Principal activities of the Working Party
- Organization of triennial International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization and specialized scientific meetings and workshops
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Exchange of information about activities of national working parties on crystallization of the EFCE member countries
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Fostering links to other working parties within EFCE which are active in adjacent areas, such as mixing, reaction engineering, filtration and separation, drying, agglomeration, comminution and classification, characterization of particulate systems
- Evaluation and standardization of methods of measurement; definition of terminology, symbols and units in the field of industrial crystallization
- Development of training at undergraduate and postgraduate level
Upcoming Events
22nd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - (ISIC2023)
The next International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization will be held in Glasgow (UK) on 5-8 September 2023.
28th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization
The 28th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization will be held in Stockholm (Sweden) on Aug 30-Sept 1 2023 (BIWIC 2023).
ECCE14 & ECAB7
The WP on Crystallization is organizing a satellite event at the next European Congress on Chemical Engineering (ECCE) with the following title: The Pharma Challenge: a cross-cutting perspective from the WPs CAPE, Crystallization and Thermodynamics and Transport Properties.
More information is available at this link: https://ecce-ecab2023.eu/
Spotlight Talks
1 June 2023
Innovative characterization techniques for particulate and crystallization processes
Working Parties on Crystallization and on Characterization of Particulate Systems
29 April 2022
Role of crystallization in the production of battery materials and in battery recycling
> Recording (YouTube)
YouTube Channel of the WP
Here you will find some interesting lectures:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-Vd8hbXJA5zaXfMPenRLw
Award
Triennial Excellence Award in Crystallization
The call for nominations for the 2023 Excellence Award in Crystallization will open at the end of November 2022.
In Memoriam
With great sadness we announce the loss of Prof. dr. ir. Gerda Maria van Rosmalen who passed away on 18 January 2021. She will be tremendously missed.
Business Meeting
The recent business meeting of the WP was held on 19 October 2022.
minutes
Objective of the Working Party
Advancement of the theory and practice of crystallization as it relates to the production of bulk crystalline materials ....
Working Party members
Delegates
CZECH REPUBLIC
Prof.Ing. Zdenek Bubnik
Institute of Chemical Technology Prague,
Technika 5,
16628 Prague 6, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 220 443 112
Contact
DENMARK
Dr. Thomas Vetter (Secretary)
H. Lundbeck A/S
Ottiliavej 9
2500 Valby (Copenhagen), Denmark
Tel.: +35 30 83 21 15
Contact
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-vetter-10b35420/
FINLAND
Prof. Marjatta Louhi-Kultanen
Aalto University
School of Chemical Engineering
Kemistintie 1
02150 Espoo, Finland
Tel: +358 50 3245 780
Contact
FRANCE
Prof. Béatrice Biscans
Université de Toulouse
CNRS-Laboratoire de Génie Chimique
UMR 5503
4 Allée Emile Monso, BP 84234,
31432 Toulouse-Cedex 4, France
Tel: +33 5 34 32 36 38
Contact
Dr. Philippe Carvin
Solvay
Centre de Recherche de Lyon,
85 rue des Fréres Perret, BP62,
69192 Saint-Fons Cedex, France
Tel: +33 4 72 89 63 53
Contact
GERMANY
Prof. Dr. Heike Lorenz
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
Department of Physical and Chemical Foundations of Process Engineering
Sandtorstr. 1
39106 Magdeburg, Germany
Tel: +49 391 6110 293
Contact
Website: https://www.mpimagdeburg.mpg.de/person/26648/842836
Dr. Claudia Pudack (Vice-Chair)
KBR, Technology Director, Inorganics
Plinke GmbH
Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade 24
61348 Bad Homburg, Germany
Tel: +44 137 286 3843; +41 78 208 2064
Contact
Website: https://www.kbr.com/en
Twitter: @KBRincorporated
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-pudack-928b2858/
GREECE
Prof. Dr. Petros G. Koutsoukos
University of Patras
Department of Chemical Engineering
26500 Patras, Greece
Tel: +30 2610 997 265
Contact
HUNGARY
Prof. Béla G. Lakatos
Pannon University
Department of Process Engineering
Egyetem utca 10
8200 Veszprém, Hungary
Tel: +36 88 422 022 Ext. 4210
Contact
Dr Imre Markovits
EGIS Pharmaceuticals Plc,
Keresturi ut 30-38
1116 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: +36 1 2655555
Contact
