TWCCC operates in a flexible way, permitting individual project support as well as general support of the consortium. In many cases, joint research is being carried out at manufacturing or R&D sites.

The normal fee for participation is $45,000 per year, but larger funded projects are also carried out. We hold two meetings per year in which industrial members can learn about research results and exchange ideas.

Benefits to participants who have joined TWCCC include:

  • access to state of the art non-proprietary software without cost

  • cooperative research projects that directly benefit the company

  • detailed up-to-date information on research in progress

  • access to high quality M.S. and Ph.D. students for eventual employment

  • early release of technical papers and reports

  • input on research project selection

  • networking with other company representatives regarding process control technology

  • leveraging of financial support

  • student internships

Questions regarding TWCCC and its activities should be directed to either:


Michael Baldea - mbaldea@che.utexas.edu

Department of Chemical Engineering

University of Texas

Mail Code: C0400

Austin, TX 78712-1062

Phone: (512) 471-7060


James B. Rawlings - jbraw@ucsb.edu

Department of Chemical Engineering

University of California Santa Barbara

3329 Engineering II

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080

Phone: (805) 893-3089


Victor M Zavala - victor.zavala@wisc.edu

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

University of Wisconsin-Madison

1415 Engineering Dr

Madison, WI 53706

Phone: (412) 728-8375