The Center for Advanced Process Decision-making (CAPD) at Carnegie Mellon University (Professors Biegler, Grossmann, Sahinidis, Ydstie) will offer a six-day course entitled: Optimization Modeling and Integrated Process Operations http://capd.cheme.cmu.edu/shortcourse/index.html ** May 19-25, 2011 ** This course is organized in six modules along the topics of nonlinear, discrete and global optimization, and integrated process planning, scheduling and control. The course stresses the application of recently developed optimization models and methods to practical process problems. Geared to the practitioner, this course provides practical information and exposure to powerful and sophisticated modeling tools for process synthesis, planning, scheduling and dynamics and control, including treatment of uncertainty. In addition, the course emphasizes systematic solution approaches and provides the necessary background to understand the tools and apply them correctly and efficiently to your process problem. Course participants will address these topics through lectures and hands-on workshops. Specific computer methods will include modeling tools, nonlinear and mixed integer programming codes. You Should Attend If... - you are a process engineer interested in obtaining improved solutions for your design, planning, scheduling and control problems. - you are an engineer interested in learning how to formulate models for process design and synthesis, and for process and enterprise-wide optimization, and how to solve them with advanced computer tools. - you are a manager interested in understanding and introducing these tools in your working environment. - you are a researcher interested in quickly testing new process ideas and concepts through the use of optimization-based tools. Six course Modules (a)-(h): Modules on Optimization Modeling to be taught from Thursday through Saturday (May 19-21) will focus on modeling and algorithms with applications to process optimization, process synthesis and molecular design: a) Nonlinear programming (Biegler, Thursday, May 19) b) Mixed-integer and disjunctive programming (Grossmann, Friday, May 20) c) Global optimization and optimization under uncertainty (Sahinidis, Saturday, May 21) Modules on Integrated Process Operations to be taught from Monday through Wednesday (May 23-25) will focus on three major decision levels in plant and enterprise-wide optimization: f) Mixed-integer models for planning and scheduling (Grossmann, Monday, May 23) g) Differential/algebraic models for real time optimization (Biegler, Wednesday, May 24) h) Process dynamics and control (Ydstie, Tuesday, May 25) The material in each module is independent and self-contained and can be taken in any combination. A detailed description of the topics covered in the course is given in: http://capd.cheme.cmu.edu/shortcourse/shortcourse_details.htm The Faculty: Lorenz T. Biegler is Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon. He obtained his doctorate in chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin in 1981 and joined Carnegie Mellon University in the same year. His research interests include process optimization and the optimization of differential-algebraic systems. A 1985 Presidential Young Investigator, a recipient of the 1996 ASEE McGraw Award and the 2000 AIChE Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, the 2009 AIChE Warren Lewis Award, the 2008 INFORMS Computing Society Prize, the CACHE Computing in Chemical Engineering Education Award and Fellow of the AIChE. He is a consultant for a number of industries. Ignacio E. Grossmann, Dean University Professor and Former Head of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon, obtained his master of science and doctorate in chemical engineering from Imperial College, London. He joined Carnegie Mellon in 1979 after one year of industrial experience with the Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo. His interests are in the areas of mixed-integer and logic based programming, process synthesis, enterprise-wide optimization, and planning and scheduling. He was a recipient of the 1984 Presidential Young Investigator Award, the 1995 Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, the 1997 William Walker Award of AICHE, the 2003 INFORMS Computing Society Prize and the 2009 AIChE Warren Lewis Award. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of AIChE and INFORMS, and holds an honorary doctorate from Abo Academy in Finland and Univ. Maribor in Slovenia. Nikolaos V. Sahinidis is Swearingen Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He obtained his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon in 1990 and joined the faculty at Carnegie Mellon in 2007, after a sixteen-year long career at the University of Illinois at Urbana. His research has focused heavily on the development of theory, algorithms, and software for global optimization of mixed-integer nonlinear programs, with applications in X-ray imaging, bioinformatics, and molecular design. His BARON global optimization software has found applications in fields ranging from computational chemistry to energy modeling. His research activities have been recognized by several awards, including the 2004 INFORMS Computing Society Prize, the 2006 Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize from the Mathematical Programming Society, and the 2010 Computing in Chemical Engineering Award from AIChE. Erik Ydstie is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He obtained his doctorate in chemical engineering from Imperial College, London. He joined Carnegie Mellon in 1992 after spending several years at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His interests are in the real time adaptive control and optimization, dynamics and control of complex networks, design and control of particulate processes with application to solar cell production, and design and control of multi-phase reactor systems. He was Director of R&D at ELKEM ASA in 1999-2000, and board member and chairman of board SolarSilicon , Oslo, 1999 - 2000. He is recipient of the 2007 Computing in Chemical Engineering Award of AIChE. Administrative Details: Time: Six days, Thursday through Saturday, Monday through Wednesday, 8:30 am to 6:00 pm. CAPD Conference Room, Doherty Hall, Carnegie Mellon University. Lodging: Housing arrangements may be made directly with the Holiday Inn at University Center (412-682-6200), which is approximately four (4) blocks from the CMU campus. A block of rooms has been reserved for the participants. When reserving your room please state that you are with CMU- Chemical Engineering CAPD group. The current rate is approximately $126 + tax per night for a single room plus parking fee of $17 per day. Fees: The fees include all instructional materials, background materials, a manual of notes, computer use, parking, a continental breakfast each day, and a closing luncheon. In addition a free copy of Chemical Engineering Optimization Problems with GAMS, which includes PC-based software will be provided as well as a copy of Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design by Biegler, Grossmann, and Westerberg. Note: a 25% discount is available to industrial affiliates of the CAPD Consortium. Please make checks payable to: Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemical Engineering. Registration: Register by completing and returning the form in: http://capd.cheme.cmu.edu/shortcourse/register.htm If you need specific information please contact Laura Shaheen at [log in to unmask] (Tel: 412-268-6344; Fax: 412-268-7139). As the course format limits class size, please notify us 10 days before the start of a session should you wish to transfer or cancel your registration. A $250 service charge is assessed if notification of cancellation is received after that time. The price for taking the modules is as follows: One module out of six: $560 Any of two modules out of six: $960 Any of three modules: $1,600 All six modules: $2,800 For members of CAPD there is a 25% discount. One module out of six: $420 Any of two modules out of six: $720 Any of three modules: $1,200 All six modules: $2,100 Testimonials of Past Participants... Excellent course that covers a lot of topics and discusses most of the important issues within these topics. I got a lot out of the course-excellent job! All lecturers were excellent! -- ________________________________________________________ Ignacio E. Grossmann R.R.Dean University Professor Dept. Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Tel: 412-268-3642 Fax: 412-268-7139 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://egon.cheme.cmu.edu