Systems Engineering
The department has had a long-standing tradition of excellence in research in process modeling, monitoring, and control; process system integration; complex systems; system theory; and nonlinear dynamics. Recent activities include the use of hierarchical networks of intelligent autonomous agents for monitoring, diagnosis and control of distributed and networked systems.
Examples of the research interests of individual faculty in systems engineering are:
Javad Abbassian
GTI Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Expertise:
Conceptual process design
Donald Chmielewski
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Associate Chair of Graduate Affairs
Expertise:
Model predictive controller tuning; process optimization; sensor network design
Ali Cinar
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate College
Expertise:
Modeling, analysis and control of complex distributed systems; process supervision
Satish Parulekar
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Affairs
Expertise:
Chemical reaction engineering; reactions with separations; modeling and optimization of biological and chemical processes
Fouad Teymour
Johnson Polymer Professor and Chairman of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Expertise:
Complex system analysis; polymer reaction engineering