January 5, 2024 - Risha Goel joined the group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!

December 15, 2023 - Dylan graduated with his PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech.

December 3, 2023 - Brenner Rego joined the group as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome!

November 29, 2023 - Dylan successfully defended dissertation titled, “Modeling and Simulation of Industrial Membrane Processes Using Complex Mixtures for Integration in Process Simulation Environments”. Congratulations!

October 24, 2023 - The paper “Set-based fault diagnosis for uncertain nonlinear systems” by Bowen Mu and Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in Computers & Chemical Engineering.

September 27, 2023 - Jingzhi Yang, Sai Tarun Ganapavarapu, Yeongjun Kim, and Cyril Pepple joined the group. Jingzhi, Tarun, Yeongjun, and Cyril are all pursuing doctorates in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Welcome!

August 25, 2023 - The paper “Improved numerical methods for simulating complex mixture transport across asymmetric polymer membranes using a Maxwell-Stefan model” by Dylan J. Weber, Ronita Mathias, Ryan P. Lively, Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in Journal of Membrane Science.

August 25, 2023 - Aditya Sankaran and Evan Zhou joined the group as undergraduate researchers. Welcome!

August 15, 2023 - The paper “Data-driven predictions of complex organic mixture permeation in polymer membranes” by Young Joo Lee, Lihua Chen, Janhavi Nistane, Hye Youn Jang, Dylan J. Weber, Joseph K. Scott, Neel D. Rangnekar, Bennett D. Marshall, Wenjun Li, J.R. Johnson, Nicholas C Bruno, M.G. Finn, Rampi Ramprasad, Ryan P. Lively was accepted for publication in Nature Communications.

August 5, 2023 - The paper “Guaranteed Safe Path and Trajectory Tracking via Reachability Analysis Using Differential Inequalities” by Xuejiao Yang, Bowen Mu, Dillard Robertson, Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems.

August 1, 2023 - The paper “Dynamic modeling and simulation of pressure swing adsorption processes using toPSAil” by Taehun Kim, Joseph Scott was accepted for publication in Computers and Chemical Engineering.

July 13, 2023 - The paper “Extended McCormick relaxation rules for handling empty arguments representing infeasibility” by Jason Ye, Joseph Scott was accepted for publication in Journal of Global Optimization.

July 1, 2023 - The paper “Modeling and optimization of carbon-negative NGCC plant enabled by modular direct air capture” by Pengfei Cheng, David M. Thierry, Howard Hendrix, Katherine D. Dombrowski, Darshan J. Sachde, Matthew J. Realff, Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in Applied Energy.

May 5, 2023 - Taehun graduated with his PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech. Taehun has since accepted a position at Amgen as a postdoc researcher.

Feb 7, 2023 - Taehun successfully defended dissertation titled, “Computational Methods for Intensifying the Design and Operation of Pressure Swing Adsorption Processes”. Congratulations!

January 4, 2023 - Thi Dao joined the group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!

August 9, 2022 - Ariana Nations joined the group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!

June 9, 2022 - Dr. Scott won the 2022 AICHE CAST Outstanding Young Researcher Award. Congratulations!

August 17, 2021 - Clarisse Tan and Haoqun Zhao joined the group as undergraduate researchers. Welcome!

August 19, 2021 - The paper “Framework for Predicting the Fractionation of Complex Liquid Feeds via Polymer Membranes” by Ronita Mathias, Dylan Weber, Kirstie Thompson, Bennett Marshall, M. G. Finn, Joseph Scott, Ryan Lively was accepted for publication in Journal of Membrane Science.

July 28, 2021 - The paper “Improved Interval Reachability Bounds for Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems using an Efficient One-Dimensional Partitioning Method” by Bowen Mu, Xuejiao Yang, Kai Shen, Joseph Scott was accepted for publication in Proceedings of the 2021 American Control Conference.

July 16, 2021 - The paper “Tight reachability bounds for constrained nonlinear systems using mean value differential inequalities” by Kai Shen, Dillard Robertson, Joseph Scott was accepted for publication in Automatica.

