Categoria Profissional: Investigador Auxiliar Convidado

Habilitações Académicas:

• Doutoramento em Engenharia Química pelo IST, Lisboa, Portugal (2001).
• Licenciatura em Engenharia Química, ramo Processos e Indústria, pelo IST (1997), com classificação final de 17 valores.

Áreas de I, D e T em que se insere:

• Simulação e Optimização de Sistemas Produtivos
• Metodologias e Aplicações de Software

Áreas de Interesse:

• Modelação de problemas por programação matemática (MILP, MINLP) e programação por lógica de restrições (CP).
• Modelação, simulação, optimização e escalonamento de produção de processos industriais.
• Integração de processos, nas áreas de energia e minimização de efluentes.

Experiência profissional anterior:

• 2008/08-12 Bolseiro de pós-doutoramento da Fundação Luso-Americana no Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, sob supervisão do Prof. Ignacio Grossmann.
• 2005/07-2004/09 Bolseiro de pós-doutoramento “Hybrid MILP/CP Models for Process Scheduling” no Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, sob supervisão do Prof. Ignacio Grossmann.
• 2001-1998 Bolseiro de Doutoramento da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, no Centro de Processos Químicos da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.
• 2001-1998 Bolseiro de apoio à docência no Instituto Superior Técnico, Departamento de Engenharia Química.
• 1997 Bolseiro de Investigação do Instituto Superior Técnico.
• 1996 Estagiário da Portucel Industrial - Empresa Produtora de Celulose, S.A.

Lista de Projectos Financiados:

• 2007-09 Investigador Responsável do projecto PTDC/AMB/64659/2006 com um orçamento total de €61626 por um período de 30 meses.
• 2008 Reactive RTN Scheduling Models for Batch Processing. Fundação Luso-Americana, €5200. Duração: 4 meses. Início: 15/8/2008.
• 2004-05 Hybrid MILP/CP Models for Process Scheduling. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, $12100. Duração: 10 meses. Início: 15/9/2004.

Distinções:

• 2008 Menção honrosa Solvay & Hovione Ideas Challenge 2008. Projecto “Planeamento Óptimo da Produção” num total de 81 candidaturas.

Palestras por Convite:

• 2009 Scheduling Algorithm for Large Scale Multiproduct Plants (co-authors: I. Harjunkoski & I. Grossmann), CAST Plenary Session AIChE Annual Meeting, November 9, Nashville, USA.
• 2008 Scheduling and the Resource-Task Network, Carnegie Mellon University, September 18, Pittsburgh, USA.
• 2008 Optimal Design of Industrial Water Networks, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, April 25, Tarragona, Spain.
• 2008 Scheduling and the Resource-Task Network, ABB Corporate Research Center, April 2, Ladenburg, Germany.
• 2006 Scheduling and the Resource Task Network, Abo Akademi University, March 6 and 10, Turku, Finland.

Publicações Recentes

Artigos em revistas internacionais com arbitragem científica:

Submitted or accepted:

• Pedro M. Castro, Iiro Harjunkoski and Ignacio E. Grossmann. Greedy Algorithm for Scheduling Batch Plants with Sequence-Dependent Changeovers. Submitted to AIChE J.
• Pedro M. Castro, Iiro Harjunkoski and Ignacio E. Grossmann. Optimal Scheduling of Continuous Plants with Energy Constraints. Submitted to Comput. Chem. Eng.
• Pedro M. Castro, Iiro Harjunkoski and Ignacio E. Grossmann. Optimal Short-Term Scheduling of Large-Scale Multistage Batch Plants. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. In press.

