Victor Alves
Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemical Engineering @ Carnegie Mellon University.
Hi there! 👋
I am a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, holding a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at West Virginia University. In addition, I also have an M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Chemical Engineering, both at the Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil.
Throughout my career, I have developed algorithms and methods to efficiently solve problems related to Process Systems Engineering (PSE), giving me experience in:
- Process modeling
- Advanced process control
- Plantwide control
- Nonlinear constrained optimization
- Supervised machine learning.
My current goal is to conduct further research on the design, modeling, control and assessment of chemical processes. Lastly, I have experience working with the industry, mainly the oil and gas, petrochemical and energy sectors.
news
Oct 22, 2024 | New paper as a co-author available! We employed a system identification technique using Gaussian processes. Available at the 2024 Power ASME proceedings |
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Oct 5, 2024 | New paper released! “On the selection of control structures using process operability analysis” presents a novel way to select control structures of plantwide systems, by taking advantage of process operability principles, namely the Operability Index (OI). It’s available on the Control Engineering Practice Journal |
May 6, 2024 | I have joined Carnegie Mellon University as a Postdoctoral Fellow, under the supervision of Carl Laird and John Kitchin! |
Apr 17, 2024 | I have successfully defended my PhD thesis under Dr. Fernando V Lima’s supervision, entitled “Strategies for Process Systems Mapping and Control Based on Operability Analysis”. You can download the thesis here. |
Feb 6, 2024 | Our new paper on the opyrability Python package for advanced process operability analysis is now available in The Journal of Open Source Software! |