January 19, 2021 - Lucién Fernández joined the group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!

January 3, 2021 - David Thierry joined the group as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome!

December 12, 2020 - Yuanxun and Xuejiao graduated with their PhDs in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech. Yuanxun has since accepted a position at Nuro as a research scientist/software engineer.

October 27, 2020 - Yuanxun successfully defended dissertation titled, “Advanced Convex Relaxations for Nonconvex Stochastic Programs and AC Optimal Power Flow”. Congratulations!

September 15, 2020 - Xuejiao successfully defended dissertation titled, “Rapid and Accurate Fault Detection for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems Using Advance Set-Based State Estimation Techniques”. Congratulations!

July 3, 2020 - The paper "Global Solution Strategies for the Network-Constrained Unit Commitment Problem with AC Transmission Constraints" by Jianfeng Liu, Carl Laird, Joseph Scott, Jean-Paul Watson, and Anya Castillo was recognized by IEEE Transactions on Power Systems as one of the highest quality papers from 2017-2019.

March 1, 2020 - The paper “Process Modeling of Intensified Chemical Processes” by Chau-Chyun Chen, Maximillian Gorensek, Joseph Scott, and Ignasi Palou-Rivera was published in Chemical Engineering Progress Magazine.

February 26, 2020 - The paper “Exploiting Nonlinear Invariants and Path Constraints to Achieve Tighter Reachable Set Enclosures Using Differential Inequalities” by Kai Shen and Joseph Scott was accepted for publication in Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems.

January 11, 2020 - The paper “Accurate Uncertainty Propagation for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems
Using Differential Inequalities with Model Redundancy” by Xuejiao Yang and Joseph Scott was accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

December 19, 2019 - Alphonse graduated with his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University. He has since accepted a position at Eastman Chemical Company as an Operations Research Analyst.

November 20, 2019 - Alphonse successfully defends dissertation titled, “Novel Optimization Approaches for Integrated Design and Operation of Smart Manufacturing and Energy Systems.” Congratulations!

September 26, 2019 - Pengfei Cheng, Bowen Mu, Jason Ye joined the group. Pengfei, Bowen, and Jason are all pursuing doctorates in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Welcome!

August 26, 2019 - The paper “Guaranteed Methods Based on Constrained Zonotopes for Set-Valued State Estimation of Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems” by Brenner Rego, Guilherme Raffo. Joseph Scott, and Davide Raimondo is accepted for publication in Automatica.

August 1, 2019 - Dr. Scott joined Georgia Institute of Technology.

May 9, 2019 - Kai Graduated with his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University. He has since accepted a position at AspenTech as Senior Engineer.

March 25, 2019 - Kai Successfully defended dissertation titled, “Advances in Reachability Analysis for Nonlinear Dynamic Systems.” Congratulations!

November 16, 2018 - Dillard Robertson and Dylan Weber join the group. Dillard and Dylan are pursuing doctorates in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Welcome!

October 11, 2018 - The paper "Global Solution Strategies for the Network-Constrained Unit Commitment Problem with AC Transmission Constraints" by Jianfeng Liu, Carl Laird, Joseph Scott, Jean-Paul Watson, and Anya Castillo was accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

September 20, 2018 - The Scott Group was awarded a new research grant entitled "Strategies for continuous biologics purification with new affinity membranes" from the National Institutes of Health. This project is a collaboration with PI Dr. Scott Husson.

September 4, 2018 - A Clemson team led by Dr. Mark Thies (with Dr. Scott as co-Principal Investigator) was awarded a new grant entitled "Lignin Fractionation and Valorization:  Focusing on both Value and Quality" from the US Department of Energy through the BioEnergy Engineering for Products Synthesis (BEEPS) Program. Read more here.

August 14, 2018 - The Scott Group was awarded a new research grant entitled "Efficient Global Dynamic Optimization using Dynamic Cut Generation and Domain Reduction Techniques" from the National Science Foundation. Read more here.

