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
Events
Summer School on Crystallization
From June 26th to June 28th the WP on crystallization organized its biennial Summer School. The summer school was hosted by GSK and held in the Stevenage site (UK). The list of lecturers included: Dr. Kevin Back, Leif-Thore Deck, Prof. Heiko Briesen, Prof. Wim Noorduin, Prof. Gabriele Sadowski, Prof. Daniele Marchisio, Dr. Kerstin Wohlgemuth, Dr. Ashwin Kumar Rajagopalan, Dr. Mei Lee and Dr. Nick Henley. The lectures covered different topics from fundamentals to applications: crystal forms and thermal characterization, nucleation, growth, aggregation and breakage, population balance modelling, thermodynamics, crystallization equipment, process design and control and industrial case studies.
On the very last day, thanks to the help of professional GSK facilitators, the students worked on some simple practical crystallization challenges. Informal exchanges were eased by numerous coffee breaks, common lunches and dinners and one social event (bowling night!)
The school was attended by 29 participants both from academia and industry. The WP is particularly grateful to Dr. Mei Lee from GSK for hosting the school, to Dr. Ashwin Rajagopalan, Dr. Thomas Vetter, Dr. Simon Schiele for the organization and to all the lecturers. Stay tuned for the next summer school to be held in 2025!
Spotlight Talks
25 March 2024
Machine learning and artificial intelligence applications in industrial crystallization
> Recording (YouTube)
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 2023 Excellence Award in Crystallization was presented to DR. FRANCESCA BREVEGLIERI for her PhD thesis titled
"Deracemization via batch temperature cycles - combining racemization and crystallization for chiral resolution"
completed at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, under the supervision of Professor Marco Mazzotti.
The Award was presented during the 22nd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization (ISIC 2023) which was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 5-8 September 2023.
Business Meeting
The recent business meeting of the Working Party was held on 18 September 2024.
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
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
Dr. Laurent Cassayre
Université de Toulouse
Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, UMR 5503
4 allée Emile Monso, BP 84234
31432 Toulouse cedex 4, France
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
Dr. Ákos Borsos
Egis Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
30-38 Keresztúri Str, Budapest 1106
Mobile: +36 70 586 0009
Contact
Dr. Hajnalka Pataki
Budapest University of Technology and Economics,
Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology
Budafoki Street 8, Budapest, F II. mezzanine 25.
Tel.: +36 (1) 463-4129
Mobile:+36 20 402 6877
Contact
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. Barbara Wood
SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER
APC LTD
Dublin, Ireland, D18 DH50
Contact
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-wood-15b2741a
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/
Dr. Emanuele Tomba
Contact
The NETHERLANDS
Associate Prof. H. Burak Eral
Delft University of Technology
Process and Energy Department
Leeghwaterstraat 39
2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
Contact
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/
SLOVAK REPUBLIK
Dr. Ivan Cervenansky
Slovak University of Technology
Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Radlinskeho, 9
81237 Bratislava, Slovakia
Contact
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
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
Dr. Simon A. Schiele
Technical University of Munich
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/simon-schiele/
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/
HUNGARY
Associate Prof. Botond Szilágyi
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering
Budafoki Str. 8, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
Contact
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/botond-szilagyi-5b997172/
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/
Dr. Ashwin Kumar Rajagopalan
The University of Manchester
Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Contact
Website:https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/ashwinkumar.rajagopalan
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ash23win/
Permanent Guests (Guest members)
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Assoc. Prof. Franca Jones |
Dr. Rob Geertman |
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Prof. Marcelo Martins Seckler |
Prof. Eli Korin |
| Dr. Kwang-Koo Kim Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology University of Science and Technology National Research Laboratory for Crystallization Process & Engineering PO Box 107, Yuseong, Taejeon 305-600, Korea Tel: +82 42 860 7518 or 7539 Contact |
Prof. Dr. Piotr M. Synowiec |
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Associate Prof. Dr. Lek Wantha |
Prof. A.N. Bulutcu Istanbul Teknik Universitesi Kimya-Metalurji Fakültesi Kimya Mühendisligi Bölümü, Turkey Tel: +90 212 285 3354 Contact |
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Associate Prof. Dr. Sevgi Polat |
Dr. Mei Lee |
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Mr. Ivan Marziano |
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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.
Working Party Events
International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - ISIC
22nd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - (ISIC2023)
The recent International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization took place in Glasgow (UK) on 5-8 September 2023.
Previous event:
Small Molecules Crystallization Workshop
18-19 September 2024, Torino, Italy
sponsored by the European Research Council (949229) and the EFCE Working Party of Crystallization
Summer School on Crystallization
26-28 June 2024, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Programme Flyer
Spotlight Talk: Machine learning and artificial intelligence applications in industrial crystallization
online, 25 March 2024
> Recording (YouTube)
ECCE14 & ECAB7
Berlin, Germany, 17-21 September 2023
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.
28th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization - BIWIC 2023
Stockholm, Sweden, on 30 August - 1 September 2023
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:
- 2024 - Business meeting, Turino, Italy, and online, 18 September 2024
minutes slides - 2023 - Business meeting online, 4 December 2023
minutes slides - 2023 - Business meeting, online, September 2023
minutes slides - 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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2024 Summer School on Crystallization
26-28 June 2024, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Programme Flyer -
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)