ChE Professor Wins Innovation Prize

February 26, 2009

Jose Romagnoli, Cain Chair Professor in Chemical Engineering, along with co-researchers, S. Mostafa Nowee and Ali Abbas from the University of Sydney, Australia, were awarded the 2008 PSE Model-Based Innovation Prize for their paper, “Model-based optimal strategies for controlling particle size in antisolvent crystallization operations.”

PSE, or Process Systems Enterprise Limited, offers an annual monetary prize for the best paper describing the use of gPROMS in an innovative way or in a novel area of application or technology.

The group’s paper was published by the American Chemical Society and presents a model-based optimal strategy for the control of particle size in antisolvent crystallization using a detailed dynamic model that includes ternary equilibrium and crystallization kinetics. The PSE judges were impressed by the scope and technical depth of the paper, which scored high points in each of five evaluation categories.

Romagnoli accepted the award on behalf of his co-researchers at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in Philadelphia.

Article by Melanie D McCandless, LSU College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, 225-578-3242, mmonce@lsu.edu

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