Sustainability of Products, Processes and Supply Chains

Fengqi You is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. His research focuses on the development of novel computational models, optimization techniques, and systems analysis & design methods for process systems engineering, energy systems and sustainability. His research accomplishments have been highlighted by multiple news media (e.g. New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek) and journal covers (e.g. Energy & Environmental Science). He received several competitive awards, including the W. David Smith, Jr. Graduate Publication Award from the CAST Division of AIChE, the Director’s Fellowship from Argonne National Laboratory, and the 2013 Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Investigator Award. Fengqi You received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009 and a BS from Tsinghua University in 2005, both in chemical engineering. From 2009 to 2011, he was an Argonne Scholar at Argonne National Laboratory before joining the faculty of Northwestern University in 2011. More information can be found from his research group website .

• Process Design and Optimization for Sustainability1. Optimization Models for Process Water Networks and Their Application to Biofuel Processes2. Energy Efficient Chiller Configuration – A Design Perspective3. Modeling Sustainable Chemical Processes for Biofuels4. Sustainable Design and Operation of a Reactive Distillation System Used for the Production of Cosmetic Ingredients5. A Graphical Method for Hydrogen Network Integration with Purification Reuse6. A New Biochemical Fermentation Process Design Method Considering Bifurcations and OscillationsCarbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration7. Sustainable Process Design: Sustainable Process Networks for Carbon Dioxide Conversion8. Pressure Swing Adsorption Optimization Strategies for CO2 Capture9. Superstructure Based Optimal Design of Pipeline Network for CO2 Transport in Large-scale Carbon Capture and Sequestration10. Optimization and Techno-economic Analysis of Rapid Temperature Swing Adsorption (RTSA) Process for Carbon Capture from Coal-fired Power Plant11. Towards Sustainable Solvent-Based Post Combustion CO2 Capture: From Molecules to Conceptual Flowsheet Design12. Selection of Sustainable Processes Using Sustainability Footprint Method: A Case Study of Methanol Production from Carbon DioxideSustainable Supply Chains13. Design and Planning of Sustainable Supply Chains14. Operability Analysis of Process Supply Chains - Toward the Development of a Sustainable Bioeconomy15. Dynamic Simulation Based Assessment of Supply Chain Sustainability16. Transport and Logistics Models for Sustainability17. Dynamic Optimization for the Optimal Location of New Industrial Facilities Considering the Sustainability of the WatershedBioenergy Supply Chains18. Strategic Planning of Biomass Supply Chain Networks for Co-Combustion Plants19. Supply Chains and Optimization for Biorefineries20. Optimal Supply Chains for Biofuel Production21. Optimal Harvest Management Adaptation for a New Biorefinery Investment in a Timberlands Supply Chain Using a Modified Cyclic Scheduling Model22. Bioethanol Supply Chain Design and Optimisation: Some Achievements and Future Challenges for the Development of Sustainable BiorefineriesSustainability Analysis Methodologies23. An Integrated Multi-Scale Modelling Framework for Sustainable Process Design Applications24.Social Sustainability of Complex Systems25. Economic Sustainability of Products and Processes