The process dominates all aspects of process control — the major, and possibly the only, driving force for automation is the requirements imposed by the process. This article focuses on automating batch processes, with an emphasis on batch production operations in the chemical industry...

     Synthetic biology is an emerging field that takes knowledge and tools from biology, genetic engineering, and metabolic engineering to build devices to do something interesting and useful (e.g., produce chemicals, detect disease, sense environmental changes, etc.)....

     Safety instrumented systems are designed to be the last, and most critical, layer of protection in an operating facility. While the control system’s purpose is to keep the plant running and optimize profits, the safety instrumented system (SIS) works to keep the...