Thursday, June 1, 2017
MIT Wong Auditorium, Tang Center, Room E51-115
8:00
Arrival and Registration: Foyer of Wong Auditorium
8:45
Paula Hammond, Head, Department of Chemical Engineering
Richard Braatz, Department of Chemical Engineering
Session 1
Chair: Frank Doyle, John A. & Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor and Dean of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Harvard University
9:00
Manfred Morari, Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
9:30
George-san, Our CTO: His Work and Legacy at Mitsubishi Chemical, and Our Vision for the Future
Eiji Tanaka, Kaiteki Institute, Mitsubishi Chemical Holding Co, Japan
10:00
No Equations, No Variables, No Parameters, No Space, and No Time: Data and the Modeling of Complex Systems
Yannis Kevrekidis, Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor in Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
10:30
Process Modeling: Where to Next?
Costas Pantelides, Managing Director, Process Systems Enterprise Ltd., and Professor of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK
11:00 – 11:30 Break: Foyer of Wong Auditorium
Session 2
Chair: Mayuresh Kothare, R. L. McCann Professor of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University
11:30
The Vista of Chemical Product Design in 2040
Ka Ming Ng, Chair Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
12:00
The Personalized Chemical Products Industry in 2040
Kevin Joback, Founder and President, Molecular Knowledge Systems, Inc., Bedford, NH
12:30
Design and Control of Micro Chemical Processes
Shinji Hasebe, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break: Foyer of Wong Auditorium
Session 3
Chair: Youngsub Lim, Professor of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea
14:00
The Future of Process Optimization
Larry Biegler, Bayer University Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
14:30
Yaman Arkun, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koc University, Turkey
15:00
Matthew Realff, Professor and David Wang Sr. Fellow, School of Chemical and Biomoleculer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
15:30 – 16:00 Break: Foyer of Wong Auditorium
Session 4
Chair: Daniel Rivera, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University
16:00
Process Operations: A Roadmap from the Present to a Hyper-connected Future
Gabriela Henning, Director of INTEC, Argentina
16:30
Distributed Decisions and the Adaptive Enterprise
Erik Ydstie, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
17:00
The Internet-of-Things and Process Control – Using Real and Statistical Intelligence
Christos Georgakis, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University
17:30
Stratos Pistikopoulos, TEES Distinguished Research Professor and Associate Director, Texas A&M Energy Institute, Texas A&M University
Dinner Program – Thursday, June 1, 2017
Samberg Conference Center, MIT E-52
The Unauthorized Biography of George Stephanopoulos: An Introduction to Theory and Practice
by Nikos and Elvie Stephanopoulos
Friday, June 2, 2017
MIT Wong Auditorium, Tang Center, Room E51-115
8:00
Registration: Foyer of Wong Auditorium
8:45
Introduction
Session 5
Chair: Evan Zafiriou, TGS Management Co., Irvine, CA
9:00
Manufacturing and the PSE Community: A Critical Linkage
Tom Edgar, The George T. and Gladys H. Abell Chair in Engineering, Director, Energy Institute, University of Texas at Austin.
9:30
A Vision of Advanced Manufacturing
Richard Braatz, Edwin R. Gilliland Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT
10:00
Asset Optimization for the Process Industries: From Data to Insights to Actions
Bill Mock and Ashok Rao, Aspen Technology Inc., Burlington, MA
10:30 – 11:00 Break: Foyer of Wong Auditorium
Session 6
Chair: Pablo Rolandi, Director of process Developments, Amgen Inc., Cambridge, MA
11:00
Prospects and Challenges for Process Systems Engineering in Healthcare
Rex Reklaitis, Burton and Kathryn Gedge Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
11:30
Systems Approaches in Biology and Medicine
Daehee Hwang, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
12:00
Mathematical Models – Conversations between Minds and Machines
Andreas Linninger, Professor of Bioengineering, University of Illinois, Chicago
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break: Foyer of Wong Auditorium
Session 7
Chair: Ali Abbas, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
13:30
The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in PSE: Is it here, finally?
Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Engineering, Columbia University
14:00
Mad Max, Star Trek, Big Brother, or Ecotopia: The Role of PSE in Enabling Future Scenarios
Bhavik Bakshi, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University
14:30
Vasilios Manousiouthakis, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA
15:00 – 15:30 Break: Foyer of Wong Auditorium
Session 8
Chair: Michael Nikolaou, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston
15:30
Ignacio Grossmann, Rudolf R. and Florence Dean University Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
16:00
Process Systems Engineering in the Information Age
Jim Rawlings, Steenbock Professor and W. Harmon Ray Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin
16:30
The Paradigm after Next: 50 Years On
Mike Doherty, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
17:00 – 17:15 Break: Foyer of Wong Auditorium
Session 9
Chair: Richard Braatz, Edwin R. Gilliland Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT
17:15
George Stephanopoulos
18:00 – 19:00 Reception: Foyer of Wong Auditorium