Special Programs

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🌍2025 ProMolSim

Theme: 

Computer-Aided Engineering of Processes and Reactive Materials Interface for Environmental Applications – Facilitating the Speed of Experimental Discovery

📅 Dates: 

October 6 – 17, 2025 (9:00 am – 6:00 pm daily)

📍 Venue: 

Chemical Engineering Department Conference Room, PTDF New Building, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Organized by: 

Pencil Team (PT)
 

In Collaboration with: 

CEPRIs Research Group

🔑 Focus Areas

• Python Programming for Engineers – basics and applications in simulation workflows.

• Microkinetics Simulation – modeling catalytic processes for clean energy, fuels, and environmental remediation.

• Reaction Mechanism Generation (RMG-Py) – automated construction of reaction pathways for pollutant degradation, combustion, and biofuel conversion.

• Molecular Modeling with Spartan & Avogadro – investigating reactivity and properties of advanced materials for adsorption, catalysis, and water treatment.

• Process Simulation Concepts – linking molecular modeling insights with process-scale simulation for sustainable chemical engineering design.
  
  

🌱 Why It Matters

Environmental challenges such as pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste-to-energy conversion require faster, smarter solutions. ProMolSim 2025 equips participants with computational tools to:
✅ Predict material performance before lab trials
✅ Design new processes with minimal cost and time
✅ Accelerate mechanism discovery for complex reactions
✅ Integrate molecular modeling with process simulation for real-world impact

🎯 Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Apply Python to solve data-driven problems in chemical engineering

• Use microkinetic modeling & RMG-Py to explore reaction mechanisms

• Employ Spartan & Avogadro for materials and molecular simulations

• Relate molecular-scale insights to process-scale simulation

• Work in teams to tackle case studies on environmental applications

👥 Eligibility

Open only to 300-level undergraduate students, and First-year postgraduate students in Chemical, Polymer, or Materials Engineering at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Applicants must demonstrate commitment, punctuality, and availability throughout the two-week program.

📝 Application Process

• Application Deadline: September 19, 2025

• Apply via Google Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-UCSbWdniQkDgXM_miRy02YqyyGNMpgNUdsA2K0kVAw/preview]

• No live interview required – selection will be based on application entries

• Shortlist Announcement: September 24, 2025

📬 Contact

admin@pencilteam.org

Thank you all
PT Admin 

Other Organized Past Special Events

2024 ProMolSim - https://www.pencilteam.org/activities/2024-promolsim-programs 

2023 ProMolSim - https://www.pencilteam.org/activities/2023-promolsim-other-programs 

2022 Virtual Workshop -  https://www.pencilteam.org/activities/2022-special-programs