IMSE Webinar Series
Greener Plastics Future and Sustainable Materials
The challenge that will be discussed in this session is:
On the Optimisation of More Sustainable Chemicals and Fuels Using Process Systems Engineering
Join us for this informal webinar with Dr Gonzalo Guillen Gosalbez There will be an opportunity for question and answer after the presentation. To join this webinar you must register in advance and you will be emailed the joining instructions for the webinar.
Biography
Dr Gonzalo Guillen Gosalbez
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Visiting Professor
Dr Guillén-Gosálbez is part of the Department of Chemical Engineering in Imperial and is a Reader in Process Systems Engineering and will be associated with the Centre for Process Systems Engineering.
Dr Guillén-Gosálbez works in the field of Process Systems Engineering focusing on research at the interface of engineering, environmental science and computer aided systems design. He completed his Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de Murcia in Spain following which he received his PhD from Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in 2005. He then spent two years under the supervision of Professor Ignacio Grossmann (an Imperial College London alumnus) at Carnegie Mellon before joining Universitat Rovira Virgili in 2008 first as an Assistant Professor and then as an Associate Professor. In 2014 he joined the University of Manchester where he led the Computer Aided Process Engineering Lab (CAPE-Lab).
As a student and researcher, Dr Guillén-Gosálbez has received numerous awards and recognitions for his work. He was the Top National Student in Chemical Engineering in Spain (highest GPA 1996-2001). He also received the Top Doctoral Student Award at UPC, the Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Outstanding Young Investigator Award (Royal Spanish Academy of Engineering).
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More Webinars in the Greener Plastics Future and Sustainable Materials Series
All webinars in this series are based on the theme of the new IMSE / OPSN briefing paper which. The launch of this briefing paper will be held on 8 July at 16.30 online. To register for the event please click here.
- 2 June 14.00 Developing Better Manufacturing Processes Through Molecular Engineering presented by Professor Claire Adjiman
- 16 June 14.00 Making and Breaking Materials with Ionic Liquids presented by Dr agi Brandt-Talbot
- 23 June 14.00 Optimising Sustainable Chemicals & Fuels Using Process Systems Engineering presented by Dr Gonzalo Guillen Gosalbez
- 7 July 14.00 Fibre-based Electronics for Sustainable E-textiles presented by Dr Felice Torrisi
- 8 July 16.30 Enabling Greener Plastics Future through Molecular Science IMSE Briefing paper Launch
- 14 July 14.00 Imaging Physical Degradation of Bio-Plastics presented by Professor Alexandra Porter
- 21 July 14.00 Upgrading Waste with (Nano)cellulose presented by Dr Koon-Yang Lee
- 28 July 14.00 Plastic Recycling – Current Challenges and Future Outlook presented by Professor Jason Hallett