Organizing Committee

FOCAPD 2024 is organized by a diverse team of research experts in chemical process design, from academic, government, and industry.

Conference Co-Chairs

Dr. Selen Cremaschi
Professor
Auburn University
Department of Chemical Engineering

Dr. Matt Bassett
Laureate
Corteva Agriscience
Farming Solutions and Digital R&D

Dr. Monica Zanfir
Associate Director
Linde, PLC
H2 Supply Systems R&D

Dr. Thomas A. Adams II
Professor, P.Eng.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Department of Energy and Process Technology

International Scientific Committee
 

Dr. Ajay Lakshmanan Amazon Web Services
Dr. Alejandro Cano Siemens Process Systems Enterprise
Prof. Alexander Dowling Notre Dame
Prof. Alexander Mitsos RWTH Aachen University
Prof. Ali Elkamel University of Waterloo
Prof. Ana Barbosa-Povoa Instituto Superior Tecnico
Prof. Ana I. Torres Carnegie Mellon
Prof. Antonnis Kokossis National Technical University of Athens
Dr. Apostolos Giovanoglou Siemens Process Systems Enterpise
Prof. Bhavik Bakshi The Ohio State University
Prof. Bri-Mathias Hodge University of Colorado Border & NREL
Prof. Burcu Beykal University of Connecticut
Prof. Can Li Purdue University
Prof. Carl Laird Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Chinedu Okoli Proctor and Gamble
Prof. Christos Maravelias Princeton University
Prof. Chrysanthos E. Gounaris Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Costas Pantelides Siemens Process Systems Enterpise
Dr. David Miller National Energy Technology Lab
Prof. Debangsu Bhattacharyya West Virginia University
Prof. Donghoi Kim SINTEF Energy
Dr. Edna Soraya Rawlings Sandia National Labs
Dr. Emre Gençer MIT Energy Initiative
Prof. Eric Fraga University College London
Prof. Eva Sorensen University College London
Prof. Fani Boukouvala Georgia Tech
Prof. Faruque Hasan Texas A&M
Prof. Fernando V. Lima West Virginia University
Dr. Gavin Towler Honeywell
Dr. Gerardo Ruiz-Mercado US EPA
Dr. Giancarlo Dalle Ave Hitachi Energy Research
Prof. Iftekar Karimi National University of Singapore
Prof. Ignacio Grossmann Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Jaffer Ghouse Woodside Energy
Prof. Jay Lee University of Southern California 
Prof. Jeffrey Siirola Purdue University
Dr. John Siirola Sandia National Lab
Dr. John Wassick CMU/Dow
Prof. Joule Bergersen University of Calgary
Prof. Kevin Harding University of Witwatersrand
Prof. Kirti Yenkie Rowan  University
Prof. Kyle Camarda University of Kansas
Prof. Larry Biegler Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Leo Chiang Dow
Prof. Luis-Ricardez Sandoval University of Waterloo
Prof. Luke Achenie Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Prof. Mahmoud El-Halwagi Texas A&M University
Prof. Maria Soledad Diaz Universidad Nacional del Sur, Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química (PLAPIQUI)
Prof. Mariano Martin University of Salamanca
Prof. Marianthi Ierapetritou University of Delaware
Prof. Mario Eden Auburn University
Prof. Matthew Realff Georgia Tech
Prof. Michael Baldea The University of Texas at Austin
Prof. Nashaat N. Nassar University of Calgary
Dr. Nor Farida Harun NETL Morgantown
Prof. Patrick Linke Texas A&M Univerisy at Qatar
Prof. Prodromos Daoutidis University of Minnesota
Dr. Rafiqul Gani PSE For Speed
Prof. Rahul Bindlish Dow
Prof. Rakesh Agrawal Purdue University
Prof. Rex Reklaitis Purdue University
Prof. Richard Bratz MIT
Prof. Ruth Misener Imperial College London
Dr. Saadet Ulas Acikgoz Honeywell UOP
Dr. Sal Garcia Lilly
Prof. Shweta Singh Purdue University
Prof. Sophie (Sun Hye) Kim Dow
Prof. Sreekanth Rajagopalan Dow
Dr. Steve Honkomp P&G
Dr. Steve Lombardo OFI
Prof. Stratos Pistikopoulos Texas A&M University
Prof. Styliani Avraamidou University of Wisconsin - Madison
Prof. Tatiana Felix Ferreira Federal Univ. of Rio de Janerio
Prof. Venkat Venkatasubramanian Columbia University
Prof. Victor M Zavala University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dr. Vipin Gopal Walgreens Boots Alliance
Prof. Warren Seider University of Pennsylvania
Prof. Xiaonan Wang Tsinghua University
Prof. Yinlun Huang Wayne State University
Prof. Yuhe Tian West Virginia University
Prof. Zheyu Jiang Oklahoma State University

 

Supporting Organizations

The FOCAPD conferences, along with its sister series FOCAPO, FOSBE, FOMMS, and FOPAM are organized by the Computer Aides for Chemical Engineering (CAChE) Corporation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. FOCAPD 2024 is co-organized with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. We are grateful for the support of both organizations.