Technical Program

9/27/2021

All Eastern Standard Time

10:00 AM

10:05 AM

Welcome Introductions

10:05 AM

10:35 AM

Next-Generation Resilient Energy and Manufacturing Supply Chains

Keynote Speaker: Elefterios Iakovou (Harvey Hubbell Professor of Industrial Distribution;

Director, Manufacturing and Logistics Innovation Initiatives, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station;

Director of Supply Chain Management, SecureAmerica Institute;

Assistant Director, Resilience and Sustainability of Integrated Energy and Manufacturing Supply Chains, Energy Institute, Texas A&M University)

10:35 AM

10:45 AM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Debalina Sengupta (TAMU)

10:45 AM

11:05 AM

Convergence Research Approach for Resilience - A Chemical Engineering Perspective

Debalina Sengupta (Associate Director, TEES Gas and Fuels Research Center,

Water Energy Food Nexus Coordinator, Texas A&M Energy Institute,

Graduate Faculty, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University)

11:05 AM

11:15 AM

Break

11:15 AM

12:50 PM

Resilient Systems Modeling

11:15 AM

11:20 AM

Session Chair Introduction - Heriberto Cabezas (University of Miskolc)

11:20 AM

11:40 AM

Resilient Design of Complex Networked Systems: Importance of Topological Features

Invited Speaker: Venkat Venkatasubramanian (Columbia University)

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Resilient Design and Operations of Process Systems

Invited Speaker: Fengqi You (Cornell University)

12:00 PM

12:20 PM

Data Analytics for Resilient Systems: Variable Selection, Reliability Estimation and Optimization

Invited Speaker: Rajib Mukherjee (University of Texas Permian Basin)

12:20 PM

12:30 PM

Resilience-Based Recovery Scheduling of Transportation Network Considering Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Qiling Zou (Carnegie Mellon University)

12:30 PM

12:50 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Heriberto Cabezas (University of Miskolc)

12:50 PM

1:00 PM

Break

1:00 PM

2:15 PM

Energy, and Fuels Sector Resilience Concepts

1:00 PM

1:05 PM

Session Chair Introduction - Fadwa Eljack (Qatar University)

1:05 PM

1:25 PM

Midstream Infrastructure Resilience in the Digital Age

Invited Speaker: Helen Lou (Lamar University)

1:25 PM

1:45 PM

Deploying Multi-Phase Flows, Machine Learning (ML) and Micro/Nano-Technologies (MNT) for Enhancing Reliability, Sustainability and Resilience for Mitigating the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus

Invited Speaker: Debjyoti Banerjee (Texas A&M University)

1:45 PM

1:55 PM

Energy Transition and Decarbonization- Production of Biogas from Biowaste (Food waste) with Wood Chips Towards Low-Carbon Environment.

Onyinyechukwu Njoku (Rivers State University)

1:55 PM

2:15 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Fadwa Eljack (Qatar University)

2:15 PM

2:25 PM

Break

2:25 PM

3:30 PM

Chemical/Chemical Related Infrastructure Resilient Processing

2:25 PM

2:30 PM

Session Chair Introduction - Ignasi Palou-Rivera (RAPID)

2:30 PM

2:50 PM

Bottom-Up and Top-Down Design of Resilient Supply Chains

Invited Speaker: Gonzalo Guillen Gosalbez (ETH Zurich)

2:50 PM

3:10 PM

Resilience of Processing Systems: Analysis and Synthesis

Invited Speaker: Ferenc Friedler (Széchenyi István University)

3:10 PM

3:20 PM

Integrating Uncertainty Quantification in Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) Analysis in the Conceptual Stage of Chemical Process Design

Ahmad Al-Douri (Texas A&M University)

3:20 PM

3:30 PM

Aequor's Treatments Boost Biomass from Renewable Feedstocks (algae, plant material) By up to 40% in Half the Time, Increasing Margins of Biofuels and Coproduct Production.

Cynthia Burzell (Aequor Inc)

3:20 PM

3:30 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Ignasi Palou-Rivera (RAPID)

3:30 PM

3:40 PM

Closing Statements

9/28/2021

All Eastern Standard Time

10:00 AM

10:10 AM

Introduction of Day 2 from the Conference Chairs

10:10 AM

10:40 AM

Resilience Theory and Thinking Applied to Human-Natural-Engineered Systems

Keynote Speaker: Elena Irwin (Distinguished Professor of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences in Economics & Sustainability, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics;

Faculty Director, Sustainability Institute, Ohio State University)

10:40 AM

10:50 AM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Heriberto Cabezas (University of Miskolc)

10:50 AM

11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM

12:35 PM

Broader Resilience Concepts

11:00 AM

11:05 AM

Session Chair Introduction - Rajib Mukherjee (The University of Texas Permian Basin)

11:05 AM

11:25 AM

Strategics to Assess Resilience in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus at Different Scales

Invited Speaker: Jose Maria Ponce Ortega (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo)

11:25 AM

11:45 AM

Assessing Economic Resilience of Hydrocarbon Products

Invited Speaker: Dhabia Al-Mohanadi (TAMUQ)

11:45 AM

11:55 AM

Resilience Requires All Disciplines: The Planetary Limits Academic Network (PLAN)

Benjamin McCall (University of Dayton)

11:55 AM

12:05 PM

Deploying Deep Learning to Improve Reliability and Performance of Phase Change Materials (PCM) for Enhancing Reliability, Sustainability and Resilience while Mitigating the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus

Aditya Chuttar (Texas A&M University)

12:05 PM

12:35 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Rajib Mukherjee (The University of Texas Permian Basin)

12:35 PM

12:45 PM

Break

12:45 PM

2:50 PM

Environmental, Ecological and Disaster Resilience

12:45 PM

12:50 PM

Session Chair Introduction - Debalina Sengupta (TAMU)

12:50 PM

1:10 PM

Habitat Restoration and Resilience Along the Gulf Coast: The Nature Conservancy Perspective

Invited Speaker: Seth Blitch (The Nature Conservancy)

1:10 PM

1:30 PM

Resilience and Sustainable Development Strategies in the Sunderbans

Invited Speaker: Anamitra Anurag Danda (Observer Research Foundation, Worldwide Wildlife Foundation)

1:30 PM

1:50 PM

Water and Conflict - When do we choose to fight? And when to walk away?

