CSChE 2024: Early registration, Systems and Control Division Program and AGM, and related news

Dear members of the Canadian Systems and Control Community,

This is a quick reminder that the early registration for CSChE 2024 date is July 19th. Please use the link on the webpage:

https://SystemsControlCanada.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?tid=r3A3F0RbNXKbz+rxnjmQqUqnSuX1d3qTuD0BQVaaY+/C3A22wd17o4GjwP4QRuOH

The technical program will be announced soon. Please note the key features of the Systems and Control Division Program:

The D. G. Fisher Award lecture by Dr Luis Ricardez- Sandoval (UWaterloo) will be on Monday October 7th at 10AM. The title of the talk is: /Towards
the Development of Effective Computational Tools and Algorithms for Optimal Process Integration in Chemical and Manufacturing System/

The invited lecture by Dr Mireille Broucke (EE, UofT) will be on Tuesday October 8th at 10 AM. The title of the talk is: /Problems of Systems
Neuroscience and Control Theory/

The Best Graduate Student Paper Award lecture, which I am happy to report is from our community this year, by Bernard Twum Agyeman (UofA) will be on
Monday October 7th at 1:30PM. The title of the talk is: /Learning-based Mixed-integer Optimal Control for Irrigation Scheduling /(*Congratulations
Bernard!*)

The Systems and Control Division AGM will be held on Tuesday at lunch. Official date and time, as well as the agenda, will be circulated shortly.

Finally, please note from the program that the Systems and Control Division sessions will be on Monday and Tuesday only — We had less allotted presentation slots than usual this year. As a result, some very good contributions had to be moved to the poster category. At the end, I believe that our program reflects the diversity of our community.

See you in Toronto in October,

-nh  

D. G. Fisher Award 2024: Congratulations to Luis A. Ricardez-Sandoval

Dear members of the Canadian Systems and Control Community,

Please join me in congratulating Luis A. Ricardez-Sandoval from the University of Waterloo for the 2024 D. G. Fisher Award. Official announcement for the award can be found here:

https://SystemsControlCanada.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?tid=tjwYGtziaG2zylhbUFkZX6MFBmj04/SDmg8MMSSksaLC3A22wd27o4GjwP4QRuOH

Luis will deliver the award lecture as part of the Systems and Control Division Symposium at the 2024 CSChE Conference in Toronto. Stay tuned for
the official program.

In the meantime, congratulations Luis!

-nh

Nicolas Hudon, Associate Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering — Dupuis Hall

Queen’s University

19 Division Street

Kingston, ON

CANADA K7L 3N6

tel.: +1 613-533-2787

fax: +1 613-533-6637

CSChE 2024 — Deadline for submission extended

Hi all,

Thank you for those of you who already sent their contributions to the Systems and Control Symposium at CSChE 2024 in Toronto. 

We have a pretty good number of submissions so far, but it is not too late. The “Last Chance Deadline” is Monday, May 13.

https://SystemsControlCanada.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?tid=r3A3F0RblXKbz+rxnjmQqVF+akFDYuZnk501pjJSarfC3A22wd2ro4GjwP4QRuOH

Looking forward to seeing you in Toronto.

-nh

CSChE 2024: Deadline Fast Approaching!

This is a reminder that the deadline to submit your abstract for the 2024 Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, to be held in Toronto on October 6-9 2024, is May 6.

Please follow the link on

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and select “Systems and Control”.

2 PhD Positions at NTNU in Greener and More Secure Chemical Processes

Prof. Thomas A. Adams II <https://SystemsControlCanada.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?tid=lKEM5m2eOpqqMzkopO6fHwIYhUOtCWdfkMLAgVIn2VPC3A22wd1bo4GjwP4QRuOH> at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is seeking two PhD Candidates on Greener and More Secure Chemical Processes. The position is a part of the NTNU-MIT Energy Research Programme, and candidates will collaborate directly with faculty members at the Chemical Engineering Department at MIT. From the project description <https://SystemsControlCanada.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?tid=A+9XFgbXBrW4ofPXlHsivQIYhUOtCWdfkMLAgVIn2VPC3A22wd37o4GjwP4QRuOH>:

The Process and Power Program, Department of Energy and Process Engineering (EPT) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is seeking PhD Candidates in the NTNU-MIT Energy Research Programme under the research topic “Greener, More Secure Energy Supply Chains through Improved Processes”. As a part of the research programme, NTNU PhD candidates will collaborate with MIT professors and researchers on important research topics in energy. This topic focuses big-picture technology decisions on how to address tradeoffs between economics, security, and environmental issues in energy supplies from a triple bottom line of sustainability standpoint. One key methodology includes eco-technoeconomic analyses of proposed early stage technologies in order to value and identify potential technology solutions (new processes, technologies, unit operations, etc.) that are the most promising from a commercial and practical standpoint (and which to reject). These will be done with the big picture in mind while focusing on the technical details at the process and unit operation level, understanding that the supply chain and regional impacts are important and impact all the way down to the process design level.

