Nilay Shah

Nilay Shah’s research interests include the application of process modelling and mathematical/systems engineering techniques to analyse and optimise complex process and energy systems and their associated supply chains, with a particular interest in clean energy, biorenewables and bioprocessing, including synthetic biology.

He also works on the application of model-based methods for plant safety assessment and risk analysis. He has published widely in these areas and is particularly interested in the transfer of technology from academia to industry. He has provided consultancy services on systems optimisation to a large number of process industry companies.

Nilay Shah is the Director of the Centre for Process Systems Engineering (CPSE) and co-director of the Industrial Biotechnolgy Hub at Imperial.

He is a chemical engineer by background and has been the recipient of a number of awards including IChemE Junior Moulton Medal (1996), an RAEng/ICI Engineering Fellowship (1997-2001), the Royal Society of Chemistry Beilby Medal and Prize (2005), the Imperial College Rector’s Award for Research Excellence (2006), RAEng MacRobert Award (as part of a team, 2007), Imperial College Engineering Teaching Excellence Award (2009) and IChemE Hutchison Medal (2012). He is a Fellow of the IChemE and Royal Academy of Engineering.

Key publications

• Niu H, Shah N, Kontoravdi C, 2016, Modelling of amorphous cellulose depolymerisation by cellulases, parametric studies and optimisation, BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, Vol: 105, Pages: 455-472, ISSN: 1369-703
• Guo M, Richter GM, Holland RA, Eigenbrod F, Taylor G, Shah Net al., Implementing Land-use and Ecosystem Service Effects into An Integrated Bioenergy Value Chain Optimisation Framework, Computers and Chemical Engineering, ISSN: 1873-4375
• Giarola S, Romain C, Williams C, Hallett JP, Shah Net al., Techno-economic assessment of the production of phthalic anhydride from corn stover, Chemical Engineering Research & Design, ISSN: 1744-3563
• Niu H, Leak D, Shah N, Kontoravdi Cet al., 2015, Metabolic characterization and modeling of fermentation process of an engineered Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius strain for bioethanol production with gas stripping, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Vol: 122, Pages: 138-149, ISSN: 0009-2509
• Sharifzadeh M, Garcia MC, Shah N, 2015, Supply chain network design and operation: Systematic decision-making for centralized, distributed, and mobile biofuel production using mixed integer linear programming (MILP) under uncertainty, BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, Vol: 81, Pages: 401-414, ISSN: 0961-9534
• Sharifzadeh M, Wang L, Shah N, 2015, Integrated biorefineries: CO2 utilization for maximum biomass conversion, RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, Vol: 47, Pages: 151-161, ISSN: 1364-0321
• Zhang Q, Shah N, Wassick J, Helling R, van Egerschot Pet al., 2014, Sustainable supply chain optimisation: An industrial case study, COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, Vol: 74, Pages: 68-83, ISSN: 0360-8352
• Kontoravdi C, Samsatli NJ, Shah N, 2013, Development and design of bio-pharmaceutical processes, CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Vol: 2, Pages: 435-441, ISSN: 2211-3398
• Hosseini SA, Shah N, 2011, Modelling enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose part I: Population balance modelling of hydrolysis by endoglucanase, BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, Vol: 35, Pages: 3841-3848, ISSN: 0961-9534
• Hosseini SA, Shah N, 2011, Multi-scale process and supply chain modelling: from lignocellulosic feedstock to process and products, INTERFACE FOCUS, Vol: 1, Pages: 255-262, ISSN: 2042-8898
• Sousa RT, Liu S, Papageorgiou LG, Shah Net al., 2011, Global supply chain planning for pharmaceuticals, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN, Vol: 89, Pages: 2396-2409, ISSN: 0263-8762
• Sousa RT, Papageorgiou LG, Shah N, 2008, “Supply Chains of High-Value Low-Volume Products, in “Process Systems Engineering: Supply Chain Optimization, Volume 4”, Wiley.
• Stefansson H, Sigmarsdottir S, Jensson P, Shah Net al., 2011, Discrete and continuous time representations and mathematical models for large production scheduling problems: A case study from the pharmaceutical industry, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, Vol: 215, Pages: 383-392, ISSN: 0377-2217
• Stefansson H, Shah N, Jensson P, 2006, Multiscale planning and scheduling in the secondary pharmaceutical industry, AICHE JOURNAL, Vol: 52, Pages: 4133-4149, ISSN: 0001-1541
• Shah N, 2004, Pharmaceutical supply chains: key issues and strategies for optimisation, International Conference on Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Operations, Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, Pages: 929-941, ISSN: 0098-1354
• Gatica G, Papageorgiou LG, Shah N, 2003, Capacity planning under uncertainty for the pharmaceutical industry, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN, Vol: 81, Pages: 665-678, ISSN: 0263-8762
• Tsang KH, Samsatli NI, Shah N, 2007, Capacity investment planning for multiple vaccines under uncertainty 1: Capacity planning., FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING, Vol: 85, Pages: 120-128, ISSN: 0960-3085
• Tsang KH, Samsatli NJ, Shah N, 2007, Capacity investment planning for multiple vaccines under uncertainty 2: Financial risk analysis, FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING, Vol: 85, Pages: 129-140, ISSN: 0960-3085
• Tsang KH, Samsatli NJ, Shah N, 2006, Modelling and planning optimization of a complex flu vaccine facility, FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING, Vol: 84, Pages: 123-134, ISSN: 0960-3085

Also more at https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/n.shah/publications.html