News

• Our new annual review paper! Check it out: Advanced Modeling and Optimization Strategies for Process Synthesis
• Our new collaborative paper! Check it out: Explicit machine learning-based model predictive control of nonlinear processes via multi-parametric programming

• Congratulations to Masud being awarded the Graduate Student Travel Grant from Northern West Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society!
• Dr. Tian delivered an invited seminar on April 19 ^th for Ezra's Round Table/Systems Seminar at Cornell University, entitled "Systematic Process Design, Intensification, and Innovation of Chemical and Energy Systems". 
• Warmest congratulations to Austin being awarded the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellow!
• Our group participated in Statler Research Week Open House on the 5 th of April, with the following posters:
• Masud, M., & Tian, Y. Design Optimization of Microwave-Assisted Ammonia Production Processes: An Integrated Machine Learning and Superstructure-Based Approach.
• Braniff, A., Dantas, B., Akundi, S. S., Liu, Y., Niknezhad, S. S., Khan, F., Pistikopoulos, E. N. & Tian, Y. Smart and Safe Manufacturing via Risk-Aware Control and Data-Driven Uncertainty Analysis.
  
• Our group gave a guest lecture at CHE102 Intro to Chemical Engineering on March 21st, with the following presentation:
• Tian, Y., Braniff, A., & Masud, M. Motivating Tutorials on MATLAB and Machine Learning.
  
• Dr. Tian received the inaugural FOCAPD Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation!
• Warmest congratulations to our senior team - Owen Gerdes, Brian Lauerman, Hunter Hardway, Joshua Swecker - for winning the "Best Steady State Simulation" prize in AVEVA Academic Competition 2023 for North America!
• Thisali participated in WV  Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol on February 22 ^nd with a poster presentation, entitled "Model-based analyses of fertilizer nutrient recoveries from wastewater".
• Dr. Tian delivered an invited seminar on January 30 ^th in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, entitled " Toward Systematic Process Design, Intensification, and Innovation".
• Check out our featured research project on WVUTODAY! " WVU close to commercializing microwave technology that can cool down industry’s energy usage "
• Check out our featured news on WVUTODAY!  "WVU researcher trains next-gen AI for chemicals industry to take a quantum leap forward "
• [NEW MEMBER] We warmly welcome Ms. Beatriz Dantas to our research group!

• [NEW MEMBER] We warmly welcome Ms. Thisali Wadunambu Arachchige Dona and Mr. Larry Clevenger to our research group!
• Our group presented at the  AIChE Annual Meeting 2023 held in Orlando, FL on the 5 th to 10 th of November, with the following talks:
• Masud, M. & Tian, Y. "Machine Learning-Aided Process Design and Intensification using Sparse Experimental Data: An Ammonia Production Example".
  
• Braniff, A., Masud, M. & Tian, Y. "Fault-Prognostic Explicit Model Predictive Control with Physics-Data Driven Monitoring".
• Braniff, A. & Tian, Y. "Multi-Time-Scale Model Predictive Quality Control via Multi-Parametric Programming".
• Tian, Y., Zamarripa, M. A. & Paul, B. "Systematic Process Design via Reinforcement Learning: An Hydrodealkylation Example".
• Ali, M., Kenefake, D., Tian, Y. & Pistikopoulos, E. N. "Optimal Operation of Intensified Fluidized Bed Membrane Reactor for Oxidative Coupling of Methane".
• We are one of the winners for Statler College All Voices as ONE conference poster competition!
• Akintola, A., Masud, M., Braniff, A., Jiang, Y., & Tian, Y. "Diversity in Research Towards a Common Goal: An Instance of the Innovation-Driven Sustainable Systems Research Group".
  
• [NEW MEMBER]  We warmly welcome Mr. Yazhou Jiang to our research group!
• Masud is spotlighted for RAPID Intern Program - Check it out! 
• Intern presentation: Machine Learning Aided Process Design for Microwave Assisted Ammonia Production
• Our group participated in 33rd ESCAPE Conference held in Athens, Greece on the 18th to 21st of June, with the following poster:
• Tian, Y., Akintola, A., & Akoh, B. "A Process Design, Intensification, and Modularization Approach for Membrane-Assisted Reaction Systems".
  
• Our group participated in  ISCRE 27 - International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering held in Quebec City, Canada on the 11 ^th to 14 ^th of June, with the following presentation:
• Vedant, S., Ali, M., Pabba, N., Kenefake, D., Pistikopoulos, E. N., & Tian, Y. "SYNOPSIS – A Software Prototype for Computer-Aided Process Intensification".
  
• Our group participated in 2023 American Control Conference on the May 31 - June 2, with the following poster:
• Braniff, A., Masud, M., & Tian, Y. "Fault-Prognostic Model Predictive Control with Physics-Data Driven Monitoring".
• Warmest congratulations to Tyler and Austin on graduating their B.Sc. programs!
  
• Congratulations to Austin being selected as WVU Provost Fellow!
• Benjamin successfully defended his M.Sc. degree –  Warmest congratulations!
• Our group participated in 2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference on the 24-25 th of March, with the following poster:
• Ball, M. R., Sanyal, O., & Tian, Y. "Combined ChemE junior level course project: Green methanol synthesis" .
  
