Conference Papers

2021

Semi-quantitative Model for Risk Assessment in University Laboratories

A. Kalugina; T. Meyer 

2021-01-26. 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 

2020-07-01. 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

Risk & Decision Making in Research Environment

A. Kalugina; T. Meyer 

2019. ECCE12, Florence, Italie, September 15-19, 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. p. 136.

2018

Use of numerical simulation as an educational tool to improve safety in research institutions

R. Iannarelli; A. M. Novello; D. Stricker; M. Cisterino; F. Gallizio et al. 

2018. CHISA, Prague, August 25-29, 2018.

2017

Towards an Efficient Safety Education System to Manage Risks in Laboratories

N. Gerweck; D. Stricker; T. Meyer 

2017. 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Barcelona, October 1th-5th, 2017.

Risk assessment and education strategies for nanotechnology researchers

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

2017. Swiss nano Convention, Zürich, June 1st, 2017.

Engineered nanomaterials: toward effective safety management in research laboratories

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

2017. Nano Delivery 2017 Conference, Osaka, Japan, May 29-31, 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

Engineered nanomaterials: toward effective safety management in research laboratories

A. Groso; T. Meyer 

2016. 11th Int. Particle Toxicology Conference, Singapore, September 26-30, 2016.

Education and management in using especially hazardous chemicals in a research and teaching institution

S. Brückner; J-L. Marendaz; T. Meyer 

2016. 22nd International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA, Prague, Czech Republic, August 27-31, 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.

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.

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.

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

Kinetic identification and risk assessment based on non-linear fitting of calorimetric data

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

2014. 10th Global Congress on Process Safety, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, March 30-April 2.

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.

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.

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.

2013

Expert Judgements in Risk Analysis: a Strategy to Overcome Uncertainties

D. Pluess; A. Groso; T. Meyer 

2013. 14th EFCE Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion, Florence, Italy, 12-15 May.

Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships for Thermal Stability and Explosive Properties of Chemicals

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

2013. 14th EFCE Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion, Florence, Italy, 12-15 May.

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.

Nanomaterials safety management in research environment

A. Groso; T. Meyer 

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

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. p. 012065. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/429/1/012065.

2012

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. p. 129.

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 reserch environment?

T. Meyer 

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

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.

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.

Das Sicherheitskonzept in den Forschungs-und Schulungslaboratorien

T. Meyer; S. Brückner 

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

2011

Sicherheitskonzept in den Forschungs-und Schullaboratorien

T. Meyer 

2011. SSPS/VBSF meeting, Olten, Switzerland,

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.

Risk analysis in research environment

A. Ouedraogo; A. Groso; T. Meyer 

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

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.

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.

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.

Risk management practices for safe handling of nanomaterials in research laboratories

T. Meyer 

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. p. 154.

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. p. nb1.

2005

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.

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.

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.

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.

Continuous high-temperature polymerisation of methyl methacrylate

P. Nising; T. Meyer 

2005.  p. 83102/1-83102/9.

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

C. Mantelis; F. Lavanchy; T. Meyer 

2005.  p. 338b/1-338b/5.

Continuous high-temperature polymerization of MMA at pilot scale

P. Nising; T. Meyer 

2005.  p. 555g/1-555g/5.

Transport properties of supercritical carbon dioxide

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

2005.  p. 37-54.

2004

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.

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.

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.

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. p. 185.

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. p. 119.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Polymerizaton in supercritical reaction calorimeter

F. Lavanchy; S. Fortini; T. Meyer 

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

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.

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.

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.

2002

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,

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.

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.

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. p. 0058.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Characterization of PMMA produced by continous high solid content polymerization process

T. Zeilmann; T. Meyer 

2001. Dechema-Jahrestagung, Mainz, Germany, April 2-3, 2001. p. 124.

2000

Umsetzungskonzepte CFD am Beispiel der Polymerisation

J-E. Juvet; A. Renken; T. Meyer 

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

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.

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.

Polymer reaction engineering at EPFL

S. Porchet; T. Meyer 

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

1999

Study of the Isothermal Free Radical Polymerization of Styrene initiated with Bifunctional Initiator by Differential Scanning Calorimetry

L. Cavin; T. Meyer; A. Renken 

1999. Dechema, Reaktionkalorimetrie, Frankfurt, Germany,

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.