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CAST Directors' Award For Work Presented at the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN The "CAST Directors' Award," established in 1997, is given for the best poster presentations at the AIChE Annual Meeting. The First Place award consists of a plaque with citation and an honorarium of $500. There may also be up to three posters receiving Honorable Mention. The winners are selected by majority vote of CAST Directors, or substitutes selected by the Directors, who attend the poster session. The results are announced as soon as possible after the meeting and a formal presentation of the plaque and honorarium for the First Place winner will be made at the CAST Award Dinner to author(s) attending the next AIChE Annual Meeting. On behalf of CAST, we are delighted to announce the winner of the fifteenth annual CAST Directors' Award for the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN. Please join us in congratulating the winner! Martha Grover (for the CAST Directors) First Place: "Modeling and Optimization of a Multiple Tube Solar Receiver for High Temperature Solar-Thermal Processes.", Janna Martinek^1 (with Carl Bingham^2 and Alan W. Weimer^1), (1)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, (2)National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO. Abstract. Poster [644KB ] Honorable Mention: "Multivariate Analysis and Reduced Order Modeling Based On Discrete Element Method (DEM) Simulations for a Powder Blender", Yijie Gao and Fani Boukouvala (with Fernando J. Muzzio and Marianthi G. Ierapertritou), Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. Abstract. Poster [2295KB ] Previous Winners from the 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT First Place: "Modeling of Tubular High-Pressure Polyethylene Reactors", Thomas Herrmann^1 (with Markus Busch^1, Barbara Gall^2, Dieter Lilge^2, Gerd Mannebach^2 and Iakovos Vittorias^2), (1)Ernst-Berl-Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, (2)Basell Polyolefine GmbH, a LyondellBasell company, R & D, Frankfurt, Germany. Abstract. Poster [618KB ] Honorable Mentions (in order of paper number): · "A New Approach to Model Identification In E. Coli Fed-Batch Fermentations", Mariano Nicolas Cruz Bournazou^1, Harvey Arellano-Garcia^1, Peter Neubauer^2 and Günter Wozny^1, (1)Chair of Process Dynamics and Operation, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, (2)Chair of Bioprocess Technology, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany. Abstract. Poster [4.6MB ] · "Parameter Estimation In Global Pharmacokinetic Models for Drug Delivery", Andrej Mošať, Eric Lueshen, Cierra Hall and Andreas A. Linninger, Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Abstract. Previous Winners from the 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN First Place: "Fischer Tropsch: Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis to Determine Reactor Temperature Profile"; Tunde Dokun (with Don Cahela, Symon Sheng, Hongyun Yang, Bruce Tatarchuk). Auburn University. Abstract. Honorable Mentions (in order of paper number): · "Dynamics and Control of a Solar Thermal Reactor"; Elizabeth Saade (with David Clough, Alan Weimer), University of Colorado at Boulder. Abstract. · "An Evaluation of Process Alternatives for the Small-Scale Production of Biodiesel From Waste Cooking Oil"; Adam Hoffman(with Justin Yeash, Kenneth Muske, Randy Weinstein), Villanova University. Abstract. Previous Winners from the 2008 AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA First Place: "The Physical Structure of Intracellular Feedback Loops"; Kang Wu and Chris Rao. University of Illinois. Abstract. Poster. [147 KB, ] Previous Winners from the 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT First Place: "Design of Experiments for Multivariable Systems Subject to Integral Controllability"; Mark Darby and Michael Nikolaou. University of Houston. Abstract. Honorable Mentions (in order of paper number): · "Multivariate Linear Regression As A Tool in Modeling The Kinetics of Complex Chemical Reactions"; Foteini Makrydaki and Christos Georgakis. Tufts University. Abstract. · "Demonstrating a Novel Approach to the Control of Microhotplate Sensor Utilizing a Distributed Computing Approach and Numeric Modeling"; Samuel Winchenbach, M. Clayton Wheeler, Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, Bruce E. Segee. University of Maine. Abstract. Previous Winners from the 2006 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA First Place: Source Scale-up for Physical Vapor Deposition of Cu(Inga)Se2 on Flexible Substrates; Kapil Mukati1, Babatunde A. Ogunnaike2, Erten Eser3, Shannon Fields3, and Robert W. Birkmire4. (1) University of Delaware, 150 Academy street, Colburn Lab, Newark, DE 