• Our group participated in Statler Research Week Open House on the 26 th of March, with the following posters:
• Masud, M., & Tian, Y. Machine Learning in Limited Data Regime – A Literature Survey & Motivating Chemical Example

• Akoh, B., Akintola, A., & Tian, Y. "Machine Learning-Assisted Chemical Process Design".

• Dr. Tian delivered an invited virtual talk on March 3 ^rd at the  first "Seminar on Process Intensification Applied to the Oil and Energy Industry" held at the Mexican Petroleum Institute.
• Dr. Tian delivered an invited key lecture  on January 17  ^th at  Second Symposium of Process Intensification Challenges and Opportunities: Towards Sustainable Chemical Processes in the XXI Century , entitled "Synthesis and Operability Strategies for Computer-Aided Modular Process Intensification".
• Our group presented at the FOCAPO/CPC 2023 conference held in San Antonio, TX on the 8 ^th to 12 ^th of January, with the following presentation:
• Ali, M., Cai, X., Khan, F., & Tian, Y. "Dynamic Risk-based Design and Explicit Model Predictive Control via Multi-Parametric Programming".
  
• [NEW MEMBER]  We warmly welcome Mr. Md Masud to our research group!

• Our group participated in Statler College Artificial Intelligence Research Forum on the 6 ^th of December, with the following poster:
• Akoh, B., Akintola, A., & Tian, Y. "Machine Learning-Assisted Chemical Process Design".
• Our group presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting 2022 held in Phoenix, AZ on the 13 ^th to 18 ^th of November, with the following talks:
• Tian, Y., & Akintola, A. "Modular Process Intensification Synthesis of Membrane-Based Reactive Separation Systems Towards Sustainable Hydrogen Production".
• Tian, Y., & Akoh, B. "An Operational Optimization Approach for Supply Network Decarbonization for Energy-Chemical Co-Production".
• Ali, M., Cai, X., Khan, F., Pistikopoulos, E. N., & Tian, Y. "A Systematic Safety-Oriented Process Design and Explicit Model Predictive Control Optimization Approach".
• Ali, M., Tian, Y., De, S., van Bavel, A. P., Demirhan, C. D., & Pistikopoulos, E. N. "Dynamic Modeling and Explicit/Multi-Parametric Model Predictive Control Optimization of an Intensified Fluidized Bed Membrane Reactor for Oxidative Coupling of Methane".
• Benjamin participated as one of the student organizers for the first student-led conference at WVU Statler College: All Voices as One. Check it out!
• Our group participated in the RAPID workshop on Synthesis and Operability Strategies for Computer-Aided Process Intensification hosted at the Houston DOW Center on September 14-15, 2022.
• [NEW MEMBER] We warmly welcome Mr. Austin Braniff and Mr. Tyler Dennis to our research group!
• Dr. Tian delivered an invited keynote on August 19 ^th at BioCON 4.0 Online Conference 2022, entitled "Fault-Prognostic Predictive Control via Multi-Parametric Optimization".
  
• We congratulate Ayooluwa for passing the PhD qualifying exam!
• Our group presented at the Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Conference 2022 held in Bethesda, MD on the 1 ^st to 3 ^rd of June, with the following invited talks:
• Tian, Y., & Akintola, A. "Modular Process Intensification Synthesis of Membrane-Based Reactive Separation Systems for Sustainable Hydrogen Production".
• Zitney, S., Bhattacharyya, D., Lima, F., & Tian, Y. "Science-Informed Virtual Digital Twin for an Integrated Energy System with Carbon Capture: Research, Training, and Education".
• Dr. Tian delivered a virtual invited talk on May 20 ^th at the joint group seminar of Dr. Antonio del Rio Chanona (Imperial College London) and Dr. Dongda Zhang (University of Manchester), entitled "Synthesis and Operability Strategies for Computer-Aided Modular Process Intensification".
• Our group participated in the AIChE Spring Meeting 2022 held in San Antonio, TX on the 10 ^th to 14 ^th of April, with the following presentations:
• Ali, M., Tian, Y., De, S., van Bavel, A. P., Demirhan, C. D., & Pistikopoulos, E. N. "Model-Based Design and Intensification of a Catalytic Fluidized Bed Membrane Reactor for Oxidative Coupling of Methane".
• Cai, X., Ali, M., Su-Feher, D., Pistikopoulos, E. N. & Tian, Y. "Systematic Incorporation of Safety Assessment in Process Design, Intensification, and Control".
• Ayooluwa presented at the Statler Research Open House on April 12 ^th, with the following poster:

• Akintola, A. & Tian, Y. "Computer Aided Process Intensification for Hydrogen Production".

• Our group participated in the ACS Spring Meeting 2022 held in San Diego, TX on the 10 ^th to 14 ^th of April, with the following presentation:
• Ali, M., Tian, Y., De, S., van Bavel, A. P., Demirhan, C. D., & Pistikopoulos, E. N. "Process Modeling, Design, and Intensification of Oxidative Coupling of Methane Process".

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