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New directions for
Process Systems Engineering
 
CAPD is a Carnegie Mellon University research center engaged in Process Systems Engineering research for the process industries.
Advanced computer-based techniques for:
  • Process synthesis
  • Process optimization
  • Planning and scheduling
  • Process control
  • Energy systems
  • Molecular computing
Faculty:
Our Research Goals:
  • Understand and aid complex design and operation issues faced by industry
  • Develop and advance modeling and solution methods for process systems engineering
 
 
  In the News:
 
Larry Biegler awarded Sargent Medal
Nick Sahinidis elected to the NAE
Carl Laird joins CAPD
New optimization textbook by Ignacio Grossmann
Optimizing processes with AI
Recent Awards
  Resources:
 
Pittsburgh MINLP workshop
AIChEJ PSE virtual issue
Computers & ChemE virtual issue
Virtual Library for Process Systems Engineering
Cyber-Infrastructure for MINLP
International Colloquium Perspectives in Process Operations
CAPEC Seminar: Role of PSE in Chemical Engineering
FOCAPO Meetings
Academic PSE Alumni
International Academic PSE Alumni
Textbooks by CAPD Faculty
 
 
New CAPD Short Course
May 15-26, 2023
The short course offers instruction in ten modules along the topics of nonlinear, discrete and global modeling and optimization, conceptual design, planning and scheduling, real time optimization, advanced control, and data analytics
 
Annual Review Meeting
This meeting is open to participants from companies that sponsor the CAPD.
 
Special Interest Group on Energy Systems Initiative
 
Special Interest Group on Enterprise-wide Optimization
 
Conferences
Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Conference
June 13, 2022
Bethedsa, MD
ESCAPE 32
June 12-15, 2022
Toulouse, France
PSE 2022
June 19–23, 2022
Kyoto, Japan
24th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming
August 14-19, 2022
Beijing, China
2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting
October 16-19, 2022
Indianapolis, IN
2022 AIChE Annual Meeting
November 13-18, 2022
Phoenix, AZ
FOCAPO/CPC 2023
Hilton San Antonio Hill Country, San Antonio, Texas
January 8-12, 2023