Sustainable Engineering: Process Intensification, Energy Analysis, and Artificial Intelligence (可持續工程：過程強化、能源分析與人工智慧)

可持續工程對於韌性和靈活的技術與社會具有重要意義。本書通過整合過程強化、能源分析和人工智慧，平衡可持續工程的經濟、環境和社會元素，以降低生產成本、改善材料和能源的使用、產品質量、安全性、社會福祉以及水資源的使用。書中對過程強化、能源分析和人工智慧等主題進行了全面的討論，涵蓋了優化、能源整合、綠色工程、夾點分析、可用能分析、可行性分析、生命週期評估、循環經濟、生物經濟、數據處理、機器學習、專家系統、數位雙胞胎以及自我優化工廠等可持續工程的相關內容。

Yaşar Demirel earned a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK in 1981. He carried out research and scholarly work at the University of Delaware and at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg as a visiting professor. He has been on the faculty of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln since 2006. He has accumulated extensive teaching and research experience over the years in diverse fields of engineering. He taught process design and optimization at VT and UNL for more than 20 years. He currently serves as a professor at the chemical and biomolecular engineering department and teaches process design and thermodynamics at UNL. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Thermodynamics. He authored and co-authored two books, four book chapters, and more than 160 research papers. The fourth edition of "Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics" was published in 2019 by Elsevier. The third edition of the book titled "Energy: Production, Conversion, Storage, Conservation, and Coupling was published in 2021 by Springer. He has obtained several awards, scholarships, and presented numerous invited seminars.

Marc A. Rosen, Ph.D. is a Professor at Ontario Tech University (formally University of Ontario Institute of Technology) in Oshawa, Canada, where he served as founding Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Rosen has served as President of the Engineering Institute of Canada and of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. He has acted in many professional capacities, including Editor-in-Chief of various journals and a Director of Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation.

With over 70 research grants and contracts and 900 technical publications, Dr. Rosen is an active teacher and researcher in sustainable energy, sustainability, and environmental impact. Much of his research has been carried out for industry. Dr. Rosen has worked for such organizations as Imatra Power Company in Finland, Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, the Institute for Hydrogen Systems near Toronto, and Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto, where he served as Chair of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering.

Dr. Rosen has received numerous awards and honors, and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the International Energy Foundation and the Canadian Society for Senior Engineers.

Yaşar Demirel於1981年在英國伯明翰大學獲得化學工程博士學位。他曾在德拉瓦大學和維吉尼亞理工大學擔任訪問教授，進行研究和學術工作。自2006年以來，他一直在內布拉斯加大學林肯分校任教。他在各種工程領域積累了豐富的教學和研究經驗，並在維吉尼亞理工大學和內布拉斯加大學林肯分校教授過程設計和優化超過20年。目前，他在內布拉斯加大學林肯分校的化學與生物分子工程系擔任教授，教授過程設計和熱力學。他是《國際熱力學期刊》的主編，並著作或合著了兩本書、四個書章以及超過160篇研究論文。其著作《非平衡熱力學》第四版於2019年由Elsevier出版，而名為《能源：生產、轉換、儲存、保護與耦合》的第三版則於2021年由Springer出版。他獲得了多項獎項和獎學金，並發表了許多受邀的研討會。

Marc A. Rosen博士是加拿大奧沙瓦的安大略科技大學（前身為安大略技術學院）的教授，曾擔任工程與應用科學學院的創院院長。Rosen博士曾擔任加拿大工程學會和加拿大機械工程學會的會長。他在多個專業職位上任職，包括各種期刊的主編以及奧沙瓦電力與公用事業公司的董事。

Rosen博士擁有超過70項研究補助金和合同以及900篇技術出版物，是可持續能源、可持續性和環境影響領域的活躍教師和研究者。他的許多研究都是為了工業界進行的。Rosen博士曾在芬蘭的Imatra Power Company、位於芝加哥附近的阿根廷國家實驗室、位於多倫多附近的氫系統研究所以及多倫多的多倫多都市大學（前身為瑞爾森大學）工作，並擔任機械、航空航天與工業工程系的系主任。

Rosen博士獲得了多項獎項和榮譽，並且是加拿大皇家學會、加拿大工程學會、加拿大工程學院、加拿大機械工程學會、美國機械工程師學會、國際能源基金會以及加拿大資深工程師學會的院士。