Conference Papers

2021

Semi-quantitative Model for Risk Assessment in University Laboratories

A. Kalugina; T. Meyer 

2021. 4th International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI), Palermo, Italy, February 22-24, 2021. p. 323 – 329. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-68017-6_48.

2020

Safety Decision-Making in Academia

A. Kalugina; T. Meyer 

2020. 11th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2020), San Diego, CA, USA, 16-20 July, 2020. p. 10 – 17. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-50946-0_2.

2019

Safety management of nanomaterials in research labs

A. Groso; E. Buitrago; A. M. Novello; T. Meyer 

2019. International Congress on Advanced Material Sciences and Engineering 2019, Osaka, Japan, July 22-24, 2019.

2017

Reactor Dynamics Investigation Based On Calorimetric Data

C. Guinand; M. Dabros; T. Meyer; F. Stoessel 

2017. European Workshop on Process Safety and Loss Prevention at 10th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE) / 3rd European Congress of Applied Biotechnology (ECAB) / 5th European Process Intensificatiion Conference (EPIC), Nice, FRANCE, SEP 27-OCT 01, 2015. p. 231 – 240. DOI : 10.1002/cjce.22700.

2016

Thermal Stability Predictions for Inherently Safe Process Design Using Molecular-Based Modelling Approaches

N. Baati; A. Nanchen; F. Stoessel; T. Meyer 

2016. 15th International Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion, Freiburg, GERMANY, JUN 05-08, 2016. p. 517 – 522. DOI : 10.3303/CET1648087.

Thermal Process Safety Based on Reaction Kinetics and Reactor Dynamics

C. I. Guinand; M. Dabros; B. Roduit; T. Meyer; F. Stoessel 

2016.  p. 19 – 24. DOI : 10.3303/CET1648004.

2015

Molecular Structure Based Predictive Models for Thermal Stability of Chemicals

N. Baati; A. Nanchen; F. Stoessel; T. Meyer 

2015. AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA, November 8-13, 2015.

Reaction Kinetic Investigation and scale-up evaluation based on calorimetric data

C. I. Guinand; M. Dabros; B. Roduit; T. Meyer; F. Stoessel 

2015. 10th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, Nice, France, September 27-October 1st, 2015.

Predicting thermal behavior of chemicals from molecular structure

N. Baati; A. Nanchen; F. Stoessel; T. Meyer 

2015. 2015 Spring meeting and 11th Global Congress on Process Safety, Austin, Texas, 26-30 April.

Thermal stability predicted from group contribution method

N. Baati; A. Nanchen; F. Stoessel; T. Meyer 

2015. 10th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, Nice, France, September 27-October 1st, 2015.

2014

Feed optimization using kinetic model and scale-down approach

C. I. Guinand; M. Dabros; T. Meyer; F. Stoessel; B. Roduit 

2014. STK annual meeting, Fribourg, Switzerland, June 5.

Joint applicability test of software for laboratory assessment and risk analysis

D. Pluess; T. Meyer; J. Masin; P. Mikulasek; M. Ferjencik 

2014. 24 th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2014, Wroclaw, Poland, 14-18 September.

Is safety education necessary in research and teaching institutions?

T. Meyer 

2014. 21st International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA), Prague, Czech Republic, 23-27 August.

Predictive models for thermal behavior of chemicals

N. Baati; A. Nanchen; F. Stoessel; T. Meyer 

2014. 21st International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA), Prague, Czech Republic, 23-27 August.

2013

Concerns related to Safety Management of Engineered Nanomaterials in research environment

A. Groso; T. Meyer 

2013. 3rd International Conference on Safe Production and Use of Nanomaterials (Nanosafe), Grenoble, France, November 13-15, 2012. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/429/1/012065.

Nanomaterials safety management in research environment

A. Groso; T. Meyer 

2013. 7th Applied Biosafety Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, September 5.

Autorisation d’utilisation de substances chimiques très toxiques et/ou dangereuses à la Faculté des Sciences de Base de l’EPFL

S. Brückner; J-L. Marendaz; T. Meyer 

2013. 25èmes journées franco-suisses de santé au travail, Lyon, France, 14 June.

2012

Le concept d’autorisation d’utilisation de substances chimiques particulièrement dangereuses et/ou toxiques

S. Brückner; J-L. Marendaz; T. Meyer 

2012. GRMHST, La Neuveville, Switzerland, 15 November.

How to Apply Nanomaterials Safety Management in a Research Environment ?

T. Meyer 

2012. BIT’s 3rd Annual World Congress of NanoMedicine, Shenzhen, China, November 1-3, 2012.

How about safety and risk management in research education?

