Pablo A Rolandi Software Developer - gPROMS Kernel and Solvers Team
Process Systems Enterprise Limited - "The model company"
Bridge Studios, 107a Hammersmith Bridge Road, London W6 9DA, United Kingdom
t: +44 20 8563 0888 f: +44 20 8563 0999 or visit us at www.psenterprise.com
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Born in Tandil, Argentina, Dr Pablo Adrián Rolandi studied Chemical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina), from 1995 to 2000, where he obtained his Bachelor degree and was awarded the university medal for academic excellence. In February 2000, Dr PA Rolandi joined the group of Catalizadores y Superficies of INTEMA (Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales) under the supervision of Dr Rosa J Fenoglio and Dr Patricia M Haure (Project title: Study of the influence of preparation variables on the catalysts properties for organic compounds oxidation in aqueous media).
In July 2001, Dr PA Rolandi began his postgraduate studies at the University of Sydney, Australia, under the supervision of Prof. José A Romagnoli in the area of Process Systems Engineering. His research focussed on creating a unified model-centric framework for the execution of various activities for support of manufacturing operations. (Thesis title: Model-based integrated framework for simulation, optimisation and control of process systems). He obtained his PhD in September 2005.
In August 2005, Dr PA Rolandi was appointed as a software developer at Process Systems Enterprise Ltd, the company that develops the advanced mathematical and process modelling tool gPROMS. Besides working at PSE in the kernel and solvers team, Dr PA Rolandi is a postdoctoral fellow of the PROMATCH Marie Curie Research and Training Network. The goal of this EU project is to derive techniques and methodologies for the reduction of computational load of large and rigorous process models used in industrial model-based applications. Dr PA Rolandi is currently working on numerical solution techniques for distributed systems described in the form of partial differential equations (PDEs).
Dr PA Rolandi’s expertise lies within the area of model-centric technologies, mainly in the topics of model-based control of large-scale systems, dynamic simulation and optimisation, hybrid data-driven/model-based simulation and data reconciliation. Because of his recent appointment at PSE Ltd, PA Rolandi has become more involved with Computer-Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) tools, process modelling technologies, and numerical analysis techniques. Dr PA Rolandi interests also involve multi-scale process modelling, integrated process and control system design, process flexibility and operability, and particulate and biological processes.

List of Selected Publications:
Rolandi, P.A. and Romagnoli, J.A Integrated model-centric framework for support of manufacturing operations. Part I: The framework; submitted for publication to Computers and Chemical Engineering.

Romagnoli, J.A.; Rolandi, P.A.; Joe, Y.Y.; Ding, Z.Q.; Ling, K.V. (2006). On data processing and reconciliation trends and the impact of technology; in the Proceedings of ADCHEM 2006 (International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes), Gramado, Brasil, 2006.

Rolandi, P.A. and Romagnoli, J.A. (2005a). On-line optimal control of large-scale chemical processes; in the Proceedings of the 7-th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE 7), Glasgow, Scotland, 2005.

Abbas, A., Orellana, J., Rolandi, P.A., Romagnoli, J.A. (2005b). Using a hybrid plant and the Internet to deliver experimental engineering education; in the Proceedings of the 8th UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education, Kingston, Jamaica, 2005.

Network of Contacts of Argentine Professionals:

Prof José A Romangoli (Gordon & Mary Cain Chair Professor, M. Gautreaux/Ethyl Chair Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)

Dr Mabel C Sánchez (Researcher - National Research Council, Professor - National University at Bahía Blanca, Bahía Blanca, Argentina)

Dr Rosa J Fenoglio (Profesor Adjunto – National University of Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina)

Prof Miguel J Bagajewicz (Sam Wilson Professor of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)