05/10/10 - 05/11/10 San Francisco, California
Held At: Hyatt at Fisherman's Wharf
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Prof. Dr. Volker Hessel, born 1964, studied chemistry at Mainz University. He graduated 1993 with a PhD thesis in the field of organic chemistry about structure-property relationships of supramolecular amphiphilic assemblies. In 1994, he joined the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH, IMM. In 1999, Prof. Dr. Hessel was appointed Head of the Chemistry Process Technology Department., which is active in the field of micro process technology for mixing, fine/functional chemistry, and energy generation by fuel processing. In 2002, he was appointed Vice Director R&D at IMM and in 2007as Director R&D.
Prof. Dr. Hessel is author or co-author of about 140 peer-reviewed publications concerning micro process engineering and chemistry, one chapter in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, and three books to the topic as well as of 22 reviews. In July 2005, Prof. Dr. Hessel was appointed as professor for the chair of "Micro Process Engineering" at Eindhoven University of Technology, TU/e, in a part-time position; this chair being within the department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. Prof. Dr. Hessel was AIChE Chair for "Microprocess Engineering" of the AIChE "Process Development Division" from 2005 to 2007.
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Topics Covered
.Microfabrication and reactor assembly
.Types of microstructured reactors and plant construction
.Mixing and heat exchange
.Liquid-phase organic synthesis
.Gas-liquid processing and reactions
.Gas-phase reaction and catalysis
.Fuel processing
.Polymerizations
.Particles
.Vesicles, encapsulates, functional materials
.Scale-out and cost analysis
.Various industrial case studies
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