Multi-criteria design methods in façade engineering: State-of-the-art and future trends

Façade engineering is facing an era of extraordinary challenge to meet the surge in demand for buildings that are environmentally sustainable and enhance occupant wellbeing. Facades, also known as building envelopes, play a major role in the resource-efficiency of buildings and the quality of its indoor environment. Consequently, the...

Model-based optimization approaches for pressure-driven membrane systems

Membrane technology is commonly used within food, bio- and pharmaceutical processes. Beside single-stage membranes, multi-stage membrane systems are become more popular to improve separation performance. In this review, we present a unified four-phase model-based optimization framework to optimize these systems, using mechanistic models,...

Operating Room Performance Optimization Metrics: a Systematic Review

Literature proposes numerous initiatives for optimization of the Operating Room (OR). Despite multiple suggested strategies for the optimization of workflow on the OR, its patients and (medical) staff, no uniform description of ‘optimization’ has been adopted. This makes it difficult to evaluate the proposed optimization strategies. In...

Machine Learning in Chemical Engineering: A Perspective

The transformation of the chemical industry to renewable energy and feedstock supply requires new paradigms for the design of flexible plants, (bio-)catalysts, and functional materials. Recent breakthroughs in machine learning (ML) provide unique opportunities, but only joint interdisciplinary research between the ML and chemical engineering ...