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.