化工过程系统工程：
立足系统工程方法论，开发从分子设计、产品开发、工业放大、生产制造、产供销供应链的全生命周期模拟、分析、优化与综合的理论和方法，为实现炼油、化工、能源等过程工业高效、节能、环保、安全的可持续发展提供理论指导与技术支持。
Chemical Process System Engineering:
Based on the system engineering methodology, we develop theory and approach to simulate, analyze, optimize and synthesis of the whole life cycle from molecular design, product development, industry scaling up, production and manufacturing to enterprise-wide supply chain, so as to provide theoretical guidance and technical support for achieving the effective, energy-saving, environment-friendly and safe sustainable development of the process industry including refining, chemical and energy system.

研究子方向：
Research sub-direction:
化工过程经济、安全、环境、能效评价指标与多目标优化
Evaluation indexes and multi-objective optimization of economy, safety, environment and energy efficiency for the chemical process.
石化精益计划与敏捷调度系统开发
Petrochemical lean planning and agile scheduling system development.
炼化全系统质量能量时空集成优化
Refinery-wide mass-energy space-time integrated optimization.
炼厂低温热梯级匹配与提质综合利用技术
Refinery low-temperature heat gradient matching and quality improvement comprehensive utilization technology.
化工智能制造与企业级资源优化配置
Chemical smart manufacturing and enterprise-wide resource optimization.
反应-分离-换热全流程耦合资源高效利用技术
Reaction-separation-heat exchange whole process coupling resource efficient utilization technology.
化学产品工程模型开发与应用实践
Chemical product engineering model development and application practice.
聚烯烃产品与过程设计
Polyolefin product and process design.
水中稳定同位素综合利用
Integrated utilization of stable isotopes in water.