Ezra's Round Table / Systems Seminar: Jingzheng Ren (Hong Kong Polytechnic)
Location
Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall 253
or
https://cornell.zoom.us/j/98315904703?pwd=SE5TYll1YmhvdlgzUzhORnJzTWpvZz09
Description
Modeling for Sustainability Transition: Decision-Supporting for A More Sustainable Future
With the excessive use of fossil fuels, global climate change, the depletion of natural resources, serious environmental contaminations, and energy security challenges, the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development have received more and more attention. This talk aims at for developing various generic mathematical models for (1) sustainability assessment and analysis; (2) sustainability improvement and enhancement; and (3) sustainability design and optimization of energy and industrial systems.
Bio:
Dr. Jingzheng Ren is currently an associate professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has been selected as the only winner of the 2022 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE Prize) in recognition of his scientific contribution commitment to excellence in “Innovation to achieve economic, environmental, and social goals” and Bio-Circular-Green Economy. His research focuses on process systems engineering for energy, environment, and sustainability. He has specialized in developing innovative industrial processes, decision-making tools, and optimization models based on systems thinking to achieve sustainable and carbon-neutral industrial systems for promoting sustainability transition. He has published more than 270 publications, including more than 210 journal papers, 1 authored book by Springer, 21 edited books (published by Elsevier, Springer, World Scientific Publishing and AIP, etc.), more than 40 book chapters, and five editorials. Since 2020, according to Scopus international database, he has been placed as the top 10 authors in both “sustainability” and “sustainability assessment” all over the world based on the total number of journal articles (search on title, abstract, and keywords), and he is also ranked in the top 2% scientists listed in The Stanford List in the field of Energy (from 2020 to 2022). He serves as the co-editor-in-chief, editor, associate editor, specialty chief editor, or section chief editor of many journals belonging to Elsevier, Springer, AIP, or other publishers. He also served as the general chair, session chair, organizing committee member, academic member, and technical committee member of many international conferences.