Dr. Patrick Linke

SENIOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Office Number: 336D
Office Phone: +974 423-0251
Fax Number: 4230011
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INTEREST AREAS
Patrick Linke has significant experience in national and international research collaborations with universities and industries in process engineering, process systems engineering, as well as applied computer science research projects. He is also an experienced instructor and leader in his field, having founded educational programs and committees on Chemical Engineering and Process Systems Engineering in the United Kingdom and overseas.

• Process integration and design
• Process systems engineering and optimization
• Decision-making and complex problem-solving
• Efficient utilization of natural resources (energy, water and raw materials)
• Sustainable process design and operation
• Computer-aided technologies for chemical process design and optimization

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Manchester, 2001
• Master of Science, University of Manchester, 1997
• Diplom-Ingenieur, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany,1996

EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2007-date
• Senior Lecturer, Process Systems Optimization, University of Surrey, 2005-2007
• Lecturer, Process Systems Optimization, University of Surrey, 2001-2005
• ExxonMobil Engineering Teaching Fellow, Co-founder and Director, Systems Engineering MSc programs
• Visiting Faculty, Institute for Process Dynamics and Operation at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, 2004-date
• Research Assistant, Centre for Process Integration, University of Manchester, U.K., 1997-2001
• Associate Editor, Journal of Product and Process Modeling
• Member of management committee, Computer-Aided Process Engineering subject group, Institution of Chemical Engineers, London, 2003-2007.
• Member of scientific committee, World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE) 2005, Frontiers of Computer-Aided Process Design (FOCAPD) 2009
• Reviewer, AIChE Journal, Chemical Engineering Science, Computers & Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, and Biotechnology Progress

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Montolio-Rodriguez, D., D. Linke, and P. Linke. "Systematic Identification of Optimal Process Designs for the Production of Acetic Acid via Ethane Oxidation." Chemical Engineering Science 62 (2007), 5602-5608.

Linke, P., and A.C. Kokossis. "A Multi-Level Methodology for Conceptual Reaction-Separation Process Design." Journal of Chemical Product and Process Modeling 2, no. 3, article 2: (2007) 1-42.

Labrador-Darder, C., A.C. Kokossis, and P. Linke (2007). On the Systematic Extraction of Knowledge in Process Synthesis and Chemical Process Design. Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering 24, 267-272.

Du, D., S. Yang, A.C. Kokossis, and P. Linke (2007). Experience on Gridification and Hyper-infrastructure Experiments in Optimization and Process Synthesis. Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering 24, 171-176.

Linke, P., A. Alva-Argaez, and A. Kokossis. 2006. "Chapter 10: Process Intensification." In L. Puigjaner (ed.) Computer-Aided Methods for Product and Process Design. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH.

Papadopoulos, A.I., and P. Linke. "Efficient Integration of Optimal Solvent and Process Design using Molecular Clustering." Chemical Engineering Science 61 (2006): 6316-6336.

Papadopoulos, A.I., and P. Linke (2006). Multiobjective molecular design for integrated process-solvent systems synthesis. AICHE Journal 52(3), 1057-1070.

Uppaluri, R.V.S., R. Smith, P. Linke, and A.C. Kokossis (2006). On the simultaneous optimization of pressure and layout for gas permeation membrane systems. Journal of Membrane Science 280(1-2), 832-848.