Published:

• http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-3642-2008

Artigos em revistas nacionais com arbitragem científica

Publicações em actas de encontros científicos:

• Pedro Castro, I. Grossmann and I. Harjunkoski (2009). Optimal Scheduling under Variable Electricity Pricing and Availability. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 27. Editors: Rita Alves, Claudio Nascimento and Evaristo Biscaia Jr., Elsevier, 1425.
• P. Mariano, P. Castro and A. Barbosa-Póvoa (2009). Optimal Scheduling of a Multiproduct Continuous Paper Plant. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 27. Editors: Rita Alves, Claudio Nascimento and Evaristo Biscaia Jr., Elsevier, 1695.
• Pedro Castro and Augusto Novais (2009). Optimal Scheduling of Multistage, Multiproduct Batch Plants with Sequence Dependent Changeovers. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 26. Editors: Jacek Jezowski and Jan Thullie, Elsevier, 405.
• J. Teles, P. Castro and Matos H (2009). Optimal design of wastewater treatment systems through a milp-based initialization procedure. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 18, 153-158. DOI: 10.3303/CET0918023.
• João Teles, Pedro M. Castro and Henrique A. Matos (2008). Optimal Design of Water-Using Networks. In Materials of CHEMPOR 2008. Editors: Eugénio Ferreira and Manuel Mota, ISBN 978-972-97810-3-2.
• Pedro Castro, Ignacio Grossmann and Augusto Q. Novais (2008). Batching and Scheduling of Single Stage Batch Plants for different Production Flexibility Scenarios. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Operations, Cache Publications: Austin, 2008; p 371.
• Pedro Castro, Augusto Q. Novais and Alexandre Carvalho (2008). MILP-based Decomposition Method for the Optimal Scheduling of an Industrial Batch Plant. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 25. Editors: Bertrand Braunschweig and Xavier Joulia, Elsevier, 557.
• André Gonçalves, Pedro Castro, Augusto Q. Novais, Carmen M. Rangel and Henrique Matos (2008). Modeling of Catalytic Hydrogen Generation from Sodium Borohydride. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 25. Editors: Bertrand Braunschweig and Xavier Joulia, Elsevier, 757.
• João Teles, Pedro Castro and Augusto Q. Novais (2008). MILP-based Approach for the Optimal Design of Water Networks. In Materials of ESCAPE-18. Editors: Bertrand Braunschweig and Xavier Joulia, Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-444-53228-2.
• João Teles, Pedro Castro and Augusto Q. Novais (2007). A New Heuristic Procedure for the Optimal Design of Wastewater Treatment Systems. In Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol 12. Editor: Jiri Klemes, AIDIC, Italy, 679.
• Pedro Castro, Muge Erdirik and Ignacio Grossmann (2007). Optimal Batching and Scheduling of Single Stage Batch Plants with Sequence Dependent Changeovers. In Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol 12. Editor: Jiri Klemes, AIDIC, Italy, 415.
• André Gonçalves, Pedro Castro, Augusto Q. Novais, Vitor Fernandes, Carmen Rangel and Henrique Matos (2007). Dynamic Modeling of Hidrogen Generation via Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride. In Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol 12. Editor: Jiri Klemes, AIDIC, Italy, 243.
• Pedro Castro and Augusto Q. Novais (2007). Periodic Scheduling of Multiproduct Continuous Plants Using a Multiple Time Grid Continuous-time Formulation. In Materials of ESCAPE-17. Editors: Valentin Pleşu and Paul Şerban Agachi, Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-444-53158-2.
• João Teles, Pedro Castro and Augusto Q. Novais (2007). OptWatNet – A Software for the Optimal Design of Water-Using Networks with Multi-contaminants. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 24. Editors: Valentin Pleşu and Paul Şerban Agachi, Elsevier, 497.
• João Teles, Pedro Castro, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa and Augusto Q. Novais (2006). LP-Based Heuristic Procedure for the Optimal Design of Water Using Networks with Multi-contaminants. In Materials of CHISA 2006. Editor: Jan Novosad, Process Engineering Publisher, Czech Republic, 1090.
• Pedro M. Castro, Ignacio E. Grossmann and Augusto Q. Novais (2006). A New Continuous-Time Formulation for the Scheduling of Single Stage Batch Plants with Sequence Dependent Changeovers. In Materials of CHISA 2006. Editor: Jan Novosad, Process Engineering Publisher, Czech Republic, 905.
• Pedro Castro, Carlos Méndez, Ignacio Grossmann, Iiro Harjunkoski and Marco Fahl (2006). Efficient MILP-based solution strategies for large-scale industrial batch scheduling problems. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 21. Editors: Wolfgang Marquardt and Costas Pantelides, Elsevier, 2231.
