Process development and licensing for sustainability

Jun12Wed

Process development and licensing for sustainability

Wed, 12/06/2024 - 13:00 to 14:00

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Speaker: 
Dr Darren Gobby
Affiliation: 
Johnson Matthey
Synopsis: 

This talk will present the transitions needed for a net zero future and how this is being addressed in an industrial context for chemicals and fuels. In addition to the technical challenges and solutions, an overview of the commercial approach will be given to give an appreciation of how ideas are turned into reality. Finally, the future challenges will be presented and how this is being addressed using tools such as Artificial Intelligence/Machine learning within the Industry 4.0 era.

There will be pizza afterwards at the crush area outside EM2.44.

Biography: 

Dr Darren Gobby has spent more than 20 years as a chemical and process engineer, working in process development and technology scale-up. Currently Darren is the Technology Development Manager for Johnson Matthey at Billingham, having previously spent time with INVISTA, Lucite International and AEA Technology. Prior to that, Darren’s PhD was carried out at UCL in Design of Catalytic Microengineered Reactors. Darren’s work centres around deployment of advanced and bio-based manufacturing technologies, with a particular focus on Industry 4.0.

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