19716, (2) Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy St, Newark, DE 19716, (3) Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, 451 Wyoming Road, Newark, DE 19716, (4) Institute of Energy Conversion, 451 Wyoming Road, Newark, DE 19716. Abstract Honorable Mention: Steel Scrap Purchasing Optimization and Supply Management; Ivan Miletic, Rob Garbaty, Stephen Waterfall, and Mary Mathewson. Dofasco, Inc, Box 2460, Hamilton, ON L8N3J5, Canada. Abstract Previous Winners from the 2005 AIChE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH First Place: "Group Contribution and Property Clustering Techniques for Simultaneous Process and Molecular Design," Fadwa T. Eljack*1, Mario R. Eden1, Vasiliki Kazantzi2, Mahmoud El-Halwagi2, (1) Auburn University, Auburn, AL, (2) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. The poster [626 KB, ] is available in pdf format. Honorable Mentions (in order of paper number): · "Landmine Detection in Granular Beds: Behavior of Cumulative Surface Kinetic Energy," Saravanan Swaminathan*1, Donald P. Visco Jr. 1, Sarajit Sen2, (1) Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, (2) University of Buffalo, SUNY, Amherst, NY. · "Probability Model-Based Analysis of Tumor Vasculature Data," Babatunde A. Ogunnaike*1, Claudio A. Gelmi1, Amos Folarin2, Sylvia Nagl2, Moritz A. Konerding3, (1) University of Delaware, Newark, DE, (2) Royal Free Hospital & University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, (3) Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany. · “Optimization-Based Design of Plant-Friendly Input Signals for Data-Centric Estimation and Control,” Daniel E. Rivera*, Hyunjin Lee, Hans D. Mittelmann, Gautam Pendse, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Previous Winners from the 2004 AIChE Annual Meeting, Austin, TX First Place: "Computer Aided Molecular Design of DNA: Polymer Complexes using Solubility Correlations and Phase Diagrams" (paper 403k), Elizabeth Morel*, Hui Zhao, C. Russell Middaugh, Kyle V. Camarda, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. The poster [315 KB, ] is available in pdf format. Honorable Mentions (in order of paper number): · "Excursion Potential in Cyclopentadiene Reactors in the Purification of Isoprene" (Paper 403af), Colin S. Howat*, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. The poster [291 KB, ] is available from the university. · "A Globally Optimal, Dynamic Based, Operating Point Selection Scheme for MPC" (Paper 414t), Donald J. Chmielewski*, Jui-Kun Peng, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. The poster [343 KB, ] is available in pdf format. Previous Winners from the 2003 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA First Place: “Nonlinear Feedforward-Feedback Control of a Coupled Mesoscale-Continuum Simulation Code” (paper 439c), Effendi Rusli*, Timothy O. Drews, Xiaohai Li, Richard C. Alkire, Richard D. Braatz, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. Honorable Mentions (in order of paper number): · “Optimization Model for the Production and Scheduling of Catalyst Changeovers in a Process with Decaying Performance” (Paper 426h), Veronique M. Bizet*, Ignacio E. Grossmann, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Nikola Juhasz, Altofina Chemicals, King of Prussia, PA. · “Robust Online MPC Computational Reduction for Real-Time Control Applications” (Paper 439n), Adam Warren*, Thomas E. Marlin, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. Previous Winners from the 2002 AIChE Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN First Place: "Open-loop optimization of batch operating policies" (paper 258e), Kenneth R. Muske, Manish Badlani, Villanova University, Phillip C. Dell'Orco, Jeffrey Brum, GlaxoSmithKline. Honorable Mention: "Design of UV-curable Polymer Coatings: Topological Indices and Optimization Techniques" (paper 246b), Kyle W. Johnson (1), Bao Lin (2), David C. Miller (2), Kyle V. Camarda (1), (1) University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (2) Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN. Previous Winners from the 2001 AIChE Annual Meeting, Reno, NV First Place: "Collaboration among Simulation Programs" (paper 267c), Hong Chen*, Yuan He, Kyle V. Camarda, Kenneth A. Bishop, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Honorable Mentions (in order of paper number): · "Pattern Matching in Multivariate Time Series: Application to Batch Fermentation" (Paper 266h), Ashish Singhal*, Dale E. Seborg, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. · Real-Time, Robust, Multi-rate, Nonlinear State Estimation in a Polymerization Reactor (Paper 266x), Neeraj Zambare*, Masoud Soroush, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Michael Grady, E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company, Philadelphia, PA. *Speaker