Sustainability of Products, Processes and Supply Chains: Theory and Applications (Computer Aided Chemical Engineering): Volume 36 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 044463472X ISBN 13: 9780444634726

Publisher: Elsevier, 2015

Synopsis

Sustainability of Products, Processes and Supply Chains: Theory and Applications presents the recent theoretical developments and applications on the interface between sustainability and process systems engineering. It offers a platform for cutting-edge, holistic analyses of key challenges associated with computer-aided tools for incorporating sustainability principles and approaches into the design and operations of multi-scale process systems, ranging from molecular and products systems, to energy and chemical processes, and supply chains.

• Presents recent theoretical developments and applications on the interface between sustainability engineering and process engineering
• Offers cutting-edge, holistic analyses of key challenges associated with computer-aided tools for incorporating sustainability principles and approaches into the design and operations of multi-scale process systems
• Brings together the perspectives of leading researchers to stimulate innovative thinking in terms of sustainability

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About the Author

Fengqi You is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. His research focuses on the development of novel computational models, optimization techniques, and systems analysis & design methods for process systems engineering, energy systems and sustainability. His research accomplishments have been highlighted by multiple news media (e.g. New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek) and journal covers (e.g. Energy & Environmental Science). He received several competitive awards, including the W. David Smith, Jr. Graduate Publication Award from the CAST Division of AIChE, the Director’s Fellowship from Argonne National Laboratory, and the 2013 Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Investigator Award. Fengqi You received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009 and a BS from Tsinghua University in 2005, both in chemical engineering. From 2009 to 2011, he was an Argonne Scholar at Argonne National Laboratory before joining the faculty of Northwestern University in 2011. More information can be found from his research group website .

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 044463472X
• ISBN 13: 9780444634726
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 692
• Editor: You Fengqi