Dr Franjo Cecelja
About
Biography
Dr Franjo Cecelja obtained his Dipl. Eng. degree in Aerospace Technology from Technical from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, M.Sc degree from Cranfield Institute of Technology in Control & Signal Processing and Ph.D from Brunel University, UK, in Optical Sensors for High Frequency, Low Intensity Electric Fields in 1997.
He worked as a postgraduate research fellow at the University of Surrey, U.K., investigating design and application of optical sensors for electric and magnetic field measurements in biological tissues since 1992. This work continued at Brunel University, U.K., until 2001 when he was appointed a lecturer in Manufacturing and Information Systems at Brunel University. In 2006 he moved to the University of Surrey where the work in Manufacturing and Information Systems expanded to the area of Process Systems Engineering.
He has expertise in Optical Sensors and Measurement, Data Processing, Optimisation and Decision Making and Computer Modelling. Dr Franjo Cecelja has worked closely with the UK and international companies and universities and research institutions which resulted in more than 15 funded research projects. He is currently principal investigator on several funded projects: i) RENESENG II, Horison 2020 RISE project dedicated to networking in the area of biorefining, ii) eSymbiosis FP7 (Life+) focusing on Development of knowledge-based web services to promote and advance Industrial Symbiosis in Europe, and iii) RENESENG FP7 Marie Curie LTN project focusing on Renewable Energy Systems Engineering, iv) Qatar Foundation (QNRF) project focusing on Development of Low Cost Forward Osmosis Desalination: Application in Agricultural Irrigation, v) SETsquared ICURe project focusing on eSymbiosis: market search and commercialisation plan , vi) SETsquared ICURe project focusing on Modified Osmosis: market search and commercialisation plan, among other several projects.
Areas of specialism
University roles and responsibilities
- Coordinates activities of Process & Information Systems Engineering Research Centre (PRISE) which, along respective research also homes 5 MSc programmes:
Affiliations and memberships
•CAST 10E Information Management and Intelligent Systems, AIChE section chair (2010-12)
•Co-Editor for IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurements: Magnetic Materials & Measurement (2002-2005);
•Member of editorial board and/or technical committee for high impact factor international journals of: 1) IMEKO - Journal for Measurement, 2) Journal of Applied Energy, 3) Journal of Cleaner Production, 4) European Journal of Operational Research, 5) Journal of Computers and Chemical Engineering, 6) Journal of Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 7) Energy and Fuels, 8) Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 9) Journal of Waste and Biomass Valorisation, 10) Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research.• Member of editorial board and/or technical committee for international conferences: 1) WCE conference - Manufacturing & Information Systems, 2) IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement technology Conference - I2MTC, 3) American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual meeting.
•Review committee: EPSRC UK, FP7 EU, RC Slovenia
ResearchResearch interests
Systems Engineering for Energy and Industrial Applications:
- Modelling and optimization of energy generation, distribution and consumption:
- Modelling and integration: modelling and integration of renewable and low-carbon energy systems with focus on biofuel production (biorefining) and distribution with particular focus on sustainability;
- Energy management system: optimising industrial and domestic consumption for sustainability - economic, environmental and social perspective
- Energy from waste: analysis and design of dynamic supply chains and industrial symbiosis with focus on energy generation from agricultural and forestry residues and industrial and municipal waste.
- Systems Engineering Approach to Optimising Operation in Process and Water Processing Industries:
- Complex process systems: optimisation of operation of complex industrial systems operating under market influences;
- Optimisation of innovative water processing technologies for economies and environmental effects including modified forward osmosis;
Knowledge modelling (Ontology Engineering) and Semantic Technology Applications:
- Knowledge modelling: decision making system based on stochastic optimisation and knowledge modelling (ontologies) to support supply chain integration and operation.
- Sensory and Measurement Systems:
- Non-perturbing and fast response optical sensors for field (electric and magnetic), pressure, flow, temperature and chemical composition measurement;
Research projects
RENESENG II Horizon 2020 (MSCA-RISE-2017), F. Cecelja (PI), M. Bussmaker, E Velliou, T Chen, Renewable systems engineering for waste valorisation ΙΙ, £120k (2017) RENESENG FP7 (Marie Curie LTN), F. Cecelja (PI), T Chen, J. Sandhukan, Renewable Energy Systems Engineering, £425k, (2013 - 2018) QNRF 1 QRNF, F. Cecelja (PI), Low Cost Forward Osmosis Desalination: Application in Agricultural Irrigation - awarded, $280k, (2016)
Research interests
Systems Engineering for Energy and Industrial Applications:
- Modelling and optimization of energy generation, distribution and consumption:
- Modelling and integration: modelling and integration of renewable and low-carbon energy systems with focus on biofuel production (biorefining) and distribution with particular focus on sustainability;
- Energy management system: optimising industrial and domestic consumption for sustainability - economic, environmental and social perspective
- Energy from waste: analysis and design of dynamic supply chains and industrial symbiosis with focus on energy generation from agricultural and forestry residues and industrial and municipal waste.
- Systems Engineering Approach to Optimising Operation in Process and Water Processing Industries:
- Complex process systems: optimisation of operation of complex industrial systems operating under market influences;
- Optimisation of innovative water processing technologies for economies and environmental effects including modified forward osmosis;
Knowledge modelling (Ontology Engineering) and Semantic Technology Applications:
- Knowledge modelling: decision making system based on stochastic optimisation and knowledge modelling (ontologies) to support supply chain integration and operation.
