Process Systems Engineering Consortium
University
of California, Santa Barbara
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Training
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Sponsorship
The Process Systems Engineering Consortium (PSEC) is a collaboration between the highly successful Process Design and Control Center at the University of Massachusetts and process systems engineering consortia at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Illinois. The mission of PSEC is to create systematic methods for the rapid invention, development and operation of industrial processes to manufacture high-value products. These products include specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals (including excipients), polymers, home and personal health care products, processed foods, etc. Manufacturing processes of interest include batch and continuous systems involving liquids, gases, organic solids, microstructured liquids, biochemicals and polymers. Our research efforts encompass complex systems modeling and dynamics, integrated process and product design, and advanced process control.
PSEC is comprised of five principal investigators who supervise the efforts of numerous graduate and postdoctoral students and collaborate with a broad range of other faculty who offer specific domain expertise. PSEC offers a unique combination of research, technology transfer, and education and training opportunities.
Research
- Integrated approach to process systems engineering from product design to process operations
- Focus on applied research on industrially relevant problems
- Emphasis on manufacturing of high-value products
- Development of general methodologies and software tools
Technology transfer
- Close interactions with industrial sponsors through collaborative projects, research reviews, and student internships
- Provide early access to research results, software prototypes, and graduate/post-doctoral students
Education and training
- Prepare students for industrial placement through work on applied research projects
- Offer continuing education opportunities to our industrial sponsors
For further information about PSEC please contact:
Prof. Michael A. Henson
Department of Chemical Engineering
259A Goessmann Laboratory
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 413-545-3481
Fax: 413-545-1647
Email: henson@ecs.umass.edu
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