Minghua Ye Minghua Ye, PhD, is a staff scientist at SABIC Technology & Innovation (14100 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, TX 77478; Email: mye@sabic.com), where he develops process design packages and applies centralized information technology to process flow diagrams, equipment datasheets, piping and instrumentation diagrams, and other documentation. He has more than 30 years of experience in R&D and engineering tool development, with expertise in modeling, simulation, optimization, innovative technology commercialization, and process design. Minghua has BS, MS, and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from Nanjing Institute of Chemical Technology, East China Univ. of Technology and Sciences, and Qinghua Univ., respectively.