Professor Parisa Arabzadeh Bahri
BEng, MEng, PhD (USyd)

Parisa Bahri is Dean of School of Engineering and Energy at Murdoch University.

Parisa graduated with Bachelor and Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from Amirkabir University (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran. Moving to Australia in 1992 to continue her studies at the University of Sydney, she completed a PhD on operability analysis for chemical plants in 1995. Parisa then embarked on an academic career – first as Post Doctoral Fellow and then Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Sydney University. In 1997 she joined Murdoch University where she moved from Lecturer to Professor in less than 10 years.

Parisa has had a busy career in terms of teaching, research and administrative roles. She has been involved in establishing the teaching program in Instrumentation and Control Engineering at Murdoch University, has supervised numerous postgraduate students and has attracted and administered numerous research grants.

Since 1997, Parisa has had various administrative role including Program Chairship of Engineering for 3 years, member ship of Academic Council for 6 years, membership of Academic Planning Committee for 3 years, membership of Academic Quality Committee for 2 years, membership of Lecturer Promotion Committee for 6 years, membership of Professorial Promotion Committee for 6 years (still continuing) and membership of various staff selection committees.

Parisa is a Fellow of Engineers Australia (by invitation) and the WA representative on the National Committee on Automation, Control and Instrumentation.

Parisa has been teaching in a variety of first, second, third and fourth year undergraduate and also Masters units during the past 15 years including:

• Process Systems Engineering (First year)
• Process Analysis (First year)
• Principles of Process Engineering (Second year)
• Process Engineering (Third year)
• Process Control Engineering II (Third year)
• Process Modelling and Simulation (Third year)
• Bioenergy Engineering (Third year)
• Process Control System Design (Fourth year)
• Advanced Modelling and Simulation (Masters)
• Advanced Control System Design (Masters)

Parisa’s research areas include Industrial modelling, industrial control, decision support systems for process industries, Petri-net based safety and risk assessment of process designs, operability assessment of process designs with particular focus on controllability, Petri-net based scheduling, scenario-based planning, short and medium-term planning, Supply Chain Management.

Parisa currently supervises the following research projects:

• Controllability assessment of process designs using Petri-nets
• Modelling and control of alumina precipitation
• Modelling and optimisation of solvent extraction processes
• Operability assessment of Nickel leaching
• Modelling of alumina digestion
• Short-term and medium-term electricity planning
• GPU-based modelling, control and optimization

National Competitive Grants (as the first Chief Investigator)

• ARC Discovery: Global stability and performance analysis of nonlinear systems using multiple model
• ARC Discovery: Scheduling of batch and mixed batch/continuous process plants using Petri-nets      
• ARC Linkage: Economic operability assessment of leaching process at Kwinana Nickel Refinery          
• ARC Discovery: Designing an intelligent process operation management system       

Other grants include:

• Murdoch SRG: Design of an integrated modular decision support system
• Industry Partnership Scholarship: Postgraduate scholarship with AMIRA on modelling and Control of Thickeners
• Murdoch REGS: Nonlinear model reduction for control and optimisation of mineral processes
• Murdoch REGS: Development of supervisory fault diagnosis systems in industrial plants
• Parker Centre: Capturing the process knowledge – A process flowsheeting tool
• Parker Centre: Postgraduate scholarship on modelling of Nickel-Cobalt solvent extraction systems
• Industry Partnership Scholarship: Postgraduate scholarship with Alcoa World Alumina on nonlinear modelling and control of precipitation
• Murdoch REGS: Intelligent robust scenario planning for power capacity expansion
• Murdoch Discoverer’s Grant: Feasibility Study of Biorefining in Western Australian Wheatbelt
• Centre for Research into Energy for Sustainable Transport (CREST): Modelling and optimization of bio-diesel production
• National Desalination Centre: Tjuntjunjarra remote inland indigenous community solar/waste energy groundwater desalination project (one of the investigators)
• Boss Energy: Feasibility of Oil Shale refining – Postgraduate Scholarship

Parisa has been continuously involved in conference presentations and invited lectures. The most successful public lecture that she presented was at the LunchBox List Resourceful Women event in November 2010 with 550 audiences.

