Zhihong YuanZhihong Yuan received his M.Sc. from China University of Petroleum (Beijing) in 2008 before moving to Tsinghua University where he obtained his Ph.D in 2011. After working at Carnegie Mellon University as a postdoctoral researcher for almost three yers, he moved to Auburn University as a postdoctoral fellow in 2014. In this September, he will be joining Tsinghua University, China as an assistant professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering.Since 2008, Dr. Yuan has been extensively involved in several research activities in the field of process systems engineering ranging from processing unit/plant-wide modelling, simulation, and nonlinear analysis to process synthesis/design, optimization, and control along with the extensive applications to energy systems and (petro) chemical processes. Read More Read Less