Overview

You are cordially invited to the Process Systems Engineering, New Frontiers event in honour of the Professor David Bogle’s work in the field of process systems engineering.

Organised by IChemE’s Computer Aided Process Engineering Special Interest Group and co-sponsored by The Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, this event we will explore the seminal impact process systems engineering methods, tools and thinking has had in a multi-disciplinary context and emerging frontiers.

Sponsored by: IChemE's Computer Aided Process Engineering Special Interest Group and The Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering.

Speakers

Professor Joan Cordiner, Head of School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield 

Joan is the Head of the School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering at The University of Sheffield where she also leads the Cordiner Research Group. Joan's research interests include: the modelling of complex processes, selection and design of processes; scale-up, resilience and sustainability built into design practices; manufacturing optimisation and process safety. She also leads the UK-HyRES Safety Theme.

Prior, she had a distinguished career at Syngenta which spanned several global and senior management positions. Joan brings a wealth of experience in leadership, active ingredient process design, complex process modelling, physical property prediction, formulation engineering, process safety leadership, global business risk management and building relationships between academia and industry.

Professor Nathan Davies, Professor of Biochemistry, UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences

One of the foremost liver disease and nutrition researchers in the world, Nathan is a Professor of Biochemistry at the UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences, #1 in London for medicine and #8 in the world as a faculty of medical sciences. Nathan is an expert in the field of acute on chronic liver disease. In addition to his ground-breaking work as a liver disease and nutrition researcher, Nathan is both the Head of Education for the world leading Division of Medicine at UCL and the Director of Nutrition Education at UCL.

Professor Raffaela Ocone, Chair of Chemical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University

Raffaela holds degrees from the Università di Napoli, Italy, and Princeton University, USA. She is the Chair of Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, UK, and Guest Professor at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Currently, she serves as the Deputy President of IChemE and will become the 84th President in 2025. In 2007, Raffaella was honoured with the title of Cavaliere by the President of the Italian Republic. In 2019, she was recognised as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in the Engineering Sector by Inclusive Boards, in partnership with the Financial Times.

In 2017, she became the inaugural Caroline Herschel Visiting Professor in Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, in recognition of her contributions to engineering ethics. Raffaella’s research primarily focuses on modelling multiphase reactive systems, with a particular emphasis on developing responsible technologies in the energy sector. Her current work centres on advancing low-carbon hydrogen production.

Dr Vassilis Charitopoulos, Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, CPSE, UCL

Vassilis is a lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Chemical Engineering, CPSE at UCL. He specialises in developing mathematical programming models and methods to incorporate uncertainty considerations for chemical process and energy systems engineering problems. He holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and a PhD from the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCL.

Before joining UCL, he was a Research Associate at the Energy Policy Research Group at Cambridge Judge Business School where he worked on optimisation of heat decarbonisation pathways. Vassilis has received global recognition for his excellent research activity including: Springer Thesis Award (2019), UCL David Newton Prize (2019). He was the recipient of an Early Career Fellowship (2019) from the Isaac Newton Trust, University of Cambridge. In 2022, he was Highly Commended as Best Young Researcher by the IChemE Global Awards.

His current research focuses on the development of novel techniques for model-based and data-driven optimisation frameworks for digital process manufacturing and sustainable energy systems engineering.

The material presented has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the CAPE SIG in full. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

Time

14:00–17:00 BST.

Price

Price includes VAT.

• IChemE member: Free
• Non-member: £10.00

Registration for this event will close on Tuesday 20 May 2025.