- Sensory and Measurement Systems:
- Non-perturbing and fast response optical sensors for field (electric and magnetic), pressure, flow, temperature and chemical composition measurement;
Research projects
Publications
The most recent journal papers
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Koo, L, N Trokanas, and F Cecelja. "A Semantic Framework for Enabling Model Integration for Biorefining." Computers & Chemical Engineering 100 (2017): 219-31.
Fubara, T. C., F Cecelja, and A Yang. "Techno-Economic Assessment of Natural Gas Displacement Potential of Biomethane: A Case Study on Domestic Energy Supply in the Uk." Chemical Engineering Research and Design In press, accepted manuscript, Available online 21 December 2017 (2017).
Trokanas, N, and F Cecelja. "Ontology Evaluation for Reuse in the Domain of Process Systems Engineering." Computers & Chemical Engineering 85 (2016): 177-87.
Bussemaker, M, K Day, G Drage, and F Cecelja. "Supply Chain Optimisation for an Ultrasound-Organosolv Lignocellulosic Biorefinery: Impact of Technology Choices." Waste and Biomass Valorization 8, no. 7 (2017): 2247-61.
- N. Trokanas, F. Cecelja, and T. Raafat, Semantic Approach for Pre-assessment of Environmental Indicators in Industrial Symbiosis, Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 349-361, 01/06/2015, 2015. (10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.046)
- M. Bussemaker, N. Trokanas, and F. Cecelja, An Ontological Approach to Chemical Engineering Curriculum Development, Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering, vol. 38, pp. 2331-2336, 2016.
- A. Kokosis, C. Labrador-Darder, and F. Cecelja, Semantically Enabled Process Synthesis and Optimisation, Computers & Chemical Engineering, vol. 93, pp. 64-86, 2016. (doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2016.05.018)
- L. Koo, N. Trokanas, H. Tokos et al., A Holistic Approach to Model Discovery Using A Domain Ontology, Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering, vol. 38, pp. 733-738, 2016
- N. Trokanas, M. Bussemaker, and F. Cecelja, Utilising Semantics for Improved Decision Making in Bio-refinery Value Chains, Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering, vol. 38, pp. 2097-2102, 2016
- N. Trokanas, and F. Cecelja, Ontology Evaluation for Reuse in the Domain of Process Systems Engineering, Computers & Chemical Engineering, vol. 85, pp. 177-187, 2016. (doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2015.12.003)
- A. Wu, D. Lovett, M. McEwan et al., A spreadsheet calculator for estimating biogas production and economic measures for UK-based farm-fed anaerobic digesters, Bioresource Technology, vol. 220, pp. 479-489, 2016. (10.1016/j.biortech.2016.08.103)
- M. Bussemaker, N. Trokanas, and F. Cecelja, An Ontological Approach to Chemical Engineering Curriculum Development, Computers and Chemical Engineering, vol. online, 2017. (10.1016/j.compchemeng.2017.02.021)
- L. Koo, N. Trokanas, and F. Cecelja, A semantic framework for enabling model integration for biorefining, Computers & Chemical Engineering, vol. online, 2017. (10.1016/j.compchemeng.2017.02.004)
The most recent conference publications
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F. Cecelja, and N. Trokanas, Optimising Environmental Impact of Industrial Symbiosis Networks, in 10th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, SDEWES 2015, submitted to, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2015.
- L. Koo, and F. Cecelja, Model Integration Using Ontology Input-Output Matching, in 12th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering and 25th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - ESCAPE25, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2015.
- L. Koo, N. Trokanas, and F. Cecelja, Semantic approach to support process model integration, in 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UA, USA, 2015
- N. Trokanas, M. Bussemaker, K. Day et al., VCAP: A Software Platform for the Assessment of Biorefinery Value Chains, in 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UA, USA, 2015
- N. Trokanas, M. Bussemaker, E. Velliou et al., BiOnto: An Ontology for Biomass and Biorefining Technologies, in 12th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering and 25th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - ESCAPE25, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2015
- N. Trokanas, and F. Cecelja, Towards a Methodology for Reusable Ontology Engineering: Application to the Process Engineering Domain, in 12th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering and 25th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - ESCAPE25, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2015
- M. Bussemaker, N. Trokanas, and F. Cecelja, An Ontological Approach to Chemical Engineering Curriculum Development, in 26th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - ESCAPE26, Portoroz, Slovenia, 2016
- L. Koo, and F. Cecelja, Model Integration Framework Using Semantic Approach for Biorefining, in SDEWES 2016: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY, WATER AND ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016
- L. Koo, N. Trokanas, and F. Cecelja, A Holistic Approach to Model Integration by Using a Domain Ontology, in 26th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - ESCAPE26, Portoroz, Slovenia, 2016]
- L. Koo, N. Trokanas, and F. Cecelja, An Ontology Supported Integration Framework for Models and Data in Biorefining, in AIChE 2016 annual meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2016
- N. Trokanas, M. Bussemaker, and F. Cecelja, Utilising Semantics for Improved Decision Making in Bio-refinery Value Chains, in 26th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - ESCAPE26, Portoroz, Slovenia, 2016.