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, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the use of AI tools. Course conductors: Jan Harmsen & Maaike Harmsen.
The course is about:
- How Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can assist chemical engineers, process engineers, process manufacturing support engineers, managers, research and development professionals, and process engineering contractor professionals and managers in all innovation stages for new processes and products
- What 10 AI tools can do for each process innovation stage from idea to and including commercial implementation will be explained. The stages treated are Ideation, Concept, Feasibility, Development, Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC), Commercial operation.
- The Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis of AI tools for their applications.
- Established process innovation and scale-up knowledge and on how AI tools knowledge is suitable for each specific process innovation step.
- The course format is interactive live lectures on specific subjects.
Key topics
- What is new with generative AI tools compared to classic software tools
- AI Knowledge and information
- AI statistical information base
- Specific AI tools for specific process innovation stages
Key takeaways
- Knowledge of what specific AI tools can do for each innovation stage
- Pitfalls and SWOT analysis of use of AI tools
- Answers to your questions
- Course Certificate
Who should attend?
- Researchers
- Innovators
- Engineers
- Managers R&D
- Plant technologists
- Plant managers
Course date & location: June 10, 2026 in Delft, The Netherlands.
For more information on this course, see the course page on this website.