Mesfin G Woldetensay
Heriot-Watt University, Dubai campus, UAE
Biography
Mesfin is currently working as Assistant Professor & Program Director of Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus. He was a postdoc fellow at Yeungnam Univeristy (South Korea) before joining Curtin University, Sarawak Malays as faculty staff. Mesfin has won the 2014 IChemE Malaysia Award for Research Innovation and Excellence. He also got a prize for his research being highly commended in the Petrochemical Processing Award at the 2013 IChemE Malaysia Awards for Innovation and Excellence”. He has won also the 2015 APAC-EMEA (Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa) Honeywell UniSim Design Challenge & the 2014 Asia Pacific Honeywell UniSim Design Challenge. His current research work focuses on optimal design and operation of thermally coupled distillation unit under uncertainties. Thermally coupled distillation such as dividing wall column (DWC) has significant advantage in terms of energy saving by more than 30% compared to the conventional distillation columns.
Abstract
Abstract : Optimal Design and Operation of Gas Processing Plant (GPP) under Uncertain Upstream Conditions