IChEAP 18 Secretariat & Organization

c/o The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering
& AIDIC Servizi Srl
Via Giuseppe Colombo 81/A
20133 Milano (Italy)

Phone: +39 02 70608276

Main Contact icheap18@aidic.it

Treasury & Payments Please include the conference name in the subject line of your email. aidic_accounting@aidic.it

Topics of IChEAP 18

The conference technical programme is structured into parallel sessions over four days. Topics will be covered through invited plenary lectures, selected oral presentations and poster sessions.

Posters will be displayed throughout the conference to encourage interaction with authors and informal scientific discussion.

The main aim of IChEAP 18 is to review and showcase the latest developments, needs and challenges in Chemical Engineering Science. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

TOPIC 1

Sustainable Biomass and Industrial Biotechnology

  • Biomass Valorization
  • Biorefineries
  • Biofuels
  • Bioprocess Engineering
  • Algae
  • Anaerobic Digestion
  • Circular Bioeconomy
  • Industrial Biotechnology
TOPIC 2

Environment, Circular Economy and Carbon Management

  • Circular Economy
  • Waste Valorization
  • Water
  • Air Pollution
  • Soil Remediation
  • CCUS
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • LCA
  • Sustainable Process Design
  • Industrial Ecology
TOPIC 3

Energy Transition, Electrification and Safety

  • Hydrogen
  • Batteries
  • Fuel Cells
  • Process Electrification
  • Renewable Integration
  • Alternative Fuels
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Heat Integration
  • Process Safety
  • Risk Assessment
TOPIC 4

Reaction Engineering and Catalytic Processes

  • Catalysis
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • Electrochemical Reactors
  • Photocatalysis
  • Polymer Reaction Engineering
  • Biochemical Reactions
  • Novel Reactors
TOPIC 5

Separation Processes and Transport Phenomena

  • Membranes
  • Distillation
  • Adsorption
  • Extraction
  • Thermodynamics
  • CFD
  • Multiphase Flow
  • Transport Phenomena
  • Interfacial Phenomena
TOPIC 6

Particle, Materials and Product Engineering

  • Crystallization
  • Drying
  • Granulation
  • Powders
  • Polymers
  • Ceramics
  • Composites
  • Nanomaterials
  • Biomaterials
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Rheology
TOPIC 7

Process Systems Engineering, AI and Digitalization

  • Modeling
  • Optimization
  • Process Control
  • Digital Twins
  • AI
  • Machine Learning
  • Smart Manufacturing
  • Data Analytics
  • CAPE
TOPIC 8

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Engineering

  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • Biopharma
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Systems Biology
  • Biomolecular Engineering
  • Healthcare Engineering
TOPIC 9

Emerging Topics in Chemical Engineering

  • Process Intensification
  • Food Engineering
  • Hybrid Processes
  • Modular Plants and Flexible Production
  • Smart Process Technologies
  • Scale-Up
  • Industrial Case Studies
  • Emerging Topics
  • Cross-Disciplinary Research