CAPD - Center for Advanced Process Decision-making

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:

Larry Biegler
Chrysanthos Gounaris
Ignacio Grossmann
Nick Sahinidis, Director
Jeff Siirola
Erik Ydstie

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:

	CAPD-Lilly collaboration
	Optimizing processes with AI
	New NLP book by Larry Biegler
	New Cybersite for MINLP
	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

New CAPD Short Course
May 6-14, 2019

The short course offers instruction in eight modules along the topics of nonlinear, discrete and global modeling and optimization, conceptual design, planning and scheduling, real time optimization, and advanced control.
CAPD sponsors receive 25% off the registration fee.

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Annual Review Meeting

This meeting is open to participants from companies that sponsor the CAPD.

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Special Interest Group on Energy Systems Initiative

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Special Interest Group on Enterprise-wide Optimization

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Conferences

AIChE 2018
October 28-November 2, 2018
Pittsburgh, PA

INFORMS 2018
November 4-7, 2018
Phoenix, AZ

SIAM CSE 2019
February 25 - March 1, 2019
Spokane, WA