Process Systems Engineering – Volume 4 – Supply Chain Optimization

Michael C. Georgiadis is Head of the Process System Engineering Laboratory at the PSE, Imperial College London and is the manager for academic business development of Process Systems Enterprise Ltd in Thessaloniki, Greece and is also an adjunct Associate Professor in the University of Western Macedonia, Greece. He obtained his Chemical Engineering degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and a MSc and PhD from Imperial College London. Dr. Georgiadis has authored/ co-authored over 55 papers and two books. He has a long experience in the management and participation of more than 20 collaborative research contracts and projects. Lazaros G. Papageorgiou is a Reader in Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University College London. He graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and a gained a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London. Previously Dr. Papageorgiou was employed as an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Production Engineering and Management at the Technical University of Crete, Greece, and as a Research Associate at the Centre for Process Systems Engineering, a joint centre between Imperial College London and University College London. He has authored/ co-authored over 80 refereed research publications. Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), provider of the gPROMS advanced process simulation and modelling environment, is the 2007 winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering's MacRobert Award. The award, the UK's most prestigious for engineering, recognises the successful development of innovative ideas. The PSE team was presented with the MacRobert gold medal by HRH Prince Philip.