该部门在过程系统和反应工程方面拥有全面的计划。在保持或提高成本效益的同时，减少环境影响的压力越来越大，这促使化学，颗粒和能源行业开发新的，更有效的工艺和反应器配置。该领域的研究集中在以下方面：开发计算机辅助工具，以通过开发和分析有效的模型和解决方案方法来解决在产品和过程设计以及过程操作的各个阶段出现的设计和操作问题。开发有效的方法，用于多尺度模型开发和仿真，数值分析，工业过程的优化和控制。对有效利用现有和新原料的新型催化剂和催化方法的研究。这是通过对催化剂的微观结构和化学组成与所需的化学反应的宏观可观察到
The department has a comprehensive program in process systems and reaction engineering. The increasing pressure to reduce environmental impact, while maintaining or improving cost-effectiveness has motivated the chemical, particulate and energy industries to develop new and more efficient process and reactor configurations. Research in this area focuses on the following: The development of computer aided tools for addressing design and operations issues arising at various stages of product and process design and process operations by developing and analyzing efficient models and solution methodologies. The development of efficient methodologies for multi-scale model development and simulation, numerical analysis, optimization and control of industrial processes. The investigation of new catalysts and catalytic processes that make efficient use of existing and new raw materials. This is achieved by the fundamental understanding of how the microscopic structure and chemical composition of a catalyst relate to the macroscopically observable activity and selectivity for a desired chemical reaction. The evaluation of new energy conversion technologies through bench- and demonstration-scale studies, process simulation, and economic evaluation.