by Jan Harmsen | Jun 29, 2026 | News
I was invited to the Particulate Solid Research Institute Annual Meeting in Chicago to give a lecture on Sustainable Process Innovation and Scale-up. I spoke for one hour about the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, their relevance for process...
by Jan Harmsen | Apr 13, 2026 | Events & Congresses, News
I am giving a plenary lecture on Sustainable Process Innovation and Scale-up at PSRI 2026 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, June 23, 2026. Sustainable Industrial Process Innovation and Scale-up is a hot topic for companies in view of contributing to the Paris...
by Jan Harmsen | Mar 23, 2026 | Events & Congresses, News
The abstract ‘How chemical engineers can use AI Tools for a better world – AI tools for all process innovation steps to commercial scale’ has been selected for a keynote lecture. The lecture will be given by Jan Harmsen and Maaike Harmsen at...
by Jan Harmsen | Feb 27, 2026 | Events & Congresses, News
Innovators need this course to know which AI tools can help them to generate new process and product concepts, and which AI tools help them in each innovation stage to reduce the risks of commercial implementation failure. The course also shows them the strengths,...
by Jan Harmsen | Dec 11, 2025 | News, Vocabulary
The field of membrane separations has its own terminology, described by Kronos [1]. I have collected some vocabulary terms described using his description. The scientific membrane field terminology is different from the chemical engineering field terminology. I...
by Jan Harmsen | Nov 12, 2025 | News
The number of students entering the chemical engineering Bachelor program of Technical University Eindhoven was 230 in September 2025. This is the highest number ever. Why are so many students now choosing this study? I do not know. What I do know however is that...
