Why Setpoint Tracking Is the Wrong Test for Critical PID Loops
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Alden Olyniec, Amlan Mahamallik
Alden Olyniec, Amlan Mahamallik
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Alden Olyniec
Alden Olyniec
Alden leads technical development of Atlas Advisor™, Atlas’s on-premise control-room intelligence tool. His work sits where chemical engineering, advanced process control (APC), and machine learning meet inside live process units. His earlier Atlas work spans APC commissioning, first-principles reactor simulation, and IMC/MPC correction. He built a gas-phase copolymerization reactor testbed in Python that removed the dependency on third-party plant trial access during controller testing. He also completed multiple on-site commissioning cycles in China, supporting operators and troubleshooting in Mandarin.
Alden leads technical development of Atlas Advisor™, Atlas’s on-premise control-room intelligence tool. His work sits where chemical engineering, advanced process control (APC), and machine learning meet inside live process units. His earlier Atlas work spans APC commissioning, first-principles reactor simulation, and IMC/MPC correction. He built a gas-phase copolymerization reactor testbed in Python that removed the dependency on third-party plant trial access during controller testing. He also completed multiple on-site commissioning cycles in China, supporting operators and troubleshooting in Mandarin.
Alden leads technical development of Atlas Advisor™, Atlas’s on-premise control-room intelligence tool. His work sits where chemical engineering, advanced process control (APC), and machine learning meet inside live process units. His earlier Atlas work spans APC commissioning, first-principles reactor simulation, and IMC/MPC correction. He built a gas-phase copolymerization reactor testbed in Python that removed the dependency on third-party plant trial access during controller testing. He also completed multiple on-site commissioning cycles in China, supporting operators and troubleshooting in Mandarin.
Amlan Mahamallik
Amlan Mahamallik
Amlan is a Senior Automation Engineer at Atlas Prediction Control. He began his career as a process engineer before transitioning into advanced process control after completing his master's degree. Amlan built his APC expertise through multiple commissioning assignments on Univation's gas-phase polyethylene process, gaining deep, hands-on exposure to reactor dynamics and control in live plant environments. His work includes modelling and controlling nonlinear processes, where he applies both first-principles and empirical approaches to capture complex process behavior. He currently leads Atlas's APC development projects for W. R. Grace, driving controller design and implementation across the client's process units.
Amlan is a Senior Automation Engineer at Atlas Prediction Control. He began his career as a process engineer before transitioning into advanced process control after completing his master's degree. Amlan built his APC expertise through multiple commissioning assignments on Univation's gas-phase polyethylene process, gaining deep, hands-on exposure to reactor dynamics and control in live plant environments. His work includes modelling and controlling nonlinear processes, where he applies both first-principles and empirical approaches to capture complex process behavior. He currently leads Atlas's APC development projects for W. R. Grace, driving controller design and implementation across the client's process units.
Amlan is a Senior Automation Engineer at Atlas Prediction Control. He began his career as a process engineer before transitioning into advanced process control after completing his master's degree. Amlan built his APC expertise through multiple commissioning assignments on Univation's gas-phase polyethylene process, gaining deep, hands-on exposure to reactor dynamics and control in live plant environments. His work includes modelling and controlling nonlinear processes, where he applies both first-principles and empirical approaches to capture complex process behavior. He currently leads Atlas's APC development projects for W. R. Grace, driving controller design and implementation across the client's process units.
Madhur Bedre
Madhur Bedre
Madhur Bedre is the founder and president of Atlas Prediction Control. A chemical engineer by trade, he built his process control and APC expertise from supporting a number of polyethylene and polypropylene startups and upgrade projects around the world on contract assignments for large licensors such as Univation Technologies and WR Grace. He founded Atlas in 2019 and built it into a world-renowned leader in practicing implementors of APC and AI technologies for chemicals and petrochemicals industries. He received the Small Business Person of the Year award from the U.S. Small Business Administration for West Virginia in 2026. Atlas is also proud to be a part of the Goldman Sachs 10000 Small Businesses WV 2026 cohort.
Madhur Bedre is the founder and president of Atlas Prediction Control. A chemical engineer by trade, he built his process control and APC expertise from supporting a number of polyethylene and polypropylene startups and upgrade projects around the world on contract assignments for large licensors such as Univation Technologies and WR Grace. He founded Atlas in 2019 and built it into a world-renowned leader in practicing implementors of APC and AI technologies for chemicals and petrochemicals industries. He received the Small Business Person of the Year award from the U.S. Small Business Administration for West Virginia in 2026. Atlas is also proud to be a part of the Goldman Sachs 10000 Small Businesses WV 2026 cohort.
Madhur Bedre is the founder and president of Atlas Prediction Control. A chemical engineer by trade, he built his process control and APC expertise from supporting a number of polyethylene and polypropylene startups and upgrade projects around the world on contract assignments for large licensors such as Univation Technologies and WR Grace. He founded Atlas in 2019 and built it into a world-renowned leader in practicing implementors of APC and AI technologies for chemicals and petrochemicals industries. He received the Small Business Person of the Year award from the U.S. Small Business Administration for West Virginia in 2026. Atlas is also proud to be a part of the Goldman Sachs 10000 Small Businesses WV 2026 cohort.