Overview

Cities are at the forefront of the climate change challenge. They act as loci of consumption and provide a number of opportunities and challenges for decarbonisation. This seminar will look at cities from an engineering perspective and highlight the possibilities and approaches to large reductions in direct and indirect emissions.

Speaker

Professor Nilay Shah OBE, Professor of Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London

Nilay’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 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.

The material presented in this webinar has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Sustainability Special Interest Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

Time

15:00—15:50 GMT.

Software

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This webinar is free of charge and open to all to attend, but if you wish to access the slides and a recording to replay on demand then you will need to be a member of the Sustainability Special Interest Group.