Information and process systems engineering
Digital technologies and computation are changing the way that industries and governments make decisions and understand large, complex systems. Developing combinations of first principles and data-driven multi-scale models, we use cutting-edge approaches to understand and manage complex processes and systems to address grand challenges in energy, water, environment, health and food.
Tools and applications
Our group is working on the interplay between novel systems engineering methodologies and important applications, as illustrated in this diagram.
Available equipment and software
- High-performance computing resources
- GAMS
- COMSOL multiphysics
- COSMOTherm
- gPROMS process builder.
Collaborations
Combining over 15 years of research expertise and £5million of research funding, we work with industrial and academic partners from around the world to deliver cutting edge solutions to important problems found across diverse industries such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, energy, consumer goods, agriculture, and biomedical industries.
Industry partners
- BASF
- Chelsea Technologies
- Cosmetics Europe
- CropLife Europe
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Honeywell
- JFE Steel Corporation (Japan)
- Laizhou Mingbo Aquatic Co. Ltd. (China)
- National Metrology Laboratory
- National Physical Laboratory
- Perceptive Engineering
- Process Systems Enterprise
- Royal Surrey County Hospital
- Syngenta
- Unilever
- US Food & Drug Administration.
Small and medium-sized enterprises
- Aria Sustainability Ltd
- Bio-Sep Ltd
- Biox Ltd
- DIREK Ltd
- Hatfields London Ltd
- Inspro Ltd
- Octeract
- Phytoceutical Ltd
- Pplus Skin Care Ltd.
Projects
Completed projects
A software framework for optimal decarbonisation planning for ASEAN countries
Principal investigator: Dr Michael Short
Start date:
End date:
Improving the productivity of topical drug delivery through in situ academic entrepreneurship
Principal investigator: Tao Chen
Start date: February 2021
End date: July 2022
Developing an in-silico - spectroscopic imaging toolkit for assessing skin penetration
Principal investigator: Dr Tao Chen
Start date: October 2020
End date: September 2023
In-silico analysis of tissue specificity of dermal exposure deposition and absorption kinetics
Principal investigator: Dr Tao Chen
Start date: September 2020
End date: September 2024
Start date: September 2018
End date: September 2023
Start date: October 2016
End date: June 2021
Start date: October 2013
End date: September 2017
Meet the team
Along with our research interests and industrial partnerships, we boast a vibrant community of PhD students and postdoctoral research fellows from around the world. View specific research interests, expertise, publications, and contact details via our profiles.
Theme leads
Dr Franjo Cecelja
Reader
Professor Tao Chen
Associate Vice-President, International and Professor in Chemical Engineering
Contributing academics
Dr Madeleine Bussemaker
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
Dr Oleksiy Klymenko
Lecturer in Chemical Process Engineering
Professor Guoping Lian
Professor
Professor Jhuma Sadhukhan
Associate Head (Research and Innovation) | Professor of Environmental, Energy and Chemical Engineering
Dr Michael Short
Senior Lecturer of Process Systems Engineering
Dr Dimitrios Tsaoulidis
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
Dr Lei Xing
Lecturer in Digital Chemical Engineering / Fellow of Institute for Sustainability / Fellow of Institute for People-Centred AI
Postgraduate research students
Ishanki De Mel
Project: Optimisation of distributed energy systems
Panagiotis Demis
Postgraduate Research Student
Olcay Gunay
Project: Distributed model predictive control strategies and their applications in chemical engineering
Sahar Hajizeinalibioki
Postgraduate Research Student
Mustapha Hamdan
Postgraduate Research Student
Gul Hameed
Postgraduate Researcher
Shuya Hou
Project: Risk assessment and emergency response study of multiple pool fires domino accidents
Anamika Kushwah
Project: Studying interactions between the catalytic upgrading of biomethane and fuel cells to obtain optimal flowsheets
Yufan Liu
Project: Chemical safety assessment using omics and machine learning technology
Samadhi Silva Silva
Project: Computational modelling of the effect of product formulations on skin penetration
Robert Steven
Postgraduate Research Student
Arek Wojtasik
PhD Candidate/Tutorial Demonstrator
Dapeng Zhang
PhD student
Ruosi Zhang
Project: Optimization of integrated energy systems in aquaculture
Xueliang Zhu
Project: Breakup dynamics of flashing jet throughout accidental release of superheated liquids