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Dr. David Vinson
Professor, Chemical Engineering, Tufts University
Professor of Practice, Tufts University
E-mail: David.Vinson@tufts.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering,
Lehigh University, 2000
M.S., Chemical Engineering,
Lehigh University, 1976
B.S.,
Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University,
1974
Research Interests:
- Extensive
industrial experience in quantifying the
operability of chemical processes,
optimizing processes through the application
of advanced process control, and the
improvement of the life-cycle operating
efficiencies.
- Investigating
and developing new approaches and
technologies for existing and emerging
industries and processes that have not
derived significant benefits from these
enabling technologies.
- Integration of
these technologies into the Quality by
Design approach within the pharmaceutical
industries is of specific interest..
Selected Publications:
"An Operability
Design-based Design Methodology of Feasible
Constraints
for the Constrained Control of Non-Square Systems", F. V. Lima, C. Georgakis, J.
F. Smith, and D. R. Vinson, AIChE Journal, Submitted
for Publication, 2008.
"Air
Separation Advanced Control Technology", D.
R. Vinson,
Computers & Chemical Engineering, vol. 30,
pp. 1436-1446, 2006.
"A
geometric approach for process operability
analysis", C. Georgakis, D. R. Vinson, S.
Subramanian, and D. Uztürk,
The Integration of
Process Design and Control. vol. 17, M.
Georgiadis and P. Seferlis, Eds.: Elsevier,
p. 654, 2004.
"On
the operability of continuous processes",
C. Georgakis, D. Uztürk, S. Subramanian, and
D. R. Vinson,
Control Engineering Practice, vol. 11, pp.
859-869, 2003.
"Inventory Control
Structure Independence of the Process
Operability Index",
D. R. Vinson and C. Georgakis,
Industrial & Engineering
Chemistry Research, vol. 41, pp. 3970-3983,
2002.
Selected Conference Presentations:
"Advanced
Process Control for Chemical Batch
Reactors",
W. Van Brempt and D. R. Vinson, World Batch Forum North
American Conference Philadelphia, PA: WBF,
2008.
"Advanced Control of a
Fed-Batch Process", D. R. Vinson, INCA User Day La Caverne de Geulhem, Maastricht, The
Netherlands: IPCOS, 2007.
"An Industrial Approach for Efficient
Modeling and Advanced Control of Chemical
Batch Processes",
B. Vandecraen, J. Espinosa, B. Pluymers, D.
R. Vinson, J. Ludlage, and W. Van Brempt, in DYCOPS 2007 Cancun,
Mexico: IFAC, 2007
"Air Separation Advanced
Control Technology", D. R. Vinson, Chemical Process
Control VII, Banff, CA, 2006.
"Projecting Technology Impact on Chemical
Process Manufacturing",
D. R. Vinson and W. Canney, AspenWorld 2004, Orlando,
FL, 2004.
Biography:
Upon
graduation from Lehigh University, Dr.
Vinson embarked on a lifelong career at Air
Products and Chemicals, Inc. Within a short
period of time, he became involved with the
company’s first implementation of computer
control of a liquid oxygen and nitrogen
plant. His career eventually led to global
responsibility for the management of
advanced control, plant efficiency, and
Value Engineering. In the early 1990’s his
career shifted to responsibilities focused
on advanced process control within the
Technical Ladder. During that time he
pursued a Ph.D.
Professional
Positions:
1974-2008
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Principal Engineering Associate, Advanced
Process Control Technology, Global
Engineering Department. Prior to that
position, a variety of technical and
management in engineering jobs were held, related
to the optimization of process design and
operation.
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