Two projects are possible:

Project 1: PhD Candidate in Green Hydrogen Economy Technologies and Supply Chains

Project 2: PhD Candidate in Electrification of Chemical Processes

Prof. Adams is looking for talented candidates with backgrounds in chemical process systems engineering, energy systems engineering, and other related fields. Expertise is sought in process simulation software such as Aspen Plus, Hysys, ProMax, life cycle assessment software such as SimaPro or OpenLCA, and optimization software such as GAMS, PYOMO are desirable, as well as knowledge of their underlying methodologies.

You can read the full description and apply through the official job posting on JobbNorge <https://SystemsControlCanada.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?tid=0yJxbQ6mRd2EyxwiqH309wIYhUOtCbdfkMLAgVIn2VPC3A22wd2Lo4GjwP4QRuOH>. Questions can be sent to Prof. Adams <mailto:thomas.a.adams@ntnu.no> directly.

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Thomas A. Adams II A412 Varmetekniske lab (VATL)

Professor Kolbjørn Hejes v 1B

BS, BS, PhD, PEng Gløshaugen, Trondheim, Norway

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Institutt for energi- Norges teknisknatur- (NTNU)

og prosessteknikk (EPT) vitenskapelige universitet

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Department of Energy Norwegian University of & Process Engineering Science and Technology (NTNU)

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Submit your preprints, post-prints, and models to the Living Archive for Process Systems Engineering (LAPSE) at https://SystemsControlCanada.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?tid=eZssM4kDGGOFTy+YdYolWgIYhUOtCbdfkMLAgVIn2VPC3A22wd2ro4GjwP4QRuOH
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Best systems papers in Canadian J. Chem Eng

Hi Canadian Systems and Control Community!

I am doing a survey of systems papers published in /Canadian J Chem Eng /(I am an Associate Editor), and I would like to ask the community to point out some great papers published in the journal in the last two years.

I’d love to have your suggestions for anything (of which you were not an author) that might be particularly high quality, impactful, curious, helpful, well-written, risky (!), or innovative published in the journal in any Process Systems Engineering topic (Control, Optimization, Modelling, Simulation, Design, etc).

If you have any, please send the DOI link and a sentence or two about why
you think it is good to me at thomas.a.adams@ntnu.no <mailto:thomas.a.adams@ntnu.no>.

Thanks!

Tom Adams

ADCHEM 2024 Update – Registration and Workshops!

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for *ADCHEM 2024*, the 12th IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, to be held in *Toronto* (Canada) *from July 14 to 17, 2024*! For further information, and to register, please visit the conference website at https://SystemsControlCanada.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?tid=WJ7zHgZMynWp0sT6vpxNnQc4P1D0LoAAlx3SKIY5nujC3A22wd17o4GjwP4QRuOH
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We are also pleased to announce 6 pre-conference workshops, scheduled for Sunday July 14:

  • Data science practitioner experience and industrial tips and tricks of the trade (half-day)
  • Application of machine learning in accelerating MPC for chemical processes (half-day)
  • Intelligent alarm management techniques and applications (half-day)
  • Optimal operation and advanced control using decomposition and simple elements (full-day)
  • End-to-end process monitoring techniques and case studies: Hands-on workshop (full-day)
  • Optimal control in Julia with JuMP and InfiniteOpt (full-day)

Please visit the conference website for further detail
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)

We look forward to seeing you in Toronto!

Best regards,

IPC Chairs Martin Mönnigmann, Ali Mesbah and Pablo Rolandi

NOC Chairs Christopher Swartz, Kim McAuley and Danielle Zyngier

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ADCHEM 2024 is sponsored by the IFAC Technical Committee (TC 6.1) on Chemical Process Control and co-sponsored by the IFAC Technical Committees 2.3 Non-Linear Control Systems, 2.4 Optimal Control, 5.2 Management and Control in Manufacturing and Logistics, 6.2 Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing, 6.3 Power and Energy Systems, 6.4 Fault Detection, Supervision & Safety of Technical Processes, 8.2 Biological and Medical Systems, and 8.4 Biosystems and Bioprocesses. 

ADCHEM 2024 follows the tradition of symposia held in Toulouse (1991), Kyoto (1994), Banff (1997), Pisa (2000), Hong Kong (2003), Gramado (2006), Istanbul (2009), Singapore (2012), Whistler (2015), Shenyang (2028) and Venice (2021).

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CSChE 2023 Announcements

Dear members of the Canadian Systems and Control Community,

CSChE 2023 Systems and Control Division Symposium was a success, thank you to all who participated and joined us in Calgary.  Congratulations once again to Prof Vinay Prasad for the DG Fisher Award!

A few announcements following the conference:

Thank you.

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Nicolas Hudon, Associate Professor 
Department of Chemical Engineering — Dupuis Hall
Queen’s University
19 Division Street
Kingston, ON
CANADA K7L 3N6
tel.: +1 613-533-2787
fax: +1 613-533-6637