Transition to computational discovery and r&d : a case study of a small chemical company's r&d team transitioning from a lab-based to a computational-based search and discovery process / Mark Juszczak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Juszczak, Mark, author.

Series:

SAGE Business Cases.

SAGE Business Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research and development projects--Case studies.

Research and development projects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Transition to computational discovery and research and development

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals, 2023.

Summary:

A small British company has developed a unique diesel emulsion: a modification to diesel fuel that decreases certain types of harmful emissions during combustion. Despite the addition of water, the fuel appears to perform with the same output in horsepower as an unmodified fuel. While many laboratories have attempted to understand why this is the case, results and reasons vary. The company went to a traditional combustion laboratory and was told that a full-scale test to explain what is happening at the molecular level would cost over USD 1,000,000. The company decided to undertake a different strategy: it employed an outside consultant to attempt to run the tests using a computational-based approach, a first-of-its-kind attempt by the company. This case is told through the eyes of Darius Jacobs, the lead outside consultant, who has to navigate two different problems at once: (a) structuring the dilemma in a way that it is solvable through a computational approach and (b) helping the small company to understand the difference between traditional and computational approaches to search and discovery. What at first appears to be straightforward ends up becoming increasingly complex, much to the frustration of the principals in the company.

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ISBN:

1-5296-1166-0

9781529611663

OCLC:

1355859673