Key fields of activity:

• Process synthesis: methods and techniques for the development of optimum processes from basic process idea through to process flow chart
• Process simulation: holistic approach to static and dynamic process simulation
• Process optimization and process control: holistic optimization of processes and dynamic process control to ensure optimum and safe operating conditions
• CAPE tools and their application
• Information and knowledge processing: new approaches and methods in applied informatics and mathematics

Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Schembecker, Universität Dortmund	Vice Chair: Dipl.-Ing. Ingrid Lunt-Rieg, Evonik Degussa GmbH, Hanau