Parisa is currently involved in supervision of 7 PhD and MPhil students in the areas included under Current projects.

Chapters

• Sadrieh, A., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2011), Application of Graphic Processing Unit in Model Predictive Control, In: Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, pages 492 - 496.
• Hurst, J., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Nooraii, A., (2011), Online estimation of crystal size distribution (CSD) within industrial gibbsite precipitation plants, In: 21 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Elsevier, pages 1638 - 1642.

Journals

• de Boer, K., Moheimani, N., Borowitzka, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2012), Extraction and conversion pathways for microalgae to biodiesel: A review focused on energy consumption, Journal of Applied Phycology, 24, 6, pages 1681 - 1698.
• de Boer, K., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2011), Supercritical methanol for fatty acid methyl ester production: A review, Biomass & Bioenergy, 35, 3, pages 983 - 991.
• Moayer, S., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2009), Hybrid intelligent scenario generator for business strategic planning by using ANFIS, Expert Systems with Applications, 36, 4, pages 7729 - 7737.
• Ghaeli, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., (2008), Scheduling of Mixed Batch/Continuous Sugar Milling Plant Using Petri Nets, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 32, , pages 580 - 589.
• Wang, F., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., Cameron, I., (2007), A multiple model, state feedback strategy for robust control of non-linear processes, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 31, 5 & 6, pages 410 - 418.
• Sadrieh, S., Ghaeli, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., (2007), An integrated Petri net and GA based approach for scheduling of hybrid plants, Computers in Industry, 58, 6, pages 519 - 530.
• Heath, A., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Fawell, P., Farrow, J., (2006), Polymer Flocculation of Calcite: Relating the Aggregate Size to the Settling Rate, AI Ch E Journal, 52, 6, pages 1987 - 1994.
• Heath, A., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Fawell, P., Farrow, J., (2006), Polymer Flocculation of Calcite: Experimental Results from Turbulent Pipe Flow, AI Ch E Journal, 52, 4, pages 1284 - 1293.
• Nikraz, M., Caire, G., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2006), A Methodology for the development of multi-agent systems using the JADE platform, International Journal of Computer Systems Science & Engineering, 21, 2, pages 99 - 116.
• Heath, A., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Fawell, P., Farrow, J., (2006), Polymer Flocculation of Calcite: Population Balance Model, AI Ch E Journal, 52, 5, pages 1641 - 1653.
• Ghaeli, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., (2006), Timed Arc Petri net Based Modelling and Scheduling of Plants, Computers & Industrial Engineering, , , pages -.
• Power, Y., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2005), A Two-step supervisory fault diagnosis framework, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 28, , pages 2131 - 2140.
• Ghaeli, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., Gu, T., (2005), Petri-net based formulation and algorithm for short-term scheduling of batch plants, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 29, , pages 249 - 259.
• Ekawati, E., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2003), The integration of the output controllability index within the dynamic operability framework in process system design, Journal of Process Control, 13, , pages 717 - 727.
• Gu, T., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Cai, G., (2003), A Timed Petri-Net Based Formulation and an Algorithm for the Optimal Scheduling of Batch Plants, International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences, 13, 4, pages 101 - 110.
• Heath, A., Fawell, P., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Swift, J., (2002), Estimating Average Particle Size by Focused Beam Reflectance Measurement (FBRM), Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 19, , pages 84 - 95.
• Gu, T., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2002), A survey of Petri net applications in batch processes, Computers in Industry, 47, , pages 99 - 111.
• Talaie, M., Fathikaljahi, J., Taheri, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2001), Mathematical modeling of double-stage electrostatic precipitators based on a modified Eulerian approach, Aerosol Science and Technology, 34, , pages 512 - 519.
• Li, H., Lee, P., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Cameron, I., (2000), Decentralized control design for nonlinear plants: a v-metric approach, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 24, , pages 273 - 278.
• Rahimpour, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Fathi, K., Jahanmiri, A., Romagnoli, J., (1998), A dynamic kinetic model for methanol synthesis on deactivated catalyst, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 22, Supplement, , pages S675 - S678.
• Khuu, S., Romagnoli, J., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Weiss, G., (1998), Dynamic simulation and control of an industrial surfactant reactor, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 22, Supplement, , pages S715 - S718.
• Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Bandoni, J., Romagnoli, J., (1997), Integrated Flexibility and Controllability Analysis in Design of Chemical Processes, AI Ch E Journal, 43, , pages 997 - 1015.