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imre-markovits-03137a19
IRELAND
Dr. Steven Ferguson
University College Dublin
School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
Engineering and Material Science Centre
Belfield, Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 861541149
Contact
Website: https://people.ucd.ie/steven.ferguson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ferguson_ucd?lang=en
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-ferguson-8164541a/
Dr. Marko Ukrainczyk
APC Ltd
Senior Process Development Scientist, APC Ltd
Dublin, Ireland D18 DH50
Tel: +353 1 5175420
Contact
Website: https://approcess.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marko-ukrainczyk-2aaa1b86
ITALY
Prof. Daniele Marchisio (Chair)
Politecnico di Torino
Department of Applied Science and Technology
Institute of Chemical Engineering
MuSyChEn Research group - Multiscale Modelling Team
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24
10129 Torino, Italy
Tel: +39 011 0904622
Contact
Website: https://www.disat.polito.it/it/personale/scheda/(nominativo)/daniele.marchisio
Twitter: @DanieleMarchis1
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielemarchisio/
Ing. Riccardo Tomassetti
Director Chemical & Pharma Sales - BU LPT Execution - EMEA
GEA PE Italy; Liquid & Powder Technologies; LPT Execution –
EMEA
Tel: +39 335 63 99 212
Contact
Website: www.gea.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riccardo-tomassetti-814498201/
The NETHERLANDS
Associate Prof. H. Burak Eral
TU Delft
Process and Energy Department
Leeghwaterstraat 39
2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
Contact
Website: http://erallab.com/
Dr. Bart Zwijnenburg
Nobian Industrial Chemicals B.V.
Senior R&D Expert Salt Technology
Zutphenseweg 10
7418 AJ Deventer, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 6 2750 7931
Contact
Website: www.nobian.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-zwijnenburg-8958b88/
SPAIN
Dr. Jaime Gomes-Morales
Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalograficos,
CSIC-Universidad de Granada
Avda. de Las Palmeras 4
18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
Tel: +34 958 18 16 43
Contact
Website: https://www.lec.csic.es/index.php
Twitter: @JaimeGomezMora1
Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/jaime-gómez-morales-8b3b4253
SWEDEN
Dr. Michael Svärd
Docent
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Teknikringen 42
10044 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46-8-7908228
Contact
SWITZERLAND
Prof. Dr. Marco Mazzotti
ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Institute of Process Engineering
Sonneggstrasse 3
8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Tel: +41 1 632 2456
Contact
Website: https://istp.ethz.ch/people/persondetail.mmazzotti.html
Dr. Manfred Stepanski
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd.
Sustainable Solutions
Neuwiesenstrasse 15
8401 Winterthur, Switzerland
Tel: +41 52 262 3786
Contact
Website: www.sulzer.com
Twitter: @SulzerLtd
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manfred-stepanski-18627b199
UNITED KINGDOM
Prof. Zoltan K. Nagy
Loughborough University
Chemical Engineering Department
Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1509 222516
Contact
Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/chemical/staff/zoltank-nagy/
Elected members
GERMANY
Simon A. Schiele
Process systems engineering
Gregor-Mendel-Str. 4, Room: EG 34
85354 Freising, Germany
Tel: +49-8161-71-4187
Contact
Website: https://www.svt.wzw.tum.de/en/staff/simonschiele/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-schiele-3a0765138/
Dr. Kerstin Wohlgemuth
TU Dortmund University
Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering
Laboratory of Plant and Process Design
Head of Crystallization and Product Design
Emil-Figge-Straße 70
44227 Dortmund, Germany
Tel: +49 231 755 3020
Contact
Website: http://www.apt.bci.tudortmund.de/cms/en/mitarbeiter_en/wissenschaftliche/kerstin-wohlgemuth.html
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerstin-wohlgemutha45492113/
ITALY
Prof. Elena Simone
Politecnico di Torino
Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24
10129 Torino, Italy
Contact
Website: https://www.disat.polito.it/personale/scheda/(nominativo)/elena.simone
Twitter: @elena_simone_
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-simone-87661246/
SWITZERLAND
Dr. Elodie Verdurand
DSM Nutritional Products
Technology Support OPS/MT – Solid Processes
Hauptstrasse 4
4334 Sisseln, Switzerland
Tel: +41 628662955
Contact
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elodie-verdurand-8bb9a332/
UNITED KINGDOM
Prof. Jan Sefcik
