Symposium

The 34th Annual ChEGSA Symposium will be held on September 20th & 21st, 2012. Additional details will be announced closer to the event.

Keynote Speaker

The annual ChEGSA research symposium started in 1979 with the hopes of showcasing the work of our graduate researchers, promoting intra-department research collaborations, and connecting our students to industry. Today we continue these traditions, with the hope of improving every year. This two-day event features graduate research presentations, a poster session, and a corporate sponsored keynote address.

This year, Prof. George Stephanopoulos from MIT will deliver the keynote address. Prof. Stephanopoulos received his diploma in chemical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in 1970 and his M.E. in chemical engineering from McMaster University in 1971. His association with Carnegie Mellon began with his PhD at the University of Florida, which he received in 1974, under the guidance of Art Westerberg. Prof. Stephanopoulos’ research and teaching interests have spanned most areas in Process Systems Engineering, including product and process design; process optimization; process operations modeling, analysis, diagnosis, and control; process operations scheduling and planning. His systems engineering interests led him into a variety of other types of systems, addressing research issues related to the design, analysis, control, optimization of the corresponding systems: networks of chemical or biochemical reactions; integrated manufacturing systems within the scope of a national economy or corporate business; city traffic networks and intercity transportation networks; systems approaches to the design and manufacturing of products; and process systems engineering for integrated nanoscale processes (his current focus and love). To mention but few of his achievements–On the Centennial of AIChE he was selected in 2008 as one of the 100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era, and earlier gave  the 2003 AIChE Institute Lecture and received the 1993 Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, from AIChE’s CAST Division. He is a member of the NAE and a fellow of the AIChE. You can visit his academic webpage at http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/profile.html?id=29.