Mathematical Modeling and Advanced Parameter Estimation for Polymerization Processes

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When developing a mathematical model, modelers make interconnected decisions about the complexity and detail required, simplifying assumptions that will be made, and techniques that will be used to estimate model parameters. Appropriate decisions depend not only on the physics and chemistry of the system being modeled, but also on experimental information that is already known, costs of performing further experiments, and the  intended use of the model (e.g., process control, monitoring, scale-up or optimization). The long-term goals of my research program are: i) to build novel fundamental models for specific polymerization systems, and ii) to develop model-building tools that address key problems faced by researchers when developing and applying mechanistic models.