August 7, 2018 - The Scott Group was awarded a new research grant entitled "Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems Using Set-Based State Estimation" from the National Science Foundation. Read more here. This work will be led by Xuejiao.

July 19, 2018 - The paper "Convergence-order Analysis for Differential-Inequalities-Based Bounds and Relaxations of the Solutions of ODEs" by Spencer D. Schaber, Joseph K. Scott, and Paul I. Barton was accepted for publication in the Journal of Global Optimization.

July 13, 2018 - The paper "Mean Value Form Enclosures for Nonlinear Reachability Analysis" by Kai Shen and Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control.

July 13, 2018 - The paper "Accurate Set-Based State Estimation for Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems using Differential Inequalities with Model Redundancy" by Xuejiao Yang and Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control.

May 15, 2018 - Undergraduate researcher Jack Tabb joined the group. Welcome!

May 15, 2018 - The Scott Group was awarded a new research grant entitled "Decomposition Strategies for the Solution and Optimization of Process Flowsheets in Energy Production and Power Grid Operations" from Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia. This work will be led by Dillard Robertson.

May 14, 2018 - The paper "A Comparison of Zonotope Order Reduction Techniques" by Xuejiao Yang and Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in Automatica.

May 10,2018 - Undergraduate researcher Dillard Robertson earned his B.S. degree. Congratulations!

January 20, 2018 - The paper "Convex Relaxations for Nonlinear Stochastic Optimal Control Problems" by Yuanxun Shao, Dillard Robertson, and Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 2018 American Control Conference.

January 20, 2018 - The paper "Efficient Reachability Bounds for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems by Extending the Continuous-Time Theory of Differential Inequalities" by Xuejiao Yang and Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 2018 American Control Conference.

January 20, 2018 - The paper "Tight Reachability Bounds for Nonlinear Systems using Nonlinear and Uncertain Solution Invariants" by Kai Shen and Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 2018 American Control Conference.

December 18, 2017 - The paper "Convex Relaxations for Global Optimization Under Uncertainty Described by Continuous Random Variables" by Yuanxun Shao and Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in the AIChE Journal.

November 20, 2017 - Taehun Kim joined the group. Taehun is pursuing a doctorate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Welcome Taehun!

November 14, 2017 - The Scott Research group joined the RAPID Center for Process Modeling (CPM). The CPM was commissioned by the DOE RAPID Institute in May 2017 with the mission of standardizing and advancing process modeling methodology for evaluating chemical process intensification technologies. The CPM is led by Dr. Chau-Chyun Chen at TTU, and is a collaboration between RAPID, TTU, CU, SRNL, Aspen Technologies, Dow Chemicals, and others. The Scott Group's activities in CPM are supported by the SC Department of Commerce and led by PhD candidate Taehun Kim.

August 3, 2017 - The paper "Rapid and Accurate Reachability Analysis for Nonlinear Dynamic Systems by Exploiting Model Redundancy" by Kai Shen and Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in Computers and Chemical Enginering.

July 1, 2017 - The Scott Group was awarded a research grant entitled "Global Optimization of Large-Scale AC Power Flow Problems" from Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia. This work will be led by PhD Candidate Yuanxun Shao.

May 13, 2017 - Dr. Scott won the 2017 Automatica Paper Prize from the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). This award recognizes the three best papers published in the premier control journal Automatica the the three year period from 2015 to 2017, and was awarded for the paper  "Constrained Zonotopes: A New Tool for Set-Based Estimation and Fault Detection," by Joseph K. Scott, Davide M. Raimondo, G. Roberto Marseglia, and Richard D. Braatz.

March 5, 2017 - The paper "Differentiability Conditions for Stochastic Hybrid Systems with Application to the Optimal Design of Microgrids" by Alphonse Hakizimana and Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications.

August 15, 2016 - Undergraduate researchers Dillard Robertson, Adam Beitz, Cody Allen, Abel Wilson, Paige Leighton, and Matthew Artman joined the group. Welcome!

