RENetZero Symposium

The Asia Symposium on Net-Zero Engineering and Technologies was held on December 2, 2024, at the National Engineering Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, in Quezon City, Philippines. 

This symposium aims to ​convene students, faculty, researchers, as well as industry and government ​representatives from within Asia to discuss approaches for integrating ​renewable energy and green chemistry across multiple scales. It was organized by University of Philippines, co-organized with MCREL at Hanyang University.

Symposium Website: https://renetzero2024.dche.coe.upd.edu.ph/#home

Asst. Prof. Bernadette Magadia (MS CHE)
*National Lead Co-convenor, Philippine National Consortium ​on Net Zero Initiative
*Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, ​University of the Philippines Los Baños

Title: Regulatory Framework and International Targets for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)

Prof. Jeong Gil Seo (Ph.D.)
*Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, ​Hanyang University, South Korea
*Principal Investigator - South Korea, RENetZero

Title: Net Zero Energy Carriers

Prof. Wei-Cheng “Wilson” Wang (Ph.D.)
*Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Title: Net Zero Air Transport

Assoc. Prof. Supareak Praserthdam (Ph.D.)
*Department of Chemical Engineering,
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Title: High-Performance Computing for Catalyst Discovery

Assoc. Prof. Karl Ezra S. Pilario (Ph.D.)
*Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

Title: Machine Learning for Net Zero Catalyst Screening

Assoc. Prof. Jhud Mikhail O. Aberilla (Ph.D.)
*Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

Ttile: Sustainability Issues on Net Zero Technologies

Mr. Errol Saluta
*Department of Chemical Engineering,
Hanyang University, South Korea

Title: ZnO Supported Bimetallic Ru-Ni Catalyst for the Liquid-Phase Hydrogenolysis of C4 to C6 Carboxylic Acids to Primary Alcohols

Mr. Nomer Arriola Jr.
*Department of Chemical Engineering,
Hanyang University, South Korea

Title: Remanufacturing Spent Chromium-Alumina Catalysts with Na2CO3: Advancing Sustainability in the Propane Dehydrogenation Process

Open Forum