A Numerical Primer for the Chemical Engineer, Second Edition
暫譯: 化學工程師數值入門（第二版）

本書旨在為學生介紹數值方法，結合數學正確性與數值效能，專注於數值方法及問題解決。它將實際的數值解決策略應用於已制定的過程模型，以幫助識別和解決化學工程問題。第二版新增了有關數值積分的章節，以及在相關章節中針對邊界值問題的部分。還包括有關一般建模原則、質量/能量平衡的額外材料，以及單獨針對DAE（微分代數方程）的部分。案例研究部分也擴展了，增加了更多範例。

Edwin Zondervan was born and raised in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. After finishing his bachelor with a specialization in process automation in Leeuwarden he continued in Groningen with a M.Sc. in chemical engineering. Then he moved To Enschede and pursued a Ph.D. on modeling, optimization and control of dead-end membrane filtration of surface water. He defended his doctorate at Groningen in 2007. He worked from 2007 to 2015 at Eindhoven University of Technology. He has been working as associate researcher at the laboratories of Technical University of Catalonia, Carnegie Mellon University, Denmark Technical University and Imperial College . Besides research Edwin Zondervan has been very active in the educational gremials where he trained many generations of students in process design, process control and numerical methods. For the latter one Edwin published a textbook that was released in 2014: "A numerical primer for the chemical engineer". Recently Edwin Zondervan joined the Institute for environmental science and Technology of Bremen University, where he obtained a professorship in "Process Systems Engineering". The newly established Laboratory of Process Systems Engineering (PSE) at Bremen University (which was established within Bremen's Excellence Initiative) will conduct research in the field of sustainable and flexible system design of energy networks. The main objective of the laboratory of PSE is to develop network modeling techniques and dynamic optimization tools and to apply them to the design and operation of complex energy/process systems. The PSE group distinguishes two working areas: i) Novel energy technologies and devices and ii) Energy Efficient production. Where the challenges lie in 1) decisionmaking under uncertainty, 2) sustainable design and 3) managing complexity. In addition the PSE group will be active in the development of an Energy Systems Institute at Bremen University and setup a specialized course program in this field.

埃德溫·宗德凡（Edwin Zondervan）出生並成長於荷蘭的李爾瓦登（Leeuwarden）。在李爾瓦登完成專攻過程自動化的學士學位後，他在格羅寧根（Groningen）繼續攻讀化學工程的碩士學位。隨後，他移居恩斯赫德（Enschede），攻讀有關表面水的死端膜過濾的建模、優化和控制的博士學位。他於2007年在格羅寧根完成博士論文的答辯。從2007年到2015年，他在埃因霍溫科技大學（Eindhoven University of Technology）工作。之後，他在加泰羅尼亞理工大學（Technical University of Catalonia）、卡內基梅隆大學（Carnegie Mellon University）、丹麥科技大學（Denmark Technical University）和帝國學院（Imperial College）擔任副研究員。除了研究工作外，埃德溫·宗德凡在教育界也非常活躍，培訓了多代學生在過程設計、過程控制和數值方法方面的知識。針對數值方法，埃德溫於2014年出版了一本教科書：《化學工程師的數值入門》（A numerical primer for the chemical engineer）。最近，埃德溫·宗德凡加入了不來梅大學（Bremen University）的環境科學與技術研究所，並獲得了「過程系統工程」（Process Systems Engineering）的教授職位。不來梅大學新成立的過程系統工程實驗室（PSE）將在可持續和靈活的能源網絡系統設計領域進行研究。PSE實驗室的主要目標是開發網絡建模技術和動態優化工具，並將其應用於複雜能源/過程系統的設計和運營。PSE小組區分了兩個工作領域：i) 新型能源技術和設備，ii) 能源高效生產。挑戰主要集中在1) 不確定性下的決策，2) 可持續設計，3) 管理複雜性。此外，PSE小組還將積極參與不來梅大學能源系統研究所的發展，並設立該領域的專業課程計劃。