2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Complex and Networked Systems I

The session introduces new concepts, notions and techniques to address the central issue of complexity in process engineering, as well as to characterize the behavior of large-scale networked systems/processes of chemical engineering interest.

Chair

Co-Chair

Oscar D. Crisalle, Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Presentations

08:30 AM

(494a) Model-Based Design of Networked Control Systems: Handling Control and Communication Constraints
Nael El-Farra

08:53 AM

Introductory Remarks

08:58 AM

(494b) Oscillator Synchronization: Cluster Dynamics of a Complex Phase Transition
Ben McCoy, Giridhar Madras

09:21 AM

(494c) Coarse Collective Dynamics of Animal Groups
Thomas Frewen, Ioannis Kevrekidis, Simon A. Levin, Iain D. Couzin

09:44 AM

(494d) The Core and the Most Useful Molecules of Organic Chemistry
Kyle J. M. Bishop, Rafal Klajn, Bartosz A. Grzybowski

10:07 AM

(494e) Fault-Tolerant Process Control: Handling Asynchronous Sensor Behavior
Panagiotis D. Christofides, Adiwinata Gani, James F. Davis, Charles McFall, Prashant Mhaskar

10:30 AM

(494f) Topological Paradigms for Supply Network Optimization
Venkata Pavan Kumar Akkisetty, Pradeep Suresh, Arun Giridhar, Leaelaf M. Hailemariam, Venkat Venkatasubramanian

10:53 AM

Concluding Remarks