Conference

• Evans, H., Vu, L., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Barnard, K., (2012), Development of an integrated model for cobalt solvent extraction using yanex 272, In: 11th International Symposium of Process Systems Engineering.
• Vu, L., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Cole, G., (2011), Teaching Process Control in Instrumentation and Control Laboratory, In: Chemeca 2011.
• Vu, L., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Cole, G., (2010), The Use of the Pilot Plant Facility in Teaching Process Control Engineering at Murdoch University, In: Chemeca 2010.
• de Boer, K., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2009), INVESTIGATION OF LIQUID-LIQUID TWO PHASE FLOW IN BIODIESELPRODUCTION, In: Seventh International Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries.
• Moradi, F., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2009), New Safety Evaluation Methodology; A Gold Mining Application, In: WMSCI 2009.
• de Boer, K., Taylor, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2009), Forging Ahead with Small Scale Production Technology A Different Approach for the Australian Biodiesel Industry in Difficult Times, In: Bioenergy Australia 2009.
• Moradi, F., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2008), Development of a novel Petri net tool for process design selection based on inherent safety assessment method, In: 18th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-18) (2008).
• Moayer, S., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2008), A Hybrid Optimisation Method of Managing uncertainty in Capacity Expansion Planning, In: 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP) (2008).
• Evans, H., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Rumball, J., Barnard, K., (2008), Modelling Cobalt Extraction with Cyanex 272, In: International Solvent Extraction Conference (ISEC) (2008).
• Lee, G., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Sitharamarao, S., Zaknich, A., (2007), A Multi-Category Decision Support System Framework for the Tennessee Eastman Problem, In: European Control Conference (ECC) (2007).
• Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Woodward, T., (2007), Steady-state Optimisation of the leaching process at Kwinana Nickel Refinery, In: 17th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-17) (2007).
• Moayer, S., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Nooraii, A., (2007), Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for generating scenarios in business strategic planning, In: IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) (2007).
• Wang, F., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., Cameron, I., (2007), A Multiple Model, State Feedback Strategy for Robust Control of Non-linear Processes, In: 15th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-15) (2004).
• Ghaeli, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., (2006), Hybrid Petri Net Based Modeling and Simulation of Hybrid Process Industries, In: 4th International Industrial Simulation Conference (ISC) (2006).
• Nikraz, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2006), Agent-Based Modelling of the Integration of Operational Tasks in a Chemical Plant, In: 4th International Industrial Simulation Conference (ISC) (2006).
• Nikraz, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2006), Applying the JADE Multi-Agent System Development Methodology for the Integration of Operational Tasks in Chemical Plants, In: Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) Workshop (2006) held with the 11th International CSI Computer Conference (CSICC) (2006).
• Nikraz, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2006), An Integrated Decision Support System Based on Software Agents, In: 4th International Industrial Simulation Conference (ISC) (2006).
• Ghaeli, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., (2005), Modeling and Scheduling of Mixed Batch/Continuous Chemical Plants Using Petri nets, In: 7th Chemical Engineering World Congress (2005).
• Ghaeli, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., (2005), Two-step scheduling of a mixed batch/continuous chemical plant, In: 7th Chemical Engineering World Congress (2005).
• Ghaeli, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., (2005), Novel Scheduling of a Mixed Batch/Continuous Sugar Milling Plant Using Petri nets, In: 15th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-15) (2004).
• Woodward, T., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Dixon, D., (2005), Mathematical modelling of the Sherritt-Gordon ammoniacal pressure leaching process, In: 35th Annual Hydrometallurgy Meeting (2005).
• Ghaeli, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., (2005), Time Arc Hybrid Petri net based Scheduling of Mixed Batch/Continuous plants, In: 17th International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS) World Congress (2005).
• Nikraz, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2005), An Agent-oriented Approach to Integrated Process Operations in Chemical Plants, In: 15th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-15) (2004).
• Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Beckham, K., Langa, J., Nooraii, A., Olszewski, Z., Riley, G., White, D., (2005), A Generic System of Plant Impurity Balance Models: Further Improvements, In: 7th International Alumina Quality Workshop (2005).
