1. The Design Process
2. Developing Processes
3. Material Selection
4. Broad Capital Cost Estimation
5. Preliminary Estimation of Operating Costs
6. Basic Economic Concepts
7. Economic Evaluation of Process Project Opportunities
8. Planning and Scheduling
9. Working with People
10. Process Project Communications
11. Safety in Process Design
12. Sustainability in Process Design
13. The Project Definition Phase
14. Auxiliary Systems and Plant Layout
15. Plant Automation Systems
Biography
Wayne Seames is the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of North Dakota (UND), Grand Forks. An Arizona native, Seames earned a BS in chemical engineering at the University of Arizona, Tucson, in 1979. His 16‑year industrial career included assignments as a process engineer, controls project engineer, and process control group leader. In 1992, he was assigned as project manager for plant automation systems for the Ras Tanura Upgrade and Expansion project, one of the largest process control‑related projects in the world. In 1995, Seames returned to Arizona, where he earned a PhD in chemical engineering in July 2000. He has planned and managed over 100 research projects during his academic career.
His teaching‑related academic awards include the 2018 UND Foundation/Lydia and Arthur Saiki Faculty Award for Individual Excellence in Teaching; the 2013 UND Faculty Scholar Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Teaching, and Service; the 2012 UND Faculty Spirit of Achievement Award; the 2011 UND Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor Award for sustained excellence as a tenured faculty member; and the 2006 Professor of the Year Award from the UND School of Engineering and Mines. He was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2017. He is a named inventor on eight U.S. patents. Among his many refereed research publications are five documenting preliminary design and economic analyses of novel and emerging process technologies.
