Focus Research Areas
Design
1. Strategic Design of Reverse Supply Chains
2. Strategic Design of Time-Critical Supply Chains
3. Integrated Product/Process Design & Control
4. Flexible Design Under Uncertainty
5. Design of Periodically Operated Processes
Operation
1. Information-Based Supply Chain Operation Under Uncertainty
2. Planning and Scheduling Under Uncertainty
3. Real-Time Plant-wide Optimization and Control
4. Process Monitoring
5. Abnormal Situation Management
Control
1. Model-based Control of Nonlinear and Hybrid Systems
2. Modeling and Control of Micro- and Nano-Structured Material Processing
3. Modeling and Control of Particulate Processes (e.g., Crystallization)
4. Optical Sensors and Micro-fabricated Sensors and their use in Monitoring
and Control