• Pedro Castro and Ignacio Grossmann (2006). Multiple Time Grid Continuous-Time Formulation for the Short Term Scheduling of Multiproduct Batch Plants. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 21. Editors: Wolfgang Marquardt and Costas Pantelides, Elsevier, 2093.
• Joakim Westerlund, Pedro Castro and Sebastian Forssell (2006). Strategic planning and design using MILP: an industrial application from the tissue manufacturing industry. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 21. Editors: Wolfgang Marquardt and Costas Pantelides, Elsevier, 2087.
• Pedro Castro, A. Barbosa-Póvoa and Augusto Novais. (2005). A Design and Scheduling RTN Continuous-Time Formulation. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 20. Editors: Luis Puigjaner and Antonio Espuña, Elsevier, 1213.
• Pedro Castro, Henrique Mat os and Augusto Novais. (2005). A New Mathematical Programming Approach for the Optimal Design of Wastewater Treatment Systems. In Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol 7. Editor: Jiri Klemes, AIDIC, Italy , 743.
• Pedro Castro and Ignacio Grossmann. (2005). A Multipl e Time Grid Continuous-Time Formulation for Optimal Short-Term Scheduling of Single Stage Batch Plants. In Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol 6. Editor: Sauro Pierucci, AIDIC, Italy , 191.
• Pedro Castro, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa, Augusto Novais. (2004). Design a nd Scheduling of Multipurpose Plants using a RTN Continuous-Time Formulation. In Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design, Cache Publications: Austin , 2004; p 431.
• Pedro Castro, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa, Augusto N ovais. (2004). Periodic Scheduling of Multiproduct Continuous Plants using a RTN Continuous-Time Formulation. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 18. Editors: Barbosa-Póvoa and Henrique Matos, Elsevier, 901.
• Pedro Castro, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa, Augusto Novais. (2004). A New Strategy for the Scheduling of Process Plants subject to Changeovers. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 18. Editors: Barbosa-Póvoa and Henrique Matos, Elsevier, 907.
• Susana Relvas, Henrique Matos, M. Cristina Fernandes, Pedro Castro, Clemente P. Nunes. (2004). AquoMin: An Approach to Pollution Prevention based on Pinch Analysis. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 18. Editors: Barbosa-Póvoa and Henrique Matos, Elsevier, 475.
• Pedro Castro, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa, Henrique Mat os. (2003). Periodic Scheduling of an Industrial Batch System using a RTN Continuous-Time Formulation. In Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol 3. Editor: Sauro Pierucci, AIDIC, Italy , 1105.
• P. Castro, A. P. F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa and H. Matos. (2002). Short-Term Sc heduling of a Polymer Compounding Plant. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 10. Editors: Johan Grievink and Jan van Schijndel, Elsevier, 649.
• P. Castro, A. P. F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa, H. Matos, B. Duarte. (2001). Dynamic Modelling and Scheduling of an Industrial Batch Digester Cooking System. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol 9. Editors: Rafiqul Gani and Sten Bay Jorgensen, Elsevier, 847.
• P. Castro, H. Matos, M.C. Fernandes, C. Pedro Nunes. (1999). AquoMin: Waste Minimisation Software. In Pr oceedings of PRES'99, Editors: F. Friedler and J. Klemes, Hungarian Chemical Society, 205.
• P. Castro, H. Matos, M.C. Fernandes, C. Pedro Nunes. (1999). AquoMin: A Software for Mass Exchange Network Design. EPMESC VII, Macau, Portugal.

Teses:

• Pedro Castro. 2001. Optimal Short-Term Scheduling of Industrial Batch Processes. Tese de Doutoramento. Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal.

Outras actividades (participação em cursos):

• 2008: Mixed Integer & Disjunctive Programming and Mixed-Integer Models for Planning & Scheduling by Prof. Ignacio Grossmann, INETI, Portugal.
• 2008: Linear Programming, curso 47-834, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
• 2005: Advanced Process Systems Engineering, curso 06-720, Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
• 2004: Advanced Process Synthesis, curso 06-715, Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
• 2000: Modeling and Optimization in Process Design and Operation, Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, USA.
• 1998: An Introduction to gPROMS, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College, London, England.

Actualizado em 06/05/2009