CV for FERHAN KAYIHAN                                

                                IETek – Integrated Engineering Technologies

                                5533 Beverly Ave NE, Tacoma WA 98422-1402

                                tel (253) 925-2179    fax (253) 925-5023

                                fkayihan@ietek.net  

 

Ferhan Kayihan is the owner of IETek - Integrated Engineering Technologies, which is a systems engineering consulting company that he started in 1996. He teams with his corporate and manufacturing clients to adapt and implement advanced technologies for new development and performance improvement projects. Ferhan Kayihan also teaches customized in-house short courses to the industry in modeling, control and software development. During 1981-96 he worked for the Weyerhaeuser Company Corporate R&D organization; where, as an Engineering Fellow his responsibilities were mainly in long-range strategic research for process and systems improvement. At Weyerhaeuser Ferhan Kayihan maintained strong collaborative ties with academic associates and sponsored various thesis projects. With IETek he is still active in joint projects with university research groups.

Ferhan Kayihan was educated in Turkey where he received his BS in Chemical Engineering at Robert College in 1970. After receiving his PhD in 1974 from University of California at Santa Barbara, he spent his early professional years as a chemical engineering faculty at UC Santa Barbara, University of Bosphorus in Istanbul, Purdue University and Oregon State University. He received the Oregon State University 1981 College of Engineering Carter Award for outstanding and inspirational teaching as voted by the graduating seniors. Ferhan Kayihan is an industrial trustee of CACHE since 1995 and has been selected as a co-recipient of the 1999 CAST Computing Practice Award. As an active member of AIChE, TAPPI, CPPA and AAMI Ferhan Kayihan participates in professional meetings with contributions to program committees, session organizations, tutorial workshops and keynotes.

 

Recent committees and boards

  • Spring Valley Montessori School (Federal Way, WA) board of directors, 1991-present.

  • CACHE board of directors (industrial trustee), 1995-2000.

  • International organization committee, Control Systems ‘96, Halifax 1996.

  • International program committee, 5th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, Corfu 1998.

  • International organization committee, Control Systems ‘98, Porvoo 1998.

  • International organization committee, Control Systems 2000, Victoria 2000.

  • International program committee, 7th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering, Colorado 2000.

 

R&D partnerships

  • “An integrated approach to environmentally conscious Pulp&Paper mill operation”, NSF/EPA research project # 9729782-CTS, Oct 1997 – Oct 1999, incollaboration with Purdue University and Univ of Delaware.

  • “ Model based approach to soft-sensing and diagnostics for control of a continuous pulp digester”, AF&PA/DOE Agenda 2020 project in collaboration with Univ of  Delaware, Weyerhaeuser, Westvaco, Honeywell and Bailey, Oct 1999 – Oct 2002.

 

Patents              

  • “Method of perfusing a porous workpiece with a chemical composition using cosolvents”, [US patent 5,094,892] (1992).

  • “Hopper blender system and method for coating fibers”, [US patent 5,582,644] (1996).

  • "Control system for cross-directional profile sheet formation", [US patent  6,026,334] (2000).

 

Recent books and publications

  • Applications of Chemical Engineering Principles in the Forest Products and Related Industries,  F. Kayihan and B. Krieger-Brocket,  editors, AIChE Forest Products Division (1986).

  • Upgrading Wood Quality Through Drying Technology, F. Kayihan,  J.A. Johnson and W.R. Smith, editors, IUFRO (1989).

  • Special Issue on Drying of Wood, Drying Technology (InternationalJournal), H. N. Rosen and F. Kayihan, guest Editors, v10, n5, Marcel Dekker (1992).

  • F. Kayihan, “Adaptive Control of  Stochastic Batch Lumber Kilns", Computers  chem. Engng., v17, n3. p265-73 (1993).

  • A. Rigopoulos, Y. Arkun and F. Kayihan, “Identification of full profile disturbance models for sheet forming processes”, AIChE Journal v43(3) p 727-739 (1997).

  • F. Kayihan, “Process systems management in the pulp and paper industries: an optimization approach”, Pulp & Paper Canada, v98, n8, p37-40 (1997).

  • A. Rigopoulos, Y. Arkun and F. Kayihan, “Control relevant disturbance modeling of paper machine full profile properties using adaptive PCA”, Pulp & Paper Canada, v98 n11 p42-45 (1997).

  • F. Kayihan, “Modeling and control in pulp and paper industries”, in Fifth International Conference on Chemical Process Control (CPC V), p117-132, AIChE Symposium Series (1997).

  • A. Rigopoulos, Y. Arkun and F. Kayihan, “Identification of paper machine full profile disturbance modes using adaptive principal component analysis”, in Fifth International Conference on Chemical Process Control (CPC V), p275-279, AIChE Symposium Series (1997).