Invited Speaker: Diogo Bolster (Notre Dame University)

1:50 PM

2:00 PM

Shifting Baselines May Undermine Shoreline Management Efforts in the United States

Riordan Correll-Brown (University of Maryland)

2:00 PM

2:10 PM

A Systematic Resilience Approach in the Assessment of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Security Regions with Extreme Climate Conditions

Jesus Manuel Nuñez Lopez (Universidad Michoacana De San Nicolás De Hidalgo)

2:10 PM

2:20 PM

Addressing Challenges of Industrial Biosolids Reuse in Qatar to Enhance Agriculture Industry

Nivinya Hemachandra (Texas A&M University at Qatar)

2:20 PM

2:50 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Debalina Sengupta (TAMU)

2:50 PM

3:00 PM

Break

3:00 PM

4:25 PM

Built Infrastructure

3:00 PM

3:05 PM

Session Chair Introduction - Jose Maria Ponce Ortega (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo)

3:05 PM

3:25 PM

Electricity and Climate Change—Interconnected

Invited Speaker: R. Neal Elliott (American Council for Energy Efficient Economy)

3:25 PM

3:45 PM

Sensing our Built Infrastructure systems - and Making Sense of it

Invited Speaker: Vikram Pakrashi (UCD Centre for Mechanics, Dynamical System and Risk Laboratory, University College Dublin, Ireland

UCD Energy Institute, Ireland Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine (MaREI), Ireland)

3:45 PM

3:55 PM

Transparency at Scale: Navigating Chemical Disclosure within the Built Environment

Anthony Brower and Stacey Olson (Gensler)

3:55 PM

4:25 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated By: Jose Maria Ponce Ortega (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo)

4:25 PM

4:35 PM

Closing Statements

9/29/2021

All Eastern Standard Time

10:00 AM

10:15 AM

Welcome and Introductions- UEF Funded PACE Workshop

10:15 AM

10:45 AM

How do we Address the Challenges? "Modular Solutions for Resilience – A RAPID CTO perspective"

Keynote: Ignasi Palou Rivera (RAPID)

10:45 AM

11:15 AM

What is the Problem? "The 2019 SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (COVID-19): History, Models, Observations, Sustainability Implications, and Prospects"

Keynote: Heriberto Cabezas (Professor, Research Institute of Applied Earth Sciences, University of Miskolc, Hungary; Senior Science Advisor (Ret.), Land and Material Management Division US Environmental Protection Agency)

11:15 AM

11:45 AM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Debalina Sengupta (TAMU)

11:45 AM

12:05 PM

Break

12:05 PM

12:45 PM

Mobilizing the Industrial Sector

12:05 PM

12:15 PM

Work Flexibility and the Future of Work

Tapas K Ray (Assistant Coordinator, Healthy Work Design and Well Being Program, National Institute for Occupation Safety and Health)

12:15 PM

12:25 PM

Advanced manufacturing - Reaction path synthesis using AI

Venkat Venkatasubramanian (Columbia University)

12:25 PM

12:45 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Maithreyi Thukaram (AIChE)

12:45 PM

1:05 PM

Break

1:05 PM

2:05 PM

Medical Care/Infrastructure Resilience

1:05 PM

1:15 PM

Protection of Healthcare Workers from Respiratory Viral Transmission

Helen Nguyen (Ivan Racheff Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Affiliate, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne)

1:15 PM

1:25 PM

Keeping the workers safe from Covid-19 infection using IoT ( Internet of Things) based automation : Tools & Technology for Covid Safety

Biplab Pal (CTO and Co Founder, Opteev Inc)

1:25 PM

1:35 PM

Flexible Oxygen Concentrators for Medical Applications

Faruque Hasan (TAMU)

1:35 PM

1:45 PM

It's Time to Talk about Chlorine Dioxide.Studies Show Low Level Chlorine Dioxide Fumigation Mitigates Virucidal and Bacterial Load on Both Surfaces and in the Air.

Eric Johnson (University of Florida)

1:45 PM

2:05 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Maithreyi Thukaram (AIChE)

2:05 PM

2:25 PM

Break

2:25 PM

3:05 PM

Development of Novel Materials

2:25 PM

2:35 PM

Nanotechnology Enabling the Next Generations of Materials based on Carbon Nanotubes

Kurt Swogger (CEO Molecular Rebar Design, LLC, USCWT, LLC, BioPact Ventures, LLC, Black Diamond Structure, LLC (Exec. Chairman))

2:35 PM

2:45 PM

Supply chain, materials technology, and or Manufacturing Issues, and Challenges for Covid-19 Pandemic Response

Michael Berrigan (Corporate Scientist 3M Central Research Process Laboratory)

2:45 PM

3:05 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Maithreyi Thukaram (AIChE)

3:05 PM

3:25 PM

Closing Statements