University of Strathclyde
Head of Department, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
75 Montrose Street
Glasgow, G1 1XJ, United Kingdom
Contact
Website: https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/sefcikjanprof/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-sefcik-3a507bb/
Permanent Guests (Guest members)
| Dr. Roberto Guardani University Sao Paulo LSCP, Department of Chemical Engineering Polytechnic School 05508-900 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Tel: +55 11 818 2237 or 2246 Contact |
Dr. Laurent Lafferrère PCAS Director, R&C Centre 2-8 rue de Rouen Z.I. de Limay Porcheville 78440 Porcheville, France Tel: +33 1 34 79 55 46 Contact or Contact |
| Prof. Eli Korin Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Chemical Engineering Department Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel Tel: +972 8 6461 480 Contact |
Dr. Kwang-Koo Kim |
| Prof. Dr. Piotr M. Synowiec Silesian University of Technology Chemical Engineering & Process Design Dept. M. Strzody 7, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland Contact |
Prof. A.N. Bulutcu Istanbul Teknik Universitesi Kimya-Metalurji Fakültesi Kimya Mühendisligi Bölümü, Turkey Tel: +90 212 285 3354 Contact |
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Dr. Mei Lee |
Mr. Ivan Marziano Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development Ramsgate Road Sandwich CT13 9NJ, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1304 641497 Contact |
Working Party Events
International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - ISIC
22nd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - (ISIC2023)
The next International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization will be held in Glasgow (UK) on 5-8 September 2023.
Previous event:
Spotlight Talk: Innovative characterization techniques for particulate and crystallization processes
online, 1 June 2023, Working Parties on Crystallization and on Characterization of Particulate Systems
> Recording (YouTube)
21st International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - ISIC 2021
online, 30 August - 2 September 2021
Webinar Series of the Working Party on Crystallization, EFCE 2020
9, 10 and 11 September 2020, 15:00-17:00 CEST
INFORMATION BOOKLET (schedule, speakers and abstracts)
Summer school "FLUID DYNAMICS EFFECTS ON PARTICLE FORMATION INCRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES"
CISM, Udine, Italy, 2-6 July 2018
Under the auspices of EFCE's Working Parties on Crystallization and on Multiphase Fluid Flow
EFCE Excellence Award in Crystallization
Launched in 2007, this triennial award has been instituted to recognise a PhD thesis or paper(s) of a scientist in an early stage of his/her career, who has made excellent contributions to the understanding or the industrial application of crystallization.
Previous activities
WPC Business Meetings
Minutes of the WP meetings:
- 2022 - Business meeting, online, 19 October 2022
minutes - 2022 - Business meeting, online, 10 March 2022
minutes - 2021 - Business Meeting, online, 15 December 2021
minutes - 2014 - 49th Annual Meeting, Loughborough, UK, 16 April 2014
minutes - 2013- 48th Annual Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, 11 April 2013
minutes - 2012 - 47th Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, 10-11 May 2012
minutes - 2011 - 46th Annual Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, 14 September 2011
minutes - 2011 - 45th Annual Meeting, Porcheville, France, 5 April 2011
minutes - 2010 - 44th Annual Meeting, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 24 March 2010
minutes - 2009 - 43rd Annual Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, 24 March 2009
minutes - 2008 - 42nd Annual Meeting, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 16 March 2008
minutes - 2007 - 41st Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 22 March 2007
minutes - 2006 - 40th Annual Meeting, Toulouse, France, 6 April 2006
minutes - 2005 - 39th Annual Meeting, Dresden, Germany, 11 September
minutes
Events
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2022 Summer School on Crystallization
TU Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday June 29th – Saturday July 2nd, 2022
Program Flyer
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21st International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - ISIC 2021
online, 30 August - 2 September 2021
Spotlights Talks
29 April 2022: Role of crystallization in the production of battery materials and in battery recycling
> Recording (EFCE YouTube Channel)
26 November 2020: Electrification of the chemical industry
> Recording (EFCE YouTube Channel)