Control and Safety Analysis of Intensified Chemical Processes

Prof. Gade Pandu Rangaiah has been with the National University of Singapore (NUS) since 1982, in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. He received his Bachelor, Masters, and Doctoral degrees in chemical engineering, from Andhra University, IIT Kanpur, and Monash University, respectively. He worked in Engineers India Limited for two years before his Doctoral study. Prof. Rangaiah has received many teaching awards including the Annual Teaching Excellence Awards from NUS. His research interests are in modeling, optimization, and control of chemical and related processes.

Dr Dipesh S Patle has received Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degree from Amaravati University (India), Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani (India), and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) (Malaysia), respectively. He completed his post-doctorate at Politecnico di Milano (PILIMI), Italy. He has worked at BITS Pilani (India), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur (India) and Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) (India) in various capacities. Currently, he is associated with Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (India). His research interests include Biodiesel Synthesis, Process Intensification, Simulation, Plantwide Control and Operator Training Simulator development. He has many international publications to his credit and has visited several countries for various purposes, including conference presentations.