T. Meyer 

2012. 20th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-29 August.

Das Sicherheitskonzept in den Forschungs-und Schulungslaboratorien

T. Meyer; S. Brückner 

2012. Wissens-Forum 2012 Brandschutz und Arbeitssicherheit, MediaSec AG, Zurich, Switzerland, 8 May.

Safety management of nanomaterials

A. Groso; A. Magrez; T. Meyer 

2012. 20th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, CHISA, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-29 August.

How to manage nanomaterials safety in research environment?

A. Groso; A. Petri-Fink; A. Magrez; M. Riediker; T. Meyer 

2012. 20th Annual International Conference on Composites or Nano Engineering ICCE-20, Beijing, China, July 22-28.

How to apply nanomaterials safety management in a reserch environment?

T. Meyer 

2012. BIT’s 3rd Annual World Congress of Nanomedicine, Shenzen, China, 1-3 November.

2011

Sicherheitskonzept in den Forschungs-und Schullaboratorien

T. Meyer 

2011. SSPS/VBSF meeting, Olten, Switzerland,

LARA-Méthodologie et Outil de Gestion des Risques en Milieu Académique et de Recherche

A. Ouédraogo; A. Groso; J-L. Marendaz; K. Friedrich; T. Meyer 

2011. XXIVèmes jJournées franco-suisse de santé et sécurité au travail, Fribourg, Switzerland, 16-17 juin.

Risk analysis in research environment

A. Ouedraogo; A. Groso; T. Meyer 

2011. 8th. European Congress of Chemical Engineering, Berlin, Germany, Sept 25-29.

How to manage nanomaterials safety in research environment

A. Groso; A. Petri-Fink; A. Margrez; M. Riediker; T. Meyer 

2011. INRS NANO 2011, Nancy, France, 5-7 avril.

Safety management of nanomaterials

A. Groso; A. Magrez; A. Fink; M. Riediker; T. Meyer 

2011. 8th. European Congress of Chemical Engineering, Berlin, Germany, Sept 25-29.

2010

Risk management practices for safe handling of nanomaterials in research laboratories

T. Meyer 

2010. 2nd NanoImpactNet Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 9-12, 2010.

Hybrid approach for risk identification in research milieu

A. Ouedraogo; A. Groso; T. Meyer 

2010. 13th international symposium on loss prevention and safety promotion in the process industries, Bruges, Belgium, June 6-9, 2010. p. 447 – 450.

2008

What could calorimetric techniques bring to safety analysis?

T. Meyer 

2008. 5th Int. Symposium on high pressure processes technology and chemical engineering, Safety forum, Qingdao, China, March 4-8, 2008.

Risk analysis in academia

A. Ouedraogo; A. Groso; T. Meyer 

2008. 17th congress of Society for Risk Analysis, Valencia, Spain, September 22-25, 2008.

2007

Dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate in supercritical carbon dioxide: Control of molecular weight distribution by adjusting particle surface area

P. A. Mueller; G. Storti; M. Morbidelli; C. Mantelis; T. Meyer 

2007. 9th International Workshop on polymer reaction engineering, Hamburg, Germany, October 7-10, 2007.

Supercritical heat flow reaction calorimetry: A comprehensive tool for monitoring reactions in supercritical fluids

C. Mantelis; T. Meyer 

2007. Swiss society of thermal analysis and calorimetry annual meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 14, 2007.

Reaction calorimetry, a comprehensive tool for studying reactions in supercritical media

C. Mantelis; T. Meyer 

2007. 20th Jacques Cartier Conference, Lyon, France, November 29-December 5, 2007.

Marginal dispersion stability of polymerizations in scCO2-Pressure effect and engineering insight using calorimetric techniques

C. Mantelis; T. Meyer 

2007. AIChE 2007 annual meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., November 4-9, 2007.

Temperature induced morphology control in the polymer foaming process

L. J. M. Jacobs; C. Mantelis; M. Kemmere; T. Meyer; J. Keurentjes 

2007. 5th International Symposium on High Pressure processes tecnology and chemical engineering, Segovia, Spain, June 24-27, 2007.

The role of pressure at the limit of the dispersion stability in the polymerization of methyl methacrylate in supercritical CO2

C. Mantelis; T. Meyer 

2007. 6th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, Copenhague, Denmark, September 16-20, 2007. p. 129 – 130.

2006

Monitoring polymerization reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide. The fusion of calorimetry with ultrasound sensors and optical observations.

C. Mantelis; S. Fortini; T. Meyer 

2006. 8th. International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Kyoto, Japan, November 5-8. 2006.