  • P. Wisnewski, F. Doyle and F. Kayihan, “A fundamental continuous pulp digester model for simulation and control”, AIChE Journal, v43(12) p3175-3193 (1997).

  • Y. Arkun and F. Kayihan, “A novel approach to full CD profile control of sheet forming processes using adaptive PCA and reduced order IMC design”, Comp & Chem Eng., v22,n 7-8, p945-962 (1998).

  • F. Kayihan, "Kappa number profile control for continuous digesters", in Nonlinear Model Based Process Control, R. Berber and C. Kravaris, eds., NATO ASI series E: Applied Sciences – v353, Kluwer Academic Publishers (1998).

  • F. Doyle anf F. Kayihan, “Reaction profile control of the continuous pulp digester”, Chem Eng Sci, v54, p2679-2688 (1999).

  • L. Puig, F. Doyle and F. Kayihan, “Grade transition modeling in continuous pulp digesters for reaction profile control”, Pulp & Paper Canada, in press.

 

Recent technical meeting presentations, keynotes and invited talks

  •  “Model developments for analysis and control of Kamyr digesters”, Weyerhaeuser Control Workshop on Kamyr Digesters and Paper Machines, Federal Way, WA (1995).

  • “A paper machine model and full sheet property estimation”, Weyerhaeuser Control Workshop on Kamyr Digesters and Paper Machines, Federal Way, WA (1995).

  • “Modeling and control in pulp and paper industries”, CPC-V, Tahoe City (1996).

  • ”Leadership issues”, panel presentation and discussions, CPC-V, Tahoe City (1996).

  • “Process systems management in the pulp and paper industries: an optimization approach”, Control Systems ‘96, Halifax (1996).

  • “A Kamyr continuous digester model for identification and controller design”, IFAC ‘96 13th World Congress, San Francisco (1996).

  • “A new approach for sheet quality assessment and data compression”, 83rd CPPA Technical Section Meeting, Montreal, Canada (1997).

  • “Advanced CD control technologies”, International CD symposium 1997, Tampere, Finland.

  • “Full sheet profile analysis and process performance metrics using principal component analysis (PCA)”, International CD symposium 1997, Tampere, Finland.

  • “Model predictive control (MPC) applications in the pulp and paper industry”,  NATO conference on Nonlinear Model Based Process Control, 1997 Antalya, Turkey.

  • “Fundamental issues in modeling continuous digesters for process analysis, production management and model based controller development”, NATO conference on Nonlinear Model Based Process Control, 1997 Antalya, Turkey.

  • "SURFTek: surface control technologies", AspenWorld 97, Boston, Massachusetts (1997).

  • "Inferential control of continuous digesters using MPC", AspenWorld 97, Boston, Massachusetts (1997).

  • "Product quality assessment and controller performance monitoring for paper machines", Pacific Section TAPPI, Olympia, Washington (1997).

  • “Model based management of continuous digesters to minimize Kappa number variability”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (1997).

  • “Performance monitoring”, Vision 2020 NSF/NITS Measurement and Control Workshop, New Orleans (1998).

  • “Paper machine product quality and controller performance assessment”, TAPPI 1998 Process Control, Electrical and Information Conference, Vancouver BC (1998).

  • “Data visualization for control and monitoring”, Contol Systems ’98, Porvoo Finland (1998).

  • “Profile analysis for sheet forming processes, product quality and controller performance assessment”, Dupont Technology Exchange Forum seminar series, Wilmington DE (1998).

  • “Product quality assessment and controller performance monitoring for paper machines, progress towards turning single roll data into information”, TAPPI 1998 International Engineering Conference, Miami Beach (1998).

  • “A fundamental model for continuous pulp digesters to predict stochastic and dynamic behavior especially through grade and production rate transitions”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Miami Beach (1998).

  • “Practical estimation of CD control performance”, ACC, San Diego (1999).

  • “A stochastic continuous digester model to capture transition, compaction and chip size distribution effects”, Control Systems 2000, Victoria BC (2000).

  • “Estimation of achievable CD control performance index”, Control Systems 2000, Victoria BC (2000).

  • “Introduction to model predictive control”, Tutorial in Control Systems 2000, Victoria BC (2000).

     

© IETek 1996-2002, all rights reserved.

 
[ Home ] [ Advanced Digester Model ] [ Advanced Digester Toolbox ] [ Batch Digester ] [ Paper Machine Monitoring & Control Workshop ] [ ACC 2000 Monitoring Workshop ] [ DOE Digester Control Project ] [ Digester Benchmark Model v1 ] [ Digester Benchmark Toolbox v1 ] [ Custom Short Courses ] [ UDel PCMC ] [ Publications ] [ Projects ]