Home of Chemical Process Systems Engineers in Canada
Dear Systems & Control Division,
On Nov 30 ,We hosted a public webinar for the DG Fisher Award Lecture. Prof. Radhakrishna Mahadevan from the University of Toronto, this year’s winner, presented a lecture entitled “Modeling & Optimization of Metabolism for Sustainable Bioprocesses”. The webinar were recorded, and if you are interested in the talk, please click the link below to enjoy the talk.
Dear Systems & Control Division,
We will be hosting a public webinar for the DG Fisher Award Lecture on Nov 30 at 3 pm. Prof. Radhakrishna Mahadevan from the University of Toronto, this year’s winner, will present a 30 minute lecture (with lots of time for questions and discussion afterward), entitled “Modeling & Optimization of Metabolism for Sustainable Bioprocesses”
Abstract:
Bioprocess development for biofuels and biochemicals typically requires several rounds of engineering to meet process targets including product yield, titer and productivity, all of which impact the process economics. Advances in computational modeling techniques have allowed the development of genome-scale models of metabolism in several organisms. Such models have been the basis of several algorithms to engineer the metabolism of cells. In this talk, we present modeling and optimization methods that can be used to design proteins, cells and microbial communities. We will also describe computational methods for identifying new metabolic pathways, machine learning based methods to predict enzyme functions and its potential use in protein engineering and finally, describe methods for designing metabolism in microbes. These will include an approach based on orthogonality of the production pathways to growth and examine how such an approach can facilitate the dynamic metabolic engineering of strains for metabolite production.
Anyone can join to listen or watch via the following public MS Teams link (The MS Teams app is not required, free web-based versions and call-ins can be used):
Join on your computer or mobile app
Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)
+1 647-749-9438,,249050543# Canada, Toronto Phone Conference ID: 249 050 543#
Dear Systems & Control division,
We will be having our annual general meeting (AGM) on Nov 19, 3-4pm EST on Teams. Please email Prof. Tom Adams (tadams@mcmaster.ca) to register and we will send you the link.
All CSChE members are welcome to attend.
If you have an agenda item to discuss, please email Prof. Tom Adams (tadams@mcmaster.ca).
The current draft agenda is as follows:
1. Welcome and introductions
2. Treasurer Report (Nicolas Hudon)
a. Budget
b. NEW initiative: monthly webinar series
3. Chair’s Report (Tom Adams)
a. LAPSE project
b. eco-technoeconomic analysis (eTEA) ISO standard project
c. CCEC 2021 post mortem and plans for 2022
d. Conference proceedings initiative
e. DG Fisher Award Lecture
This year, the Systems & Control division published a conference proceedings called “CSChE Systems and Control Transactions Vol 1” corresponding with the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference 2021 in Montréal, Quebéc.
Set membership Estimation for Dynamic Flux Balance Models
Xin Shen and Hector Budman
Towards the Development of a Diagnostic Test for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Big Data Meets Metabolomics
Juergen Hahn
Dynamic Modelling of T Cell Vaccination Response
Alisa C. Douglas, Thomas A. Adams II, and David A. Christian
Ozone Sterilization of N95 Masks
Mohammad Irfan Malik, Karen Bechwaty, François Guitzhofer, and Inès Esma Achouri
A Study of Factors Affecting Iron Uptake from a Functionalized Hibiscus Beverage
Ade. O. Oyewole and Levente L. Diosady
Lessons Learned from Three Decades of Global Automation Experience Across Five Industries
Lane Desborough
Detection and Diagnosis of Ring Formation in Rotary Lime Kilns
Lee D. Rippon, Barry Hirtz, Carl Sheehan, Travis Reinheimer, Cilius van der Merwe, Philip Loewen, and Bhushan Gopaluni
Constant Power Generation by Scheduling Installation of SOFC Modules Operating in Varying Power Mode
Mina Naeini, Thomas A. Adams II, and James S. Cotton
Bypass Control of HEN Under Uncertainty in Inlet Temperature of Hot Stream
Chaitanya Manchikatla, Zukui Li, and Biao Huang
Purification methods for Captured CO2 from Petroleum Coke Oxy-Combustion Power Plants
Tia Ghantous, Ikenna J. Okeke, and Thomas A. Adams II
Adaptive State Feedback Stabilization of Generalized Hamiltonian Systems with Unstructured Components
Seyedabbas Alavi and Nicolas Hudon
Hi Systems & Control Division,
Thanks to those of you who were able to attend today’s CCEC 2021 planning meeting. We had a large and enthusiastic turnout and I know many others were interested but couldn’t attend.
