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Process Simulation Research

Process simulation research is part of the overall program area of biological and chemical engineering (B&CE) at Dartmouth, using fundamental principles of biology, chemistry, and mathematics to invent bio-inspired systems, circuits, and processes as well as biotherapies and biofuels.

B&CE faculty are committed to building research and educational communities that are high-achieving, impactful, collaborative, and inclusive.

The design of processes featuring chemical and/or biochemical transformations involves integration of unit operations, simulation of system performance, sensitivity analysis, and system-level optimization, with additional attention paid to process economics. Active projects at Dartmouth include fermentation processes for bio-therapeutics and innovative biomass processing technologies.

Our collective research activities can be mapped onto a landscape defined by both impact (health and energy), and scale (molecular, cellular, and systems).

Research Subfields

biomass processing technologies

fermentation processes for bio-therapeutics

reactor analysis and design

process design for feedstocks, land use, environmental protection, and economic development

unit operations and process concepts

Researchers

Image of Tillman U. Gerngross Tillman U. Gerngross

Image of Mark Laser Mark Laser

Image of Lee Rybeck Lynd Lee Rybeck Lynd

Image of Daniel Olson Daniel Olson