Application Domains

THE RESEARCH IN APPLICATION DOMAINS ARE IN SIX MAJOR DOMAINS: 

  • CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

  • MOLECULAR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

  • BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

  • SUPPLY CHAINS OF THE FUTURE

  • ENERGY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

  • ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 

Sargent Centre Research in Application Domains

Chemical Manufacturing Systems

Chemical Manufacturing Systems

Chemical Manufacturing Systems form a key application domain of the Sargent Centre. Many of the fundamental tools developed in the three competence areas of Product & Process Design, Operations & Control and Modelling & Model Solution Tools are motivated by the challenges arising in this application domain.

Chemical Manufacturing Systems

Molecular Systems Engineering

Molecular Systems Engineering

The integration of concepts from process systems engineering and molecular thermodynamics holds great promise to tackle today’s engineering challenges. Our research continues, underpinned by a £1.8M Platform Grant (EPSRC) which supports our next generation of post-doctoral researchers, and with the support of BMS, Chemistry Innovation, GSK, P&G and Syngenta. The heading for this work is “Molecular Systems Engineering of High-Value Structured and Formulated Products”.

Molecular Systems Engineering

Biological Systems Engineering

Biological Systems Engineering

The Biological Systems Engineering group within the Sargent Centre focuses on the development of mathematical models for biological systems. Topics of interest include industrial biotechnology, bioprocessing, systems biology and biomedical systems. Recent projects received significant funding from the Research Councils and the European Research Council and saw closer collaboration between Imperial and UCL in this research field.

Biological Systems Engineering

Sargent Centre Research in Application Domains

Supply Chains of the Future

Supply Chains of the Future

Supply chains of the future will have to deal with a host of new challenges facing us in the 21st century. These challenges include: Exploiting new energy and material sources; Cleaner exploitation of existing sources (e.g. high-carbon fossil fuels); Resource efficiency to deal with increasing scarcity of non-fuel resources (e.g. water and minerals); Decarbonised supply chains; Customisation of products and services (e.g. healthcare) closer to the point of use.

Supply Chains of the Future

Energy Systems Engineering

Energy Systems Engineering

The importance of Energy as a topic has if anything, increased over the last few years. Sargent Centre is engaged in a number of areas including: Urban Energy Systems, Bioenergy Systems, Hydrogen Networks and Polygeneration, Carbon Capture and Network systems.

Energy Systems Engineering

Environmental Systems Engineering

Environmental Systems Engineering

Environmental Systems Engineering is concerned with the development and application of mathematical models with the aim of improving the design, operation and control of existing environmental processes and also to develop the next generation of environmental systems.

Environmental Systems Engineering

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