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Congratulations to Dimitri Alston, Joseph Choi, and Pengfei Xu on their publication in the ACS journal Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. This work details a nice software package that automatically converts equation-oriented process models (developed in ModelingToolkit) into mathematical programming constraints for process optimization. This enables a seamless integration between modeling and simulation in Julia. […]

Congratulations to Robert Gottlieb on his recent publication in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Reaction Chemistry & Engineering journal. This is collaborative work with Prof. Valla’s lab on the study of possible reaction pathways for hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil compounds using different catalysts and solvents. Our contribution used mathematical optimization and complete reaction pathway models together […]

Congratulations to Pengfei Xu on his publication in Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. This work reviews the current state of modeling and simulation of multielectrolyte solutions from the context of desalination process systems design and operations. Freely download the paper until July 10, 2025 here: Accurate Model Needs for Desalination Systems DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2025.101147