Monitoring polymerization reactions in suprcritical carbon dioxide with reaction calorimetry

S. Fortini; C. Mantelis; T. Meyer 

2006. PRE VI, Halifax, Canada, May 21-26, 2006.

2005

Continuous high-temperature polymerisation of methyl methacrylate

P. Nising; T. Meyer 

2005.  p. 83102/1 – 83102/9.

Monitoring chemical reactions in supercritical fluids

S. Fortini; T. Meyer 

2005. 7th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Orlando, U.S.A., May 1-4, 2005.

Continuous high-temperature polymerization of MMA at pilot scale

P. Nising; T. Meyer 

2005.  p. 555g/1 – 555g/5.

Is heat transfer governing chemical reactions in supercritical fluids?

F. Lavanchy; C. Mantelis; T. Meyer 

2005. 7th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Orlando, U.S.A., May 1-4, 2005.

Monitoring reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide using heat flow calorimetry

S. Fortini; C. Mantelis; T. Meyer 

2005. 7th. World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Glasgow, Scotland, July 10-14, 2005. p. 1 – 9.

Transport properties of supercritical carbon dioxide

F. Lavanchy; E. Fourcade; E. de Koeijer; J. Wijers; T. Meyer et al. 

2005.  p. 37 – 54.

Supercirtical reaction calorimetry

T. Meyer 

2005. 12th international forum on process development, Flims, Switzerland, September 18-22, 2005. p. 1 – 19.

Particularities of calorimetry in supercritical fluids

C. Mantelis; F. Lavanchy; T. Meyer 

2005. 30th anniversary meeting of Swiss society of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Basel, Switzerland, September 8-9. 2005.

Supercritical reaction calorimetry: A novel route to supercritical fluid reaction monitoring

C. Mantelis; F. Lavanchy; T. Meyer 

2005.  p. 338b/1 – 338b/5.

2004

Reaction calorimetry applied to the Dispersion Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

S. Fortini; F. Lavanchy; T. Meyer 

2004. 7th. Conference on Supercritical Fluids and their Applications, Trieste, Italy, June 13-16, 2004.

A novel tool in calorimetric techniques

T. Meyer 

2004. 13th. American int. symp. on process development, Cambridge, Maryland, USA, September 12-15, 2004. p. 1 – 10.

Reaction Calorimetry in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

F. Lavanchy; S. Fortini; T. Meyer 

2004. 18th Int. Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, Chicago, U.S.A., June 6-9, 2004.

Heat transfer and hydrodynamics analysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

F. Lavanchy; S. Fortini; T. Meyer 

2004. 7th. Conference on Supercritical Fluids and their Applications, Trieste, Italy, June 13-16, 2004.

Heat transfer and mixing analyis in supercritical fluids using a high pressure reaction calorimeter

F. Lavanchy; S. Fortini; T. Meyer 

2004. ISMIP5, Sevilla, Spain, June 1-4, 2004.

High temperature polymerisation of MMA

P. Nising; T. Meyer 

2004. 8th Internation Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineering, Hamburg, Germany, October 3-6 ,2004. p. 511 – 516.

Monitoring polymerizations in supercritical fluids by reaction calorimetry

S. Fortini; T. Meyer 

2004. 8th International Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineering, Dechema monograph 138, 361-367, Hamburg, Germany, October 3-6 ,2004. p. 361 – 367.

2003

Modeling of the high temperature polymerization of poly (Methylmethacrylate): I. Review of existing models for the description of the Gel Effect

P. Nising; T. Meyer 

2003. Polymer Reaction Engineering: Modelling, Optimisation and Control, Lyon, France, November 30-December 3, 2003. p. 57 – 62.

A new tool for the study of polymerization under supercritical conditions

S. Fortini; F. Lavanchy; T. Meyer 

2003. PRE V, Quebec City, Canada, May 18-23, 2003.

Reaction calorimetry in supercritical fluids- A novel tool

S. Fortini; F. Lavanchy; T. Meyer 

2003. 6th International Sympsium on SF, Versailles, France, April 28-30, 2003. p. 1139 – 1144.

Reaction calorimetry in supercritical fluids – A novel tool

F. Lavanchy; S. Fortini; T. Meyer 

2003. 11th RXE forum, Pontresina, Switzerland, September 28-October 2, 2003. p. 1 – 15.

Heat transfer in supercritical reaction calorimeter

F. Lavanchy; S. Fortini; T. Meyer 

2003. 11th European Conference on Mixing, Bamberg, Germany, October 15-17, 2003. p. 471 – 478.

Polymerizaton in supercritical reaction calorimeter

F. Lavanchy; S. Fortini; T. Meyer 

2003. 4th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, Granada, Spain, September 21-25, 2003.

