Symposium 3

The symposium will be focused on the current state-of-the-art in Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering: Physical Chemistry, as they lead to the next generation of methods, approaches, and research foci in the field.

Chemical Engineering, since its inception as a distinct discipline, has pioneered the efforts for the prediction of physicochemical properties of rather complex materials (molecular liquids, polymeric fluids, colloidal suspensions). From its engineering viewpoint it aimed at concrete results that could be, and have been, utilized for process control, design and optimization purposes. These efforts produced, and keep producing, fundamental advances in our understanding of “soft matter” and in our ability to model it. The Symposium aims at synthesizing methodologies (e.g., fundamental molecular models, empirical molecular models, simulations and simulation innovations, predictive use of basic findings) by bringing together researchers that have contributed to the various aspects of “molecular engineering”.