
Investigator Award, the 1995 Computing in Chemical Engineering Award and
the 1997 William Walker Award of AICHE and recipient of the 2003 INFORMS
Computing Society Prize. He is a member of the National Academy of
Engineering and holds an honorary doctorate from Abo Academy in Finland.
Steinar Hauan, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie
Mellon, obtained his MSc and PhD degrees from the Norwegian Institute of
Science and Technology. After a post.doc at University of the Witwatersrand
(Johannesburgh, South Africa), he joined CMU in 1999. His research
interests are in the area of computer-aided process design and analysis. He
was a 1996 Fulbright scholar and a 2002 recipient of the Ted Peterson Award
from AIChE/CAST. Administrative Details:
Time: Six days, Wednesday through Saturday, Monday through Tuesday, 8:30
am to 6:00 pm. Roberts Hall, Singleton Room, Carnegie Mellon University.
Lodging: Housing arrangements may be made directly with the Holiday Inn at
University Center (412-682-6200), which is approximately four (4) blocks
from the CMU campus. A block of rooms has been reserved for the
participants. When reserving your room please state that you are with CMU-
Chemical Engineering CAPD group. The current rate is approximately $109 +
tax per night for a single room plus parking fee of $17 per day.
Tuition: The tuition includes all instructional materials, background
materials, a manual of notes, computer use, parking, a continental
breakfast each day, and a closing luncheon. In addition a free copy of
Chemical Engineering Optimization Problems with GAMS, which includes
PC-based software will be provided as well as a copy of Systematic Methods
of Chemical Process Design by Biegler, Grossmann, and Westerberg.
Note: a 25% discount is available to industrial affiliates of the CAPD
Consortium. Please make checks payable to: Carnegie Mellon University,
Department of Chemical Engineering.
Registration: Register by completing the form in:
http://capd.cheme.cmu.edu/register.html
If you need specific information please contact Toni McIltrot at
TM2L@andrew.cmu.edu. (Tel: 412-268-3573; Fax: 412-268-7139). As the course
format limits class size, please notify us 10 days before the start of a
session should you wish to transfer or cancel your registration. A $250
service charge is assessed if notification of cancellation is received
after that time.
Modules:
A-Conceptual Design
B-Optimization
C-Process Operations
The price for taking these modules is as follows:
One module: $1,200
Any of two modules: $1,900
Three modules: $2,700
For members of CAPD there is a 25% discount.
One module only: $900
Any of two modules: $1,425
Three modules: $2,025
Testimonials of Past Participants...
Excellent course that covers a lot of topics and discusses most of the
important issues within these topics.
I got a lot out of the course-excellent job!
All lecturers were excellent!
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