• Nikraz, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2005), Agent-Based Integration of Operational Tasks in Chemical Plants, In: 17th International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS) World Congress (2005).
• Nikraz, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2005), An agent-based approach to integrated process operations, In: 7th Chemical Engineering World Congress (2005).
• Ekawati, E., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2004), The Control Unfalsification within the Dynamic Operability Framework, In: 14th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-14) (2004).
• Ekawati, E., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., LePage, G., Nooraii, A., (2004), The Process Control Switching Analysis of a Simulated Industrial Five-Effect Evaporator Operation Using the Sequential Dynamic Operability Framework, In: 32nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA) (2004).
• Ghaeli, M., Power, Y., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Nikraz, M., (2004), Applications of Petri Nets in Process Operations and Decision Making, In: 32nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA) (2004).
• Ekawati, E., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., LePage, G., Nooraii, A., (2003), Controllability Analysis of Industrial Five Effects Evaporator System, In: Foundations of Computer Aided Process Operations (FOCAPO) (2003).
• Power, Y., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2003), Intelligent Operational Management and the Concept of Integration, In: 16th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (IEA/AIE) (2003).
• Wang, F., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., Cameron, I., (2003), A Multiple Model Approach to Robust Control and Operation of Complex Non-linear Processes, In: 8th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE) (2003).
• Ekawati, E., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2003), Variable Redundancy Elimination and Automatic Structure Selection within Dynamic Operability Framework, In: 8th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE) (2003).
• Gu, T., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., (2002), Development of Hybrid Time Petri Nets for Scheduling and Control of Mixed Batch Continuous Processes, In: 15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).
• Li, H., Lee, P., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2002), Robust Passivity Analysis and Design for Chemical Processes, In: Chemical Process Control-VI.
• Gu, T., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Lee, P., (2002), Development of hybrid time Petri nets for scheduling and control of mixed batch/continuous processes, In: 15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).
• Power, Y., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2002), The Use of G2 and NOL for Early Detection & Diagnosis of Faults in the Mineral Processing Industry, In: Gensym User Society Worldwide Meeting 2002 (GUS2002).
• Ekawati, E., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2001), Adaptation of output controllability index within dynamic operability framework, In: Dynamics and Control of Process Systems 2001.
• Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Allen, R., Lee, P., (2001), A state-of-the-art pilot plant for control education: a result of the collaboration between industry and academia, In: Advances in Control Education.
• Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Gu, T., Lee, P., (2001), Timed petri nets based scheduling for batch plants with consideration of clean-up times, In: 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering.
• Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Gu, T., Lee, P., (2000), Petri-net based modelling and scheduling of batch processing plants - a heuristic algorithm, In: ADCHEM 2000 International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes.
• Heath, A., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Swift, J., Fawell, P., (2000), Population balance modelling of flocculation processes, In: Chemica 2000 Proceedings CD Rom.
• Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Gu, T., Lee, P., (2000), A novel approach for scheduling of batch plants with variable batchsizes, In: Chemeca 2000, Proceedings CD Rom.
• Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Allen, R., Lee, P., (2000), A state-of-the-art pilot plant for control education: a result of collaboration between industry and academia, In: ACE 2000 Final program and Preprints.
• Lee, P., Li, H., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Cooney, M., (2000), Fault detection of chemical processes: a linear matrix inequality approach, In: Chemeca 2000, Proceedings CD Rom.
• Gu, T., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (1999), Timed petri-net representation for short term scheduling of multiproduct batch plants, In: Proceedings of the American Control Conference.
• Vu, L., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Romagnoli, J., (1998), Implementation of switching policies in real systems, In: Chemeca 98.
• Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Ngo, T., (1998), Process systems engineering and mineral industries: Flexibility analysis in a flotation circuit, In: Optimization Techniques and Applications.