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Process Design and Control Center

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Director

Michael A. Henson
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Nonlinear systems dynamics and control, complex systems modeling

Principal Investigator

Michael F. Malone
Dean of Engineering
Ronnie and Eugene Isenberg Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Conceptual process design, product design, technology innovation

Participating Faculty

Surita R. Bhatia
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Polymer and colloidal materials

Soren Bisgaard
Eugene M. Isenberg Professor in Integrative Studies
Department of Finance and Operations Management
Technology management, experimental design, process monitoring

George W. Huber
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Biomass conversion, heterogeneous catalysis and kinetics

D. Julian McClements
Professor and Fergus Clydesdale Endowed Chair
Department of Food Science
Food biopolymers and colloids, delivery systems

Susan C. Roberts
Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Cellular Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Cellular and metabolic engineering, plant cell culture

Graduate Students

Jared Hjersted
PhD Student
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dynamic Modeling of Yeast Metabolism for Bioethanol Production
Advisor: Michael Henson

Marty Kolewe
PhD Student
Department of Chemical Engineering
Controlling Heterogeneity in Plant Cell Culture and Secondary Product Accumulation
Advisors: Susan C. Roberts (primary) and Michael A. Henson

Wei Qi
PhD Student
Department of Chemical Engineering
Selectivity Engineering in Batch Reactive Distillation
Advisor: Michael Malone

Neha Raikar
PhD Student
Department of Chemical Engineering
Modeling of Drop Breakage and Coalescence in High Pressure Homogenization
Advisors: Michael A. Henson (primary), Surita Bhatia and Michael F. Malone

Jason Rosenberg
PhD Student
Department of Chemical Engineering
Model-Based Design of Structured Emulsions
Advisors: Michael A. Henson (primary), D. Julian McClements and Michael F. Malone

Undergraduate Students

Lauren Dykiel
Department of Chemical Engineering
Reactive Distillation for Separations
Advisor: Michael F. Malone

Timothy Lauer
Department of Chemical Engineering
Optimal Induction of Genetically Engineered Cells for Enhanced Metabolite Production
Advisor: Michael A. Henson

Aubrey Tiernan
Department of Chemical Engineering
Parallel Yeast Fermentation for Ethanol Production Optimization
Advisor: Michael A. Henson

Administrative Assistant

Maggie Malone
Administrative Officer
Department of Chemical Engineering
159 Goessmann Laboratory
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 413-545-6160
Fax: 413-545-1647
Email:maggie@ecs.umass.edu



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