Congratulations to the Winners of PSC2019 who achieved the best results in the optimization task. Thank you to all 246 participants for making the competition a success. PSC2020 is coming soon with a new engineering challenge and an opportunity to win awards. Stay tuned! PSC2019 WINNERS No. 1 Borhane Ben Said, Hochschule Niederrhein, Germany No.…

We have reached the PSC2019 Final   Phase 5 is now active Registrations and Submissions accepted until midnight CEST,  17.01.2020 Submitting variables now, you will enter for the chance to win: 2-day Professional CHEMCAD training worth €1500 Amazon Vouchers worth €200, €150, €100 A place at an event organized for the industry practitioners in Berlin Certificates and more GOOD LUCK!

We are only hours away from announcing the October Monthly Winner. It's not too late to win. You can still submit variables until midnight to qualify for the winning place and the awards. Now, you can download your Certificate of Achievement too! All you need to do is to make sure that your name is…

Phase 3 is now LIVE! We launched a new phase to invigorate your competitive spirit. After a long year of performances, lessons, study, and practice, your mind and body need a break! You have extra time to practice this summer? Experiment with PSC! 

Welcoming the newest addition to "The A Team"!   We are pleased to welcome the newest member to our "A Team". Ganesh, from India, is a new PSC Student Ambassador and he is on a mission to introduce the Process Simulation Cup to his fellow students. Everyone can join "The A Team" and be featured in…

PSC is coming to Florence! We are pleased to announce that the Process Simulation Cup will play a central role at this year's ECCE12 & ECAB5 Youth Programme, 15-19 September in Florence, Italy. On this occasion, we'll launch a special PSC2019 task phase for all conference participants. Everyone else who will not attend in person…

Do you ever ask yourself a question about how other PSC Participants are doing? You're not the only one! We decided to give you a little insight into the top PSC Participants' approaches that enabled them to land in the leading PSC ranks. We selected four plots that illustrate different approached but equally good results in…

GOOD NEWS for you and your PSC friends! Sine PSC2018 challenge is over now, you must be wondering what happens to your "My PSC link" that you shared with others to participate in the 2018 challenge. Don't worry about a thing. We've got you covered! All referred contact you've made are carried forward to the next challenge. This…

Students can request free time-limited access to CHEMCAD via the PSC website. Create an account on the PSC website Upload your Proof of University Enrolment and your University Email Address Submit the form provided on the GET CHEMCAD page Check email for final instructions Note: we always verify the authenticity of your profile. Make sure…

Students can request free time-limited access to CHEMCAD via the PSC website. Create an account on the PSC website Upload your Proof of University Enrolment and your University Email Address Submit the form provided on the GET CHEMCAD page Check email for final instructions Note: we always verify the authenticity of your profile. Make sure…

PSC2018 Task Phase 7   That's right, PSC2018 is coming to an end. We are rolling out the latest phase of this year's task. In this phase, we will determine 3 Overall Winners based on the highest profits achieved in the simulated problem. You have more than 2 months to fight for one of the titles…

Meeting Students and Teachers at AGH, the Faculty of Energy and Fuel. 24 October 2018   PSC Team had a fantastic day in Krakow, Poland talking to teachers and students about the PSC2018 task, the competition background and its goals. We have addressed over 50 chemical process engineering students and met the CHEMCAD course leader,…

Process Simulation Cup: Phase 6 is now on! We have only one more phase to go! Hurry up to catch up with the PSC Cups collection. You can have it all: The No 1 Overall Winner Title and the PSC Cups Champion Title! Pssss.... The secret of the cups collection is to have few solutions…

Process Simulation Cup at Chemcad User Meeting 2018, 14 September Chemcad User Meeting, an exclusive event organized by Chemstations Europe GmbH in Berlin, has officially started. We are all here to talk to CHEMCAD users and our colleagues from Chemstations Inc. in the USA. As always, we're ready to spread the PSC word equipped with…

Process Simulation Cup in Prague, 25-29 August  We had a brilliant time at the 23rd International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA 2018 Prague. We enjoyed the poster sessions and lectures attended by almost 500 guests from around the world. We tuned into presentations given by participants from Peru, Colombia, Iran and many more! PSC and…

Proudly presenting PSC2018 Phase 5!   It is quite impressive what you have achieved by manipulating the feed mixture for the bioreactor! It points out that the rule of thumb “The biggest lever in bioprocesses is the optimization of the bioreactor, forget about the downstream!” somehow applies here… You might have expected it, but now…

"I really like working with computers, programming, AutoCAD, so naturally, I like CHEMCAD. I also like a good competition and this is the main reason for participating in the PSC challenge, and yes - I'll try to do my best in the next PSC2020 challenge". No.3 PSC2019 Overall Winner, Tomasz Bożek, AGH University of Science…

" Process Simulation Cup is more than a competition. It is an amazing way to challenge yourself, learn more and be able to do more with the skills you already have. The different task phases help to improve your technical knowledge, skills and also learn how to manage complex chemical processes.  Furthermore, CHEMCAD has made…

"Process Simulation Cup is a great opportunity to develop your engineering skills. Jump into the "game" and make use of your academic knowledge, fighting for your victory and also spreading the name of your university! With CHEMCAD software you skip arduous calculations and test your engineering intuition. You learn on real-life examples, and such knowledge…

"PSC is a unique international competition of process simulation and optimization in a realistic industrial scenario. The search for the perfect operating point is an exciting thing, especially because you can never be sure that someone else will find even better parameters and make even more profit out of the plant!  The competition remains dynamic…

"Process Simulation Cup is a very fine way to learn process simulation on a real process." Prof. Ing. Frank Ramhold, University of Applied Science Merseburg

"PSC is a much-needed effort to encourage chemical process engineering students to work on their industry-related skills. For me, it was not just about the competition, but also a major learning experience. PSC helped me in my professional career at the university and beyond." Ph.D. Student and double PSC Overall Winner, Ewelina Brodawka