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
Ignacio Grossmann, Director
Nick Sahinidis
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:

	Partnership with Process Systems Enterprise
	IPOPT wins the Wilkinson Prize
	New NLP book by Larry Biegler
	New Cybersite for MINLP
	Recent Awards
	In Memoriam

Resources:

	AIChEJ PSE Virtual Issue
	Computers & ChemE Virtual Issue
	Virtual Library for Process Systems Engineering
	Cyber-Infrastructure for MINLP
	International Colloquium Perspectives in Process Operations
	FOCAPO Meetings

New CAPD Short Course
May 9-15, 2013

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

Annual Review Meeting
March 11 - 12, 2013

This meeting is open to participants from CAPD member companies.

gPROMS Workshop
March 15, 2013

New Special Interest Group on Energy Systems Initiative

Special Interest Group on Enterprise-wide Optimization

Upcoming Conferences

Process Integration, Gotheburg
March 18-20, 2013

IPCO,Valparaíso, Chile
March 18 - 20, 2013

ESCAPE-23, Lappeenranta
June 9-12, 2013

ICSP 2013, Beragmo
July 8-12, 2013

IFAC Workshop, Lyon
July 14-16, 2013

ICCOPT 2013, Lisbon
July 27 - August 1, 2013

INFORMS 2013, Minneapolis
October 6-9, 2013

AIChE 2013, San Francisco
November 3-8, 2013