BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68319f46c2134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171130T153000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171130T153000 URL:/chemical-engineering/events/seminar-optimization-b ased-control-nonlinear-processes SUMMARY:Seminar - “Optimization-Based Control of Nonlinear Processes:\nFu ndamental Advances Enabling Economically-Optimal and Safe Process\nOperati on”\, Helen Elaine Durand\, Assistant Professor\, Dept. of\nChemical Eng . and Materials Science\, Wayne State University CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nABSTRACT:  While most undergraduate process contro l courses focus on\nthe dynamics and control of chemical processes that ca n be described\nby linear transfer function models\, advances in computing over the\nlast several decades have enabled the more complex nature (i.e. \,\nnonlinearities\, interactions between variables\, constraints) of the \nunderlying process physico-chemical phenomena to be taken into account\n in the models used for controller design.  A major trend in industry\nove r the last 40 years has been employing constrained mathematical\noptimizat ion techniques to compute\n DTSTAMP:20250524T102822Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR