Dear Colleague,

It gives me great pleasure to send you this second 2010 issue of the EFCE e-newsletter on recent activities within the Federation. I do hope that the information will be of interest to you. If you have comments on the newsletter please get in touch.

Yours sincerely

Richard Darton
 

        In this issue:

• The conference season
• Who's Who
• EFCE Awards
• Forthcoming EFCE Events
• Science and Technology
• Contact

THE CONFERENCE SEASON

Keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in our field is a challenge for all chemical engineers, as it is for any active professional. The skills learnt at College or University will get you off to a good start, but science and technology are developing rapidly, so we will quickly get out of date if we don't make an effort to understand what is new. And of course, as our careers progress, we need constantly to learn and apply new skills. "Lifelong learning" this is sometimes called, or "Continuing Professional Development" - CPD to use the common acronym.
Fortunately, although there is an increasing amount to be learnt, there are also more and more channels of communication open to us. The internet has brought a revolution in the availability of information - if you can only separate the useful from the trivial, and also from the downright wrong. But many sources of reliable material, previously circulated in paper form, are now accessible on the internet, free or perhaps for a modest charge.
Joining a professional Institution or Society, such as the member societies of the EFCE, gives chemical engineers another easy route to keeping up-to-date, as the societies organise and publicise courses and conferences and provide networks through which we can learn informally from our colleagues. The EFCE wholeheartedly supports these activities. A list of approved events, which carry the EFCE logo, will be found at www.efce.info/events.html and a visit to this website is certainly worthwhile (see also Forthcoming EFCE Events, below). Whether you have information that you want to share, colleagues with whom you wish to meet and talk, or things you want to learn more about, you will find an opportunity somewhere in this programme.
Personally I will be attending several of these events, starting with the large ECCE-7/CHISA 2010 conference in Prague in August. This is always a great meeting place, and the combination with PRES 2010 means that an even larger feast of chemical engineering than usual is being spread before us. But whether it is ECCE -CHISA-PRES or a smaller summer meeting elsewhere, I wish you enjoyable and productive conferring!

Richard Darton
EFCE President  

Who's Who

 
Change of Chairmanship

During its meeting in May 2010, the Working Party on High Pressure Technology elected Professor Eberhard Schluecker, Erlangen, Germany, to succeed Professor Zeljko Knez in the position of Chair of the Working Party.

In June 2010, Ir. Eddy de Rademaeker, Antwerp, Belgium, succeeded Dr. Georg Suter in the position of Chairman of the Working Party on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion.

Dr. Martin Pitt, Sheffield, United Kingdom, was elected as the new Chairman of the Working Party on Education. He will succeed Professor Sebastiao Feyo de Azevedo at the next meeting of the Working Party, which will be held in August 2010 in conjunction with ECCE-7/CHISA 2010.

Re-election of WP Chairs

At the last meeting of the Working Party on Mechanics of Particulate Solids, the current Chairman Professor Massimo Poletto was re-confirmed in his position for a second three-year term of office.

The Working Party on CAPE re-elected Professor Andrzej Kraslawski to chair the Working Party for a second term of office.
 

EFCE Awards

Dieter Behrens Medal 2010
Dr.-Ing. Martin Molzahn, Weisenheim, Germany, is this laureate of the Dieter Behrens Medal 2010 of the Federation. He has been chosen for the award in recognition of his committed leadership of the EFCE Working Party on Education and its initiatives concerning the Bologna Process and the EFCE Student Mobility Award, and his valuable contributions to chemical engineering education in Europe.The award which comprises a certificate, a plaque and a cash prize of 1,000 euros will be presented in Prague, Czech Republic, on 28 August 2010 during the festive congress opening of ECCE-7/CHISA 2010.
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Honorary Membership of the Federation
The European Federation of Chemical Engineering wishes to announce that Honorary Membership of the Federation is being awarded to Professor Gerhard Kreysa, Eppstein, Germany, former Chief Executive officer of DECHEMA and General Secretary of the EFCE Frankfurt Office for 18 years. This distinction is conferred in recognition of the role Gerhard Kreysa played in the development of chemical engineering across Europe through his commitment to the Federation, and his contribution to international friendship and understanding. The Honorary Membership will be presented in Prague, Czech Republic, on 28 August 2010 during the festive congress opening of ECCE-7/CHISA2010.
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CAPE 2010 Award for Recent Innovative Contribution
On the occasion of ESCAPE-20 conference, in Ischia, Naples, Italy, from 6 to 9 June 2010, the EFCE Working Party on Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) had great pleasure in presenting the Recent Innovative Contribution Award in CAPE to Professor Rafiqul Gani, Lyngby, Denmark. The award, presented every four years, recognises an outstanding innovative contribution to advances in CAPE ideas, methods and tools within the last 5 years. The laureate receives a cash prize of 2,000 euros, a plaque and certificate and is invited to present a lecture at an ESCAPE conference.
more … (link: http://www.efce.info/efce_media/Downloads/Presse/EFCE_press_2010_5.pdf)

EFCE Excellence Award winners
The Federation has great pleasure in announcing the winners of the recent EFCE Excellence Awards

• Excellence Award in Mechanics of Particulate Solids 2010
  Dr.-Ing. Johannes Haertl, Germany
  Presented at WCPT10 (in cooperation with PARTEC), Nuremberg, Germany, April 2010
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• Excellence Award in Process Safety 2010
  Dr. Spyros Sklavounos, Greece
  Presented at the 13th Loss Prevention Symposium, Bruges, Belgium, June 2010
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• Excellence Award in Recognition of an Outstanding PhD Thesis on CAPE 2010
  Dr. Ravendra Singh, India
  presented at ESCAPE-20 in Ischia, Naples Italy, June 2010
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• Excellence Award in Membrane Engineering
  Dr. Eng. Adele Brunetti, Italy
  To be presented at ECCE-/CHISA2010 in Prague, Czech Republic, August 2010
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• Excellence Award Chemical Reaction Engineering
  Dr. Maarten Sabbe, Belgium
  To be presented at ECCE-/CHISA2010 in Prague, Czech Republic, August 2010
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Excellence Award in Process Intensification 2011 - call for nominations
The Federation wishes to announce the call for nominations for the second Excellence Award in Process Intensification. The award aims at recognising a PhD thesis or associated paper(s) published in preceding two-year period which demonstrates the most outstanding contribution to process intensification. The award consists of a certificate, a cash prize of 1500 euros, and a travel grant and invitation to attend the EPIC 2011 conference in Manchester, UK, from 20 to 23 June 2011, where the award will be presented.
The closing date for nominations is 31 December 2010.
Further information: http://www.efce.info/ExcellenceAwardProcessIntensification.html

Excellence Award in Crystallization 2011 - call for nominations
The EFCE has pleasure in announcing the call for nominations for the EFCE Excellence Award in Crystallization 2011 to recognise a PhD thesis or paper(s) of a young scientist which demonstrates an outstanding contribution to research and/or practice in the field of crystallization. The award comprises a certificate, a cash award of 1500 euros, and a travel grant (not exceeding 500 euros) to attend ISIC 18 in Zurich, CH, on 13-16 September 2011, where the award will be presented during a dedicated plenary session. The nominated PhD thesis or paper(s) must have been published during the three calendar years preceding the closing date for nominations which is 31 March 2011.
Further information: http://www.efce.info/ExcellenceAwardCrystallization.html

Forthcoming Events

CHEMREACTOR-19
XIX International Conference on Chemical Reactors, Vienna, Austria, 5-9 September 2010 (EFCE Event No. 691)
The Four-day scientific program will comprise plenary invited lectures, key-note presentations (30 minutes), oral presentations (20 minutes) and posters on the following topics: Advances in Chemical Reactors Fundamentals; Chemical Reaction Engineering and Reactors Design - Novel Approaches, Modeling, Scale-Up, Optimization; and Chemical Reactors and Technologies for Emerging Applications.
Conference website: http://conf.nsc.ru/CR-19-2010/ 

Distillation & Absorption 2010
9th Distillation & Absorption Conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 12-15 September 2010 (EFCE Event No. 677)
The conference will showcase the newest and best in Distillation and Absorption technology while celebrating the 50th anniversary of this well-known series of conferences that began in Brighton, UK, in 1960. Distillation & Absorption 2010 will cover a broad range of fundamental and applied aspects of distillation and absorption technology, including Energy Efficiency, Carbon Dioxide Capture, Integrated, Hybrid and Novel Processes, Basic Data, Modelling and Simulation, Control and Operation, Equipment Design and Operation, Process Troubleshooting and Handling Operational Problems. The special theme will be Carbon Dioxide Mitigation by Energy Efficiency and Capture.
Conference website: http://www.da2010.nl

International Drying Symposium 2010
17th International Drying Symposium, Magdeburg, Germany, 3 - 6 October 2010 (EFCE Event No. 686)
Scope of the 17th International Drying Symposium is to present new results in research, development and applications of drying technologies, bringing together leading researchers and practitioners from the entire world. An exposition of industrial equipment will accompany the symposium.
More information: http://events.dechema.de/ids2010.html

ESCAPE 21
21st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Porto Carras Grand Resort, Chalkidiki, Greece, 5-8 June 2011 (EFCE Event No. 690)
The theme of ESCAPE 21 is "Process Systems Approaches for Addressing Grand Challenges in Energy, Environment, Health, Bioprocessing & Nanotechnologies". In particular, the technical programme of ESCAPE 21 will cover the following topics: Core Process Systems Engineering: Multi-scale modelling, Synthesis and Design, Optimization and Control, Operations, Training and Education; Grand Challenges: Environmental Systems Engineering, Bioprocess Systems Engineering, Biomedical Systems Engineering, Materials and Molecular Systems Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering.
Conference website: http://www.escape-21.gr/ 

EPIC 2011
3rd European Process Intensification Conference, Manchester, UK, 20-23 June 2011 (EFCE Event No. 694)
The chemical, fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries face various economic, social and environmental pressures. These pressures will be met using innovative application of design methods and technologies to improve process improvement. Process Intensification, augmented by targeted design, is one of the most powerful means of process improvement. EPIC 2011 will provide a forum for knowledge exchange and networking between academics, scientists, researchers, practitioners, industrialists and technology providers, expert in process intensification. Deadline for submission of abstracts: 17 September 2010.
More information: http://www.icheme.org/EPIC2011/

ISIC 18
18th International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization, Zurich, Switzerland, 13-16 September 2011 (EFCE Event No. 696)
Like all previous editions, ISIC18 aims at providing a unique opportunity for international exchange between scientists and engineers of all disciplines, academia and industry, and between novice and expert. Papers are welcome from academic institutions as well as from industries. The conference is especially designed to favor the establishment of personal and professional relationships among participants. Those who have an interest in crystallization will find ISIC18, which is organized by the Working Party on Crystallization of the EFCE, well worth attending. Deadline for submission of abstracts: 14 February 2011.
Congress website: http://www.isic18.ethz.ch/ 

ECCE-8
8th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, Berlin, Germany, 25-29 September 2011 (EFCE Event No. 693)
together with the ProcessNet-Annual Meeting and the 1st European Congress of Applied Biotech-nology including DECHEMA's Biotechnology Annual Meeting
The Call for Papers will open in September 2010 and close on 1 February 2011.
Please contact the congress office at or by telephone on (d irect line) +49 (0)69 7564-333 to obtain further information.
Congress website: http://www.ecce2011.de

Further EFCE events in 2012:

• ESCAPE 22, University College London, UK, 17 - 20 June 2012 (EFCE Event No. 695)
  Symposium website: http://www.icheme.org/ESCAPE22/
• ISCRE 22, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2-5 September 2012 (EFCE Event No. 692)
  Conference website: http://www.iscre22.com
• 7th International Conference for Conveying and Handling of Particulate Solids (ChOPs 2012), 10-13 September 2012, Friedrichshafen, Germany (EFCE Event No. 689)
  Conference website: http://events.dechema.de/chops2012.html

Science and Technology

The 5^th European Summer School on Electrochemical Engineering took place in Almagro, a small town at the south of Madrid (Spain) from September 6th to 11th, 2009. A total number of eighty-seven students attended to the school coming from a large number of European countries and also from Latin America.
The list of lecturers was of a very high quality including Prof. S. Bebelis (U. Patras, Greece), Prof. A. Katsaounis (Technical University of Crete, Greece), Prof. G. Kelsall (Imperial College, UK), Prof. V. Stankovic (U. Belgrade, Serbia). Prof. A. Cornell (KTH, Sweden), Prof. K. Bouzek (Insti-tute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic), Prof. Ch. Comninellis (EPFL, Switzerland), Prof. F. Walsh (U. Southampton, UK), Prof. A. Bergel (CNRS & U. Toulouse, France), Prof. J. M. Ortiz (U. Alicante, Spain), and Prof. P. Lavela (U. Cordoba, Spain). All of them kindly accepted the invitation and prepared excellent lectures. The more significant topics in electrochemical engi-neering were covered during the teaching sessions, ranging from fundamentals to microbial fuel cells, and also including electrochemical cell design, industrial and environmental applications and fuel cell technology.
Students also had the opportunity to discuss their research results during scientific workshop sessions, specially designed to promote discussion. Both, the lectures and a summary of the research results of students, were included in a book entitled "Electrochemical Engineering: In-dustrial, Energy and Environmental Applications" (ISBN 978-84-934398-6-6), specially edited and printed for the event. The academic program was complemented by a very intense social program which included guide visits to Almagro and Toledo, visits to industrial facilities, magician show, concert and gala dinner.
The support of the Spanish Government, Regional Government, the University of Castilla La Mancha, the International Society of Electrochemistry, and a large number of companies has been very important to the success of this Summer School.

Contact

Editor: Ines Honndorf, e-mail: honndorf @dechema.de

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