Pan-American Advanced Study Institute

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Pan-American Advanced Study Institute and
Virtual Library on PSE
Ignacio E. Grossmann Center for Advanced Process
Decision-making Department of Chemical
Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh.
, PA 15213 U.S.A.
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Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program
 (PASI)
The Pan American Advanced Study Institutes (PASI)
Program, jointly supported initiative between
the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National
Science Foundation (NSF). Pan American Advanced
Studies Institutes are short courses ranging in
length from ten days to one month duration,
involving lectures, demonstrations, research
seminars and discussions at the advanced graduate
and post-doctoral level. PASIs aim to
disseminate advanced scientific and engineering
knowledge and stimulate training and cooperation
among researchers of the Americas in the
mathematical, physical, and biological sciences,
and in engineering fields. Whenever feasible, an
interdisciplinary approach is recommended.
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http//cepac.cheme.cmu.edu/pasi.htm
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Schedule August 16-25, 2005
Lectures and seminars Morning from 900 to
1300 Afternoons 1630-1930 August 20 Free
day
Detailed Schedule in http//cepac.cheme.cmu.edu/pa
sischedule.htm
Exam We offered an exam on the 12 modules of the
PASI conference - Optimization - Process and
Product Design - Process and Supply Chain -
Operations, Process Dynamics and Control. The
exam was sent to 11 participants
http//cepac.cheme.cmu.edu/pasilectures/ExamPASIw
eb.pdf
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Funding NSF 95,300 Companies/Agencies
18,500 Fees 15,800
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PASI 2005
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Iguazu-PASI 2005
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http//cepac.cheme.cmu.edu/pasi2008/index.htm
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Lectures and seminars United StatesRakesh
Agrawal, Purdue University (formerly Air
Products)Paul Barton, Massachusetts Institute of
TechnologyMichael F. Doherty, UCSBFrank Doyle,
UCSBMario Eden, Auburn UniversityChristodoulos
A. Floudas, Princeton UniversityMartha Grover
Gallivan Georgia Institute of TechnologyIgnacio
Grossmann, Carnegie Mellon UniversityMarianthi
Ierapetritou, Rutgers UniversityJeffrey Siirola,
Eastman ChemicalVenkat Venkatsubramanian, Purdue
University ArgentinaPio Aguirre, INGARJaime
Cerdá, INTECSoledad Diaz, PLAPIQUIAna María
Eliceche, PLAPIQUICarlos Méndez, INTECAldo
Vecchietti, INGAR BrazilTelma Teixeira Franco,
University of CampinasDavid Mitchell,
Universidade Federal do ParanáOfelia de Queiroz
F. Araújo, Univ. Federal Rio de JaneiroArgimiro
Secchi, University of Rio Grande do SulJorge O.
Trierweiler, University Rio Grande do
Sul CanadaPaul Stuart, Ecole Polytechnique,
Montreal ChileMaria Elena Lienqueo, Universidad
de ChileLuis Cisternas, University of
Antofagasta MéxicoAntonio Flores-Tlacuahuac,
Universidad Iberoamericana
62 PhD students 25 US 10 Brazil 8 Argentina 4
Chile 2 Canada 3 Mexico 1 Colombia 9 Spain and
Portugal.
Funding NSF 97,700 Companies/Agencies
46,000 Fees 15,000
Schedule http//cepac.cheme.cmu.edu/pasi2008/sched
ule.htm
Exam http//cepac.cheme.cmu.edu/pasi2008/slides/di
scussions/Exam_PASI2008PlusSolutions.pdf
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PASI 2008
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Mar del Plata-PASI 2008
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http//cepac.cheme.cmu.edu/pasilectures.htm
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Conclusions
1. Two PASIs have been a great experience
2. Have helped to promote PSE among young people
3. Have helped to create Virtual Library of PSE
Should Europe have its own PASI? What about an
international PASI 2011?
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