Immediately after the completion of a FIPSE conference, the Trustees finalize their preliminary discussions about which three topics will be selected for the next meeting two years later. Along with the discussion of topics, of great importance is the selection of the colleague who will be the organizer of the corresponding day-long session. In many cases, this task is taken up by one of the Trustees. Increasingly, a prominent colleague outside the Trustee committee is invited to undertake the task. Besides the selection of the two invited speakers, each session organizer orchestrates the writing and publication of the white paper, which summarizes what was discussed in such a session.
Starting with FIPSE-5, a call of short presentations is issued, and prospective conference participants propose a brief presentation of their open problem in the research area under discussion in one of the three days of the conference. Of these submissions, a select number is added to the program to complement the ideas presented by the two invited presentations each day.
FIPSE-5 Technical Program
FIPSE-5 was initially planned for June 17-19, 2020 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Due to the Convit-19 pandemic, it has been postponed for June 21-23, 2021 at the same resort. Details are here.
Day 1: Intelligent Manufacturing
- Speakers: V. Zavala (U. of Wisconsin, USA), M. Baldea (U. of Texas-Austin, USA), A. Georgiou, (ExxonMobil, USA) & K.R. Sheth (ExxonMobil, USA)
- Organizer: C.Pantelides (PSEnterprise, UK)
Day 2: Machine Learning in PSE
- Speakers: Rangarajan (Lehigh U., USA) & L. Chiang (DOW Chemical, USA)
- Organizers: P. Daoutidis (U. of Minnesota, USA) & J. Lee (KAIST, Korea)
Day 3: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Small Molecules
- Speakers J. M. Hawkins (Pfizer, USA) & S. García Muñoz (Lilly, USA)
- Organizer: J. Mustakis (Pfizer, USA)
The list of short presentations selected can be found here.
FIPSE-4 Technical Program
Day 1: Model and Process Uncertainty – Quantification and Usage
- Speakers: B. Chachuat (Imperial College) & R. Braatz (MIT)
- Organizer: R. Findeisen(Otto-von-Guericke U.)
Day 2: Water Challenges from the Process Systems Engineering Perspective
- Speakers: B. Bakshi (OSU) & S. Shah (U. Alberta)
- Organizer: M. Doherty (USA)
Day 3: Material Discovery and Product Design
- Speakers: C. Adjiman (Imperial College), D. Vlachos (Delaware U.) and N. Sahinidis (CMU)
- Organized by C. Maravelias (U. of Wisconsin-Madison
FIPSE-3 Technical Program
Day 1: “Integrating Plant-Wide Control and Operations”
- Speakers: S. Skogestad (Norway) & I. Harjunkoski, (ABB, Germany)
- Organizers: P. Daoutidis (USA) & J. Lee (Korea)
Day 2: “Process Optimization for New Feedstocks and Energy Sources”
- Invited Talks: N. Asprion (BASF, Germany) & C. Floudas (USA)
- Organizer: A. Mitsos (Germany)
Day 3: ”Panel on Challenges & Innovations in PSE Education”
- Panelists: I. Grossman (USA), R. D. Bartusiak (ExxonMobil, USA), I. Cameron (Australia) and H. A. Preisig (Norway)
- Organizer: S. Engell (Germany)
FIPSE-2 Technical Program
Day 1: Linking Models and Experiments
- Speakers: C. Georgakis (Tufts U., USA) and S. Macchietto (Imperial College, UK)
- Organizer: D. Bonvin (EPFL, Switzerland)
Day 2: Network Control
- Speakers: A.Isaksson (ABB, Switzerland) and R. Scattolini (Milano, Italy)
- Organizer: E. Ydstie (CMU, USA)
Day 3: A Systems View on the Energy Challenge
- Speakers: F. Maréchal (EPFL, Switzerland) and J. G. Pendergast (Dow, USA)
- Organizer: M. Doherty (UCSB, USA)
FIPSE-1 Technical Program
DAY 1: State Estimation in PSE
- Speakers: J. Lee (KAIST) & F. Allgower (TU Stuttgart)
- Organizers: Dominique Bonvin (EPFL) & Christos Georgakis (Tufts U.)
DAY 2: Product and Process Development for Pharmaceutical Solids
- Speakers: C. Pantelides (Imperial College & PSE) & A. Cote (Merck)
- Organizers: M. Doherty (UCSB) & C. Kiparissides (U. of Thessaloniki)
DAY 3: Control and Optimization of Nano-Systems
- Speakers: R. Braatz (MIT) & D. Vlachos (U. of Delaware)
- Organizers: E. Ydstie (CMU) & C. Kiparissides (U. of Thessaloniki)