Bernt Nilsson Assoc. professor Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Lund University bernt.nilsson@chemeng.lth.se phone: +46462228088, fax: +46462224526, mob: +46703178088 Links: Bernt at ChemEng| ChemEng | LTH | LU

General

• CV (.pdf)

Main Interest

• My main interest is in the area of Process System Engineering and particular in

• mathematical modelling,
• model calibration and validation,
• model based analysis, optimization and design,
• model based control and operation,
• simulation and optimization techniques

Research and Supervision

• Research in Preparative Protein Separation

• modelling of pore networks [PhD J. Gutenwik, co-supervisor with Prof. A. Axelsson]
• model calibration and validation of chromatography models, [PhD P. Persson]
• model based optimization and design of preparative chromatography. [PhD D. Karlsson, co-supervisor with Prof. A. Axelsson, PhD student M. Degerman]
• model based operation analysis of preparative chromatography.
  [PhD N. Jakobsson, PhD student K. Westerberg]
• computer tools for Preparative Protein Separation [PhD student M. Degerman]
• modelling of industrial protein purification [PhD student M.Onsberg]

• Assistant supervisor in Paper Drying research together with Prof. Stig Stenström
  [PhD student S. Smrtnik, PhD M. Karlsson, PhD K. Lindell, PhD H. Wieneisen]
• Assistant supervisor in research on Control Release of Drugs together with Prof. Anders Axelsson
  [PhD student E. Kaunisto, PhD P.Borgquist]

Under Graduate Teaching

· Responsible for the basic course: Transport Processes

· Responsible for the advanced course: Process Simulation

· Organize individual project course: Process Simulation FK

PhD Courses

• Mathematical Modelling and Model Calibration

• Process Modelling (2002),
• Mathematical Modelling of Process Systems, KTE010F (2006)

• Simulation methods and Computer Tools

• Process Simulation, KAT061F (every year)
• Advanced Process Simulation, KTE015F (2006)

• Analysis, Optimization and Design

• Optimization in Process Engineering (2004)
• Process Dynamics (2007)
• Integrated Process Design and Control (2008)

• Chromatography

• Preparative Chromatography (2006)
• Fundamenatals in Chromatography Theory (2006)

Commission of trust

• CEPROC, SSF financed Process Industrial Centre for Process Optimisation and Control
  Program director (start-up 2008)
• CPDC, SSF financed centre for Chemical Process Design and Control, 1999-2007.
  Program director (2001-2007) and director of studies for the graduate school (1999-2007)
• CBioSep, VINNOVA competence centre in BioSeparation.
  Project leader (2001-2006) and member of the board (2004-2006)

Personal

• Coach for a girl soccer team (1999-2007): Lunds BoIS F91-92
• Officer in the military reserve, (retired 2008)