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Founder & Principal Consultant — iDynSim Consulting
Dr. John Zhu is an internationally recognized expert in process dynamic simulation, advanced process control, and plant‑wide optimization. His career spans foundational simulation‑technology development at Honeywell, pioneering clean‑energy modeling and control at Air Products, and early leadership in China’s first dynamic simulation system.
He founded iDynSim Consulting to help organizations solve high‑complexity modeling and control challenges and accelerate clean‑energy innovation. With more than 30 years of industrial experience, he brings deep expertise in dynamic modeling, APC/MPC, numerical methods, thermodynamics, reaction engineering, and plant‑wide optimization.
Honeywell — UniSim Dynamics
Core developer of UniSim Dynamics
Technical authority supporting ~200 engineers
Developer of foundational holdup, multiphase compressor, hydrotreater, hydrocracker, alhylation, kiln, multiphase heat exchanger, LNG, etc. models
Expert on simulation architecture, numerical solutions, thermodynamics, reaction enginnering, process control, wide range of unit operations.
Air Products — Clean‑Energy Projects
Lead modeler for NEOM green‑hydrogen project
Patented control strategies for renewable‑power variability
Architect of distributed plant‑wide simulation platform
Plant‑wide model for Canada’s net‑zero hydrogen complex
Modelling of POx blue hydrogen plant
China — Dynspen Project
Primary developer of China’s first dynamic simulation system
Coordinated five universities and institutions
National Science & Technology Progress Award recipient
Education & Credentials
Ph.D., Engineering — Western University
M.Sc., Chemical Engineering — Beijing University of Chemical Technology
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering — Nanjing University of Technology
20+ refereed publications in process dynamics, simulation, and control
250+ citations of his novel interaction measure for multivariable control
Four awarded patents in clean‑energy modeling and control
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