2002

Scale-up of polymerization processes: a practical example

T. Meyer 

2002. 5th Int. Conference on the Scale-up of chemical processes, Jersey, U.K., September 22-26, 2002. p. 148 – 158.

Recent advances in supercritical calorimetry: a novel tool

F. Lavanchy; S. Fortini; B. Kloetzli; T. Meyer 

2002. 4th International Symposium on high pressure process technology, Conf. Proceedings, Che, Eng. Trans., 2, Venice, Italy, September 22-25, 2002.

On the degradation and stabilization of poly(methylmethacrylate) in a continuous process

P. Nising; T. Zeilmann; T. Meyer 

2002. 17th international symposium on Chemical Reaction engineering, Hong Kong, PRC, August 25-28, 2002.

A new tool for the study of polymerization under supercritical conditions

F. Lavanchy; S. Fortini; T. Meyer 

2002. 14th WP-PRE, Barcelona, Spain, November 22-23, 2002. p. 33 – 35.

2001

Study of a continuous process for the production of solid epoxy resins

F. Falcotet; F. Besançon; T. Meyer 

2001. 7th international congress on polymer reaction engineering, Hamburg, Germany, October 8-10, 2001. p. 457 – 480.

Characterization of PMMA produced by continous high solid content polymerization process

T. Zeilmann; T. Meyer 

2001. Dechema-Jahrestagung, Mainz, Germany, April 2-3, 2001.

Reactor Modeling of a Pilot Scale Tubular Loop: reactor with Free Radical Polymerization of Methymethacrylate

T. Zeilmann; T. Meyer 

2001. SML’01, Lucca, Italy, June 3-9, 2001.

Thermal stabilization and devolatilization of PMMA in a continuous polymerization pilot loop reactor

T. Zeilmann; P. Nising; T. Meyer 

2001. 7th international congress on polymer reaction engineering, Hamburg, Germany, October 8-10, 2001. p. 481 – 487.

2000

Pilot scale polymerization loop reactor: the right size to scale-up?

T. Meyer 

2000. Polymer reaction engineering VI, Palm Coast, Florida, USA, March 19-24, 2000. p. 56 – 60.

Determination of a Kinetic Model for the Polyaddition of Bisphenol A with an Epoxide Liquid Resin

F. Falcotet; F. Besançon; T. Meyer 

2000. 12th WP-PRE, 29, Proceedings, Lausanne, Switzerland, October 20-22, 2000.

In-line Conversion Monitoring in PMMA high Conversion Polymerization Pocess

T. Zeilmann; L. Cavin; T. Meyer 

2000. 12th WP-PRE, 37, Proceedings, Lausanne, Switzerland, October 20-11, 2000.

Polymer reaction engineering at EPFL

S. Porchet; T. Meyer 

2000. PGS tagung, Zurich, Switzerland, October 20, 2000.

Umsetzungskonzepte CFD am Beispiel der Polymerisation

J-E. Juvet; A. Renken; T. Meyer 

2000. Dechema, Frankfurt, Germany, May 5, 2000.

1999

Determination of a kinetic model for the polyaddition of the Bisphenol A with an epoxyde liquid resin

F. Falcotet; T. Meyer; F. Besançon 

1999. PGS tagung, Conf. Proceedings, Winterthur, Switzerland, November 9-10, 1999.

Ultrasound Propagation Velocity as a New Tool for the On-line Monitoring of Styrene Bulk Polymerisation in a Recycle Reactor

T. Meyer; L. Cavin 

1999. 11th EFCE WPPRE, Proceedings CD-Rom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,

Modelling of the free Radical Polymerization of Styrene Initiated by Bifunctional Initiator

T. Meyer; A. Renken; L. Cavin; A. Rouge 

1999. 3rd annual polymers producers conference, Houston, Texas, USA, p. 456 – 479.

1994

Study of micromixing in Polymerization reactions and its application in experimental copolimerization

S. Belkhiria; T. Meyer; A. Renken 

1994. AIChE Annual Meeting, St. Louis, November 1993. p. 117 – 122.

1992

Methyl-Methacrylate polymerization in a tubular reactor-Product quality and reactor behaviour

P-A. Fleury; T. Meyer; A. Renken 

1992. 4th International Workshop on polymer reaction engineering, Berlin, Germany, October 12-14, 1992. p. 31 – 38.

1989

Cocentration Segregation in a tubular polymerization reactor-an experimental study

T. Meyer; R. Albert 

1989. 3rd Berlin International workshop on polymer reaction engineering, Berlin, Germany, September 27-29, 1989. p. 285 – 294.