Preliminary Program subject to change
10C11 Poster Session - Computers in Operations and Information Processing
OverviewThis session is a poster session for general topics in computers in operations and information processing
Primary SponsorComputers in Operations and Information Processing (10c)

Chair

Jose M. Pinto
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Polytechnic University
6 Metrotech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone Number: 718-260-3569
Fax Number: 718-260-3125
Email: jpinto@poly.edu

CoChair

Dimitrios Varvarezos
Director, Technology
Advanced Technology Innovation Group
Aspen Technology, Inc.
2500 CityWest Blvd - Suite 1500
Houston, TX 77042
Phone Number: 281-504-3097
Fax Number: 281-584-1062
Email: dimitri@aspentech.com
Conceptual Design Of An Industrial Scale Bio-Diesel-Fuels Production Process Based On Transesterification Of Rbd Palm Oil Using Supercritical Methanol
YoungSub Lim, Eun-Seok Song, Youn-Woo Lee and Chonghun Han, School of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Kwanak-gu Shillim-dong San 56-1, 311-415, Seoul, South Korea
Production Planning, Scheduling, And Debottlenecking Practices In The Biopharmaceutical Industries
Charles Siletti, INTELLIGEN, INC., 700 Walton Ave., Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 and Demetri P. Petrides, INTELLIGEN, INC., 2326 Morse Avenue, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Demonstrating a Novel Approach to the Control of Microhotplate Sensors Utilizing a Distributed Computing Approach and Numeric Modeling
Samuel A. Winchenbach, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maine, 5708 Barrows Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5708, M. Clayton Wheeler, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Maine, 5708 Barrows Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5708, Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, University of Maine, 5708 Barrows Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5708 and Bruce E. Segee, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maine, 5708 Barrows Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5708
Plant Wide Simulations for Process and Economic Analysis and Optimization at Ras Tanura Refinery
Srinivas Badithela1, Samer Hokail2 and Rugaib Hamad2, (1) Refinery Operations Engineering Division, Refinery Operations Department, Saudi Aramco, Ras Tanura Refinery,, RASTANURA, Saudi Arabia, (2)Saudi Aramco, Ras Tanura Refinery,, RASTANURA, Saudi Arabia
A Simultaneous Dynamic Optimization Approach For Parameter Estimation In Water Quality Models
Vanina Estrada, Chemical Engineering, Planta Piloto de Ingenieria Quimica - Universidad Nacional del Sur, Camino La Camino La Carrindanga Km 7, Bahia Blanca, 8000, Argentina, Elisa Parodi, Biology, Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO) – Universidad Nacional del Sur, CONICET, Camino La Carrindanga Km 7, Bahia Blanca, 8000, Argentina and Maria Soledad Diaz, Chemical Engineering, PLAPIQUI - Universidad Nacional del Sur - CONICET, Camino La Carrindanga Km 7, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Modeling Information Sharing Using the Beer Game
Nathan J. Patterson, Andrew H. Ewing and Sangtae Kim, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 585 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907
A Resource-Task Network Approach For Optimal Scheduling And Heat Integration In Multipurpose Batch Plants
Cheng-Liang Chen, Chia-Yuang Chang and Ying-Jyuan Ciou, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, #1, Sec 4, Roosevolt Rd., Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
Robustness Analysis Of Supply Chain Networks
Pavan Kumar Naraharisetti, Process Science & Modelling, Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island,, Singapore, 627833, Singapore, I. A. Karimi, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4, Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117576, Singapore and Rajagopalan Srinivasan, Department of chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117576, Singapore, Singapore
Dynamics and Control of Heterogeneous Azeotropic Distillation Towers
Srinivas Badithela, Refinery Operations Engineering Division, Refinery Operations Department, Saudi Aramco, Ras Tanura Refinery,, RASTANURA, Saudi Arabia and K.P. Madhavan, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Department, IIT, Powai, Bombay, Mumbai, India
Dynamic Optimization Of Integrated Natural Gas Processing Plants
Patricia M. Hoch, Plapiqui - UNS - Conicet, CC 717, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires 8000, Argentina, Mariela A. Rodríguez, Chemical Engineering, Plapiqui, Camino La Carrindanga Km 7, Bahia Blanca, 8000, Argentina and Maria Soledad Diaz, Chemical Engineering, PLAPIQUI - Universidad Nacional del Sur - CONICET, Camino La Carrindanga Km 7, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Planning And Scheduling In Manufacturing With Perishable Resources
Rakshita Agrawal, Jay H. Lee and Matthew J. Realff, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive N. W., atlanta, GA 30332
Effects Of Using Multiple Pure Component Parameters Of Molecular-Based Equations Of State On Thermodynamic Property Predictions
Saravanan Swaminathan, Tennessee Technological University, Dept. of ChE Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505, Donald P. Visco Jr., Tennessee Technological University, Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505 and Angelo Lucia, University of Rhode Island, Dept of Chem. Engineering, Kingston, RI 02881
Process Dynamics of A Biogas Upgrading System - Simulation and Experimental Practice
Michael E. Harasek1, Aleksander Makaruk1, Martin Miltner1, Reinhard Schlager1 and Christian Maier2, (1)Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/166, Vienna, AK A-1060, Austria, (2)Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/166, Vienna, A-1060, Austria
Quantitative Study of Crude Oil Price Evolution Via Fractal Theory and Time Series Analysis
Dimitrios I. Gerogiorgis, Centre For Process Systems Engineering (C.P.S.E.), Imperial College of London, Roderic Hill Building, Prince Consort Road, Imperial College South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

Computing and Systems Technology Division