July 26, 2016 - The paper "Closed-Loop Input Design for Guaranteed Fault Diagnosis using Set-Valued Observers" by Davide M. Raimondo, G. Roberto Marseglia, Richard D. Braatz, and Joseph K. Scott was accepted for publication in Automatica.

July 13, 2016 - Dr. Scott won the 2016 W. David Smith, Jr. Graduate Publication Award from the CAST Division of AIChE. This award recognizes the paper "Generalized McCormick Relaxations," by Joseph K. Scott and Paul I. Barton, which was also recognized by the inaugural best paper award from the Journal of Global Optimization in 2012.

May 22, 2016 - The paper "Microkinetic Model for the Dry Reforming of Methane on Rh Doped Pyrochlore Catalysts" by Felipe Polo-Garzon, Joseph K. Scott, and David A. Bruce was accepted for publication in the Journal of Catalysis.

May 20, 2016 - Yuanxun Shao joined the group. Yuanxun is pursuing a doctorate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Welcome Yuanxun!

February 8, 2016 - The paper "Constrained Zonotopes: A New Tool for Set-Based Estimation and Fault Detection" by Joseph K. Scott, Davide M. Raimondo, G. Roberto Marseglia, and Richard D. Braatz was accepted for publication in Automatica.

January 15, 2016 - Dr. Scott won the 2016 Young Investigator Prize from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. This award will support the groups work on uncertainty propagation in nonlinear dynamic systems, which is led by PhD candidate Kai Shen.

December 29, 2015 - The paper "Using Degrees of Rate Control to Improve Selective n-Butane Oxidation over Model MOF-Encapsulated Catalysts: Sterically- Constrained Ag3Pd(111)" by Sean T. Dix, Joseph K. Scott, Rachel B. Getman, and Charles T. Campbell was accepted for publication in Faraday Discussions.

November 20, 2015 - Xuejiao Yang joined the group. Xuejiao is pursuing a doctorate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Welcome Xuejiao!

May 7, 2015 - Robert Powers and Coleman DeVore earned their BS degrees. Congratulations!

April 18, 2015 - The paper "Reverse Propagation of McCormick Relaxations" by Achim Wechsung, Harry Watson, Joseph K. Scott, and Paul I. Barton was accepted for publication in the Journal of Global Optimization.

February 10, 2015 - The paper "Reachability Analysis and Deterministic Global Optimization of DAE Models" by Joseph K. Scott and Paul I. Barton was accepted for publication in Surveys in Differential-Algebraic Equations.

December 17, 2014 - The paper "Bounds on Reachable Sets using Ordinary Differential Equations with Linear Programs Embedded" by Stuart M. Harwood, Joseph K. Scott, and Paul I Barton was accepted for publication in the IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information.

November 20, 2014 - Kai Shen joined the group. Kai is pursuing a doctorate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Welcome Kai!

May 1, 2014 - The paper "Convex and Concave Relaxations of Implicit Functions" by Matthew D. Stuber, Joseph K. Scott, and Paul I. Barton was accepted for publication in Optimization Methods and Software.

February 13, 2014 - The paper "Input Design for Guaranteed Fault Diagnosis Using Zonotopes" by Joseph K. Scott, Rolf Findeisen, Richard D. Braatz, and Davide M. Raimondo was accepted for publication in Automatica.

February 13, 2014 - The paper "A Hybrid Stochastic-Deterministic Approach for Active Fault Diagnosis Using Scenario Optimization" by G. Roberto Marseglia, Joseph K. Scott, Lalo Magni, Richard D. Braatz, and Davide M. Raimondo was accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 19th IFAC World Congress.

November 20, 2013 - Alphonse Hakizimana joined the group. Alphonse is pursuing a doctorate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Welcome Alphonse!

November 7, 2013 - Undergraduate researchers Robert Powers and Coleman DeVore joined the group. Welcome!

August 15, 2013 - Dr. Scott joins Clemson.