SESSIONS
We were asked to pick 5 or 6 sessions for the conference. We have decided on the following, with some session chairs/co-chairs already assigned. The consensus was to have an application-area grouping (energy, health, AI, analytics) rather than a sub-discipline grouping (design, control, optimization, etc).
We need a few more co-chairs. If you are interested, please email Prof. Tom Adams (tadams@mcmaster.ca)! Graduate students are encouraged as well!
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS
A number of you suggested names to invite for a sponsored, 40 minute plenary. The division will pay for their registration, and will make the final invitations. If you have a name to suggest, please send your nomination to Prof. Tom Adams (tadams@mcmaster.ca) by March 8, 2021.
Hello CSChE S&C Division:
We are now going to have a much more active role in the upcoming conference in Montreal (they insist it will be in person or at least hybrid by then b/c of vaccinations). One of the conference organizers, Systems & Control professor Moncef Chioua at Poly, will be working with us and is championing us on this, along with the CIC officer in charge of subject divisions, Gregory Patience.
This is the current plan, subject to division discussion:
This will give us much involvement in the conference and I think will bolster much more activity and help build our community.
In addition! We are thinking bigger. Specifically:
We are holding a meeting on Monday March 1 from 3:30 to 4:20pm EST. All division members are invited and encouraged to participate. Please email Prof. Tom Adams (tadams@mcmaster.ca) for the meeting link.
The Annual General Meeting of the Systems & Control Division will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams at 3pm EST (noon PST) on November 5. Dial-in phone numbers are also available for audio participation. All division members or CSChE Stats & Control community adherents (i.e. you forgot to pay your dues!) are welcome to attend.
Normally we would hold in-person meetings at CCEC, but due to the virtual conference structure it is not reasonable to hold virtual meetings that week.
For security reasons, please contact the division chair (Thomas A. Adams II at tadams@mcmaster.ca) for an invitation to the Teams meeting or the dial-in conference code. Dial in phone numbers will be:
+1 289-335-1807 (Hamilton)
+1 647-749-9438 (Toronto)
Out-of-Canada dial-in numbers listed here: https://dialin.teams.microsoft.com/eb651493-795f-45a2-9c8a-22ed7df10557?id=963372877
We will also post the dial-in conference code shortly before the meeting on this space.
Agenda:
Please send agenda item requests to tadams@mcmaster.ca
The deadline for DG Fisher Award Nominations are due March 15. For more information, check out the Awards page.
Did you miss the keynote lectures in the Systems & Control Division at CCEC 2019? Don’t worry, they have been posted in the Recorded Seminars section. The keynote speakers were:
The Division’s AGM was held yesterday at the CCEC in Halifax. Thank you for all that attended. There was much discussion about current issues and projects such as membership, the LAPSE database, the ISO standard development project, and an upcoming workshop in Toronto on IDAES. We continue to need volunteers to help with the website, LAPSE, and many other areas. Any interested people are encouraged to contact Tom Adams (tadams@mcmaster.ca).
Slides from the talk are available here:
The election for the 2019-2022 cohort of officers was held, with some positions uncontested. The new cohort is:
Thank you to everyone who was interested in participating as officers, and for Xiang Li and Zukui Li for their service over the past three years!