Authors & Acknowledgements

Authors

Authors of the BioSTEAM software include:

• Contributers who committed significant resources, expertise, and other impactful efforts:

  • Yoel Cortes-Pena (lead BioSTEAM author, developer, and maintainer)

  • Jeremy Guest (led efforts to found, develop, coordinate, and expand the software)

  • Sarang Sunil Bhagwat (led the development of the heat exchanger network and more)

  • Yalin Li (contributed general expertise)

  • Ben Portner (led the development of compressor models and more)

• Direct contributers to code base:

  • All other developers that have contributed to the biosteam repository

• Developers who have contributed in person and through email, including:

  • Lisa Pardini (contributed heat exchanger design and costing)

  • Bugrah Mirsat Sahin (contributed pump design and costing)

  • Rui Shi (contributed kinetic fermentation model)

Acknowledgements

The development of the BioSTEAM software was greatly expedited thanks to third-party, open-source chemical engineering software which have provided critical functionality to BioSTEAM. Special thanks to Caleb Bell, who has coordinated efforts with the lead BioSTEAM developer to tailor functionality of his open-source software to the needs of the BioSTEAM software:

• Caleb Bell, Yoel Rene Cortes-Pena, Contributors (2016-2022). chemicals: Chemical properties component of Chemical Engineering Design Library (ChEDL) CalebBell/chemicals.

• Caleb Bell (2016-2022). fluids: Fluid dynamics component of Chemical Engineering Design Library (ChEDL) CalebBell/fluids.

• Caleb Bell and Contributors (2016-2022). thermo: Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibrium component of Chemical Engineering Design Library